The external heat could be used only during startup when a lot of heat is required. In steady state operations, during normal operating conditions, only the internal heater is used.
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 4:32 PM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson < svj.orionwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > From Jed: > > > You mean, the cell is a torus? With the cooling water flowing > > through the middle? > > Yes. > > > 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. > > Additional commentary: > > From Harry: > > Isn't that the same configuration Jones imagined? > > Dunno! Perhaps great minds think alike. ;-) > > If so, my/our configuration raises other equally vexing questions. If > the e-kitten reactor cell is indeed engineered as a torus with a hole > in the center for the water to flow through, such a configuration > strikes me as being extremely inefficient thermally speaking. Only the > heat radiating within the central ring of the reactor will transfer to > the flowing water. Reactor heat radiating away from the exterior outer > ring wall would not. Meanwhile, the external wall is where the > auxiliary heater is positioned, and where it is transferring its own > externally generated heat INTO the reactor cell. To be honest I find > this entire configuration weird! > > Whatever... > > Jed has my sympathies. > > Regards > Steven Vincent Johnson > www.OrionWorks.com > www.zazzle.com/orionworks > >
