With air as coolant in the 10 KW space heater, the suggested narrow range of useful reactor temps is more easily achieved - compared to water or heat transfer fluid. The mechanics of moving air are simpler, as is the transfer of heat to the air - compared to liquids.
Sounds like the 2.6KW element heats until temp and reaction achieved, then the fan starts and electric heater element stops, fan air holding reactor at proper temps. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aussie Guy E-Cat" <aussieguy.e...@gmail.com> To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 5:42 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi on the Smart Scarecrow Show > Wolf, > > With a reactor temp around 600 deg C and the coolant at 120 deg C there > is a wide operational margin. As the coolant temp get to 450 deg C it is > only 150 deg C below the reactor temp. A lot less fat to play with. I > would speculate there is a much higher chance of a runaway and Ni powder > meltdown at 450 deg C. > > Can't wait to get my hands on a unit and study the dynamics of the > energy release / control system even if the home E-Cat systems can't > generate steam with a high enough temperature to generate electricity. > Never did like the Carnot cycle. Physics is so.....limiting. I do wonder > what would happen if I put 2 or more of the home units in series? > > AG > > > On 1/15/2012 9:42 PM, Wolf Fischer wrote: > > Just another point from the interview: > > > > Rossi has admitted that last year they had peaks even when the reactor > > should just produce about 120C°. This problem seems to have been > > resolved (because of NI), so no more peaks. Besides that NI is > > especially helping in the problem of getting the reactor up to 400C° > > in order to produce electricity. Somehow the customer of the first 1MW > > plant is helping in solving those problems, as it is not as trivial as > > just putting the Ecats in serial in order to reach higher temperatures. >
