As dave explains it makes sense if the energy input provides cooling power.
Harry On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wrote: > > >> . . . If you unplug a Rossi cell and try to make it self-sustain without >> input, it will melt. >> >> An analogy to fire may be useful to understanding, but you cannot >> engineer a reactor based on analogies. >> > > If we are going to do analogies, a more useful one would be to compare the > Rossi reactor to an internal combustion engine ICE. With an ICE you have to > apply the spark periodically to small portions of the fuel to trigger the > reaction. Cude is demanding we find a way to ignite the entire tank of fuel > with the spark plug once, and then have the car run normally after that. > This does not work. The car goes up in flames, similar to the way Rossi's > reactor melts. > > Actually, the Rossi reactor is sort of an anti-ICE, or a reverse-ICE. It > would seem the spark does not trigger the reaction, but rather, it > suppresses the reaction. > > - Jed > >
