The small Cat-E design would be optimized if the external band heater warmed the surface of the SS reaction cell (SSRC) evenly without any hot spots on the surface of the SSRC since stainless steel is not very thermally conductive. This requires a heat exchanger like honeycomb structure of copper supports between the external copper pipe and the SSRC.
"You mean, the cell is a torus? With the cooling water flowing through the middle?" The powder will fall to the bottom of the SSRC since it is only 5% or less of its SSRC volume. The powder must be afixed evenly to the walls of the SSRC On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson <svj.orionwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The reactor "cell" might actually have been engineered in the shape of >> cylinder, or a ring that fits snugly adjacent within the external wall of >> the copper tube. Keep in mind: The copper tubing does appear to be fatter at >> the reactor junction. the water flows within the center of the >> reactor's cylindrical hole. >> > > You mean, the cell is a torus? With the cooling water flowing through the > middle? > > I believe that is what Ed Storms may have concluded. (I don't speak for > him.) > > I thought there might be a problem getting the powder into a torus, because > you can't access the bottom, but people who have experience using this kind > of powder tell me it flows almost like a liquid. It does not cake up. So > that's not a problem. > > I envisioned something with the consistency of wheat flower, but that is > not what it resembles. > > - Jed > >
