Brian, I have heard about that Thermacore thermal runaway experiment. Can you say what was the configuration of the reactor vessel? Was that just a short nearly spherical volume of powder, or was it configured into some other more spread-out shape? I am trying to get a feel for the heat transfer that would have occurred during the runaway.
Interestingly, Rossi's early eCats were believed to contain 50g of Ni powder in a short cylinder in the reactor. However, the hotCat designs being reproduced by many use far less fuel. In your opinion, is there any chance of critical mass effects, or is this just a heat evolution/heat transfer balance effect, but otherwise simply proportional to fuel mass? Bob Higgins On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Brian Ahern <[email protected]> wrote: > Their final experiment was never reported. They used 5 pounds of nickel > powder mixed with K2CO3 powder in hydrogen gas at 30 psi. They added heat > and produced a runaway reaction that seemed far beyond a chemical > explanation. > > I will repeat that experiment and I welcome comments. This has the > potential to be a ground breaking experiment. >
