----- Original Message ----- > From: Mark Iverson <zeropo...@charter.net> > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 9:53:07 PM > Subject: [Vo]: Possible temperature feedback mechanism??? > > Would not the heating element be acting more as a heat SINK when in > steady-state? Actually, > anything above what the max temp is for the given power into the heater. If > the > reactor is > producing the amount of heat that it SEEMS to be, then the temperature of the > Ni > and Hydrogen in the > reactor is way hotter than the internal heater. Heat will flow from hi to > lo, > so some of the heat > from the Ni-H reaction is sinking into the heater. Do we know if this heating > element is in contact > with the water flowing thru; I think it must be? That would enhance its > sinking > effect. This may > represent a sort of 'fine-tuning' that is needed to maintain this > thing's stability when operating > just above the liquid/vapor phase transition... > > What think ye? > > -Mark >
Rossi has said the internal heater is inside the reactor, but then again that is just what he has said. Harry
