If you missed this old post, here is s repeat:
When the Cat-E was downsized, the reaction chamber was greatly reduced in size. So was the internal heater in like proportion. But the copper pipes in the water loop are standard commercial grade sizes and therefore stayed the same size. Remaining the same size, these pipes would take away heat by conduction at the same rate in all sized Cat-E systems. The smaller internal heater could not now overcome the thermal inertia that these copper pipes produce when the catalyst/ hydrogen is conditioned during startup. The reaction chamber must get up to 400C to condition the catalyst with hydrogen when the hydrogen is initially loaded. The internal heater could not do that any longer since it would have been greatly downsized. A supplemental external band heater was added to heat these external copper pipes in the water loop so that the internally heater would not have to overcome that heat drain overhead imposed by the structure of the Cat-E. On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Akira > > > A schematic view of the E-Cat would be something like this: > > http://i.imgur.com/llVoU.png > > Yes, This is exactly the way it appeared to me at first, given all that is > known from the images - with only an internal cooling tube and NO external > water flow around the outside of the reactor. My original view is > documented > in the archive and it is precisely this image. > > I was completely overruled on that assessment by everyone else on vortex, > without exception AFAIK except for Ed Storms - as they were convinced that > there must be external water flow, as well as internal. Rossi also claims > there is external flow, and since the 'great man' has spoken, I did not > pursue the topic and this layout, which I think could be correct, but for > one detail. > > Thanks for reminding me... > > To be continued... > > Jones > > >
