Seems to me that at the temperatures we are talking about (>1000C) that bulk magnetic effects are probably out of the question. A plasma of Li would be a conductor and a conductor could be conveyed in a moving magnetic field. I don't think any motion will occur because of any bulk magnetic affects - these are all gone at this temperature.
This temperature also makes it difficult to consider magnetically confined condensates as Yeong Kim has described. On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Bob Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob. Amaud, etal-- > > I had the same thought as Amaud. The wiring arrangement may be deigned to > create a magnetic field inside the reactor to align magnetic moments of the > various entities and facilitate resonant interactions at varying > probabilities to control the rate of reaction. > > Bob Cook > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Arnaud Kodeck <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 16, 2014 8:10 AM > *Subject:* RE: [Vo]:Engineering and materials issues with high > temperature hot-cat Lugano demo > > Bob, > > > > Just a thought. I’m not an expert of magnetic confinement of plasma. But, > the « encaps » might contain a proper wires configuration to close the > rotating magnetic field formed by the 3 phases current. > > > > Arnaud > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Bob Higgins [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* jeudi 16 octobre 2014 17:05 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:Engineering and materials issues with high > temperature hot-cat Lugano demo > > > > I am pretty sure these "endcaps" are just mechanical supports for the hot > tube in the middle. They are large alumina outer rings that have been > filled with a cast-able refractory insulation such as a Vitcast 1200 INS or > Vitcast 1400 INS-H. They insulate the mounting apparatus from the hot > radiating tube. They serve no other function. The wires don't go through > these and they do not seal the ends. They are just supports. > > > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 11:32 PM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Bob Higgins <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I believe the large tubes on the end to be thermally insulating supports > for the hot central 2 cm tube. > > > > A question that came to me was whether the alumina endcaps could be > replaced with metal endcaps of a suitable alloy in the context of a larger > array of devices, in order to provide a suitable path out for the heat to > be used to generate steam. Another question I have is how much thermal > load one of these devices can handle. > > > > Eric > > > > > >
