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On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Bob Higgins <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >
