-----Original Message----- From: Mark Iverson > If I might provide some additional thoughts/analysis...
> 1) The only way the resistance heaters can 'heat' is if there's a low resistance path thru the heating element (i.e., a large current flow). If that's the case, then I doubt you could generate any significant voltage potential between the axial heater and the band heater. Mark, I agree that it does not seem likely at all ! ... but "low" is a relative term and there are not many other good choices for how the heat gets transferred into the reactor (on startup) and why additional power is needed during operation. Things are not always as they seem, so that's why there is a suggestion that at least some kind of testing should be done to see if there can be a significant current flow between two resistance heaters, as unlikely as it sounds. There is a lack of viable choices to model this. There is little doubt that in the end - the operation of this device is going to surprise all of the experts, and maybe even Rossi. Nothing really adds up now. Jones
