It won't use nearly that much hydrogen as a reactant - if it really is using that much hydrogen then most of it will be lost through leakage, or possibly to remove unwanted gaseous contaminants and products.
On 29 November 2011 10:17, Alain dit le Cycliste <alain.sep...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just to conclude my question, > > from various sources it seems that the pessimistic version of the > consumption of e-cat is the good one, > http://faq.ecat.com/112449/how-much-nickel-and-hydrogen-will-it-take-to-generate-one-megawatt-of-heat-continuously-for-six-months/ > 10kg Ni+16kgH for 1MW*6month (4,4GW.h) > > other numbers were daily consumption. > > my estimate of world consumption, is that 300kTons of nickel could produces > one year of energy for the world, > and it represent 25% of world production. > > it is strange that H is much more consumed than Ni, especially in term of > atoms, > but H have a tendency to leak. > maybe also the reaction is not the one I think about (H+Ni->Cu+E) and the > ratio H/Ni are very big. > > something strange is that my FAQ put on ecat site is not answered, and on > journal of nuclear physic CF article my question/comment have been > blocked... > > any correction/comment/critic/advice welcome > > > 2011/11/25 Alain dit le Cycliste <alain.sep...@gmail.com> >> >> FYI i've found this FAQ >> >> http://faq.ecat.com/113090/i-was-wondering-if-you-may-inform-us-as-to-the-amount-of-hydrogen-that-will-be-required-to-run-an-ecatfor/ >> say that for 24h the 10kW e-cat use 0.2g of H... >> >> it is hard to interpret about Ni... >> >> the 0.2g might be just the fixed value to fill the Ni for 6 month... in >> that case, it can fill 12g of nickel at loading factor 1/1... >> but what about the volume used to fill the pipes? maybe is it 0.1g of Ni, >> 0.0016g of H loaded, and the 0.198 rest to fill the pipes and chambers. >> >> it can also be just the leaks for one day, telling nothing about the >> quantity stored in the Ni, and thus, the Ni quantity... >> and implying that it consume 3.6kg of H for a 1MW on 6month... but what >> about Ni? >> >> it can be a mix... >> >> so, missing data to estimate Ni quantity, nor H consumption and cause of >> the consumption (loading, leaks, reactions)... >> >> not yet answer to my FAQ >> >> http://faq.ecat.com/113004/in-faq-how-much-nickel-and-hydrogen-will-it-take-to-generate-one-megawatt-of-heat-continuously-for-six/ >> on the site, but he seems to copy FAQ and answer from another source ... >> if someone know where to deposit question, so they ane answered clearly. >> >> if someone find a better analysis... >> >> >> >> 2011/11/24 Alain dit le Cycliste <alain.sep...@gmail.com> >>> >>> so two article of the same FAQ are not coherent. >>> http://faq.ecat.com/112273/how-much-ni-is-in-the-cell/ >>> >>> http://faq.ecat.com/112449/how-much-nickel-and-hydrogen-will-it-take-to-generate-one-megawatt-of-heat-continuously-for-six-months/ >>> >>> is'nt there a known issue with an error of unit that rossi admit. >>> I remember some comment about that mistake. >>> >>> 10g instead of 10kg... ??? >>> >>> note that the cost estimated of the powder is about 1 euro/MW.6month >>> >>> >>> http://faq.ecat.com/112602/if-selling-price-is-planned-for-500-euros-per-1-kw-of-output-capability-this-is-5000-euros-for-10-kw/ >>> >>> and that 1kG of raw nickel is 13Eur/kg on the market... >>> >>> incoherences... >>> >>> To clear the doubt, I put the question on the FAQ. >>> >>> http://faq.ecat.com/113004/in-faq-how-much-nickel-and-hydrogen-will-it-take-to-generate-one-megawatt-of-heat-continuously-for-six/ >>> >>> >>> maybe the different base numbers we have explain the disagreement. >>> >>> >> >
