>From Jed: >> On a related topic I have also been under the impression >> that Rossi was NOT planning on producing steam as the final >> output product - only hot water below the temperature of 100 C.
> That is what he said months ago. Evidently he changed his mind. > > It would be rather challenging to test a hot water heater at that > power level. You need a large flow of water; much more than the > water mains in an ordinary office can deliver. You need something > like a fire hydrant flow. This does not bode well from my POV. Granted it is conceivable that Rossi DOES have access to a fire hydrant's worth of flowing water, and running that much water through his prototype is what he intends to do - but I suspect not. It is also conceivable that Rossi was originally going to do just that - until perhaps one of his engineers sat Rossi down and ran the numbers for him. Engineer: "It's impossible, Rossi! We don't have access to that much water flow". Water pressure will drop to zero for the rest of the town. ;-) Rossi: "Merda! Then steam it will be!" Engineer: "But...!" Rossi: "...Trust me! The eCat encasings can take the pressure. I know what I'm going!" Or whatever... The above conversation is, of course, pure conjecture on my part. Nevertheless, what seems to concern a number of individuals is the fact that the eCat's external configuration does not appear to be designed in a manner that would adequately confine high pressure. Any kind of gas contained under high levels of pressure are typically held within thick metal encased spheres or cylindrically shaped tanks precisely because such shapes are the safest practical configurations known to man. Nothing of the sort seems to have been incorporated into Rossi's eCats, and to be honest that astonishes me. Rossi's eCats are boxy - rectangular in shape. It suggests to me that Rossi had not originally intended to run the current eCat configuration in a manner that would produce a lot of internal steam that would subsequently be held under pressure. But then, perhaps that's the point: Rossi still does not intend to maintain (or deliberately contain) high level of steam under pressure. Perhaps Rossi intends that as the steam is generated and as the steam invariably begins to expand it will immediately exit through the output pipe quickly and efficiently. If so, what remains to be seen is whether the current "pluming" configuration will be up to the job of making sure no high levels of internal pressure are generated. I hope nobody steps on a hose... or a pipe doesn't get accidently crinkled somewhere. In any case, choosing a boxy rectangular shape has to have introduced the potential of generating horrible stress points. Seems to me that if high pressure steam does get generated these boxy eCat configurations are potential disaster waiting to happen. I hope I'm wrong. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
