[NewCandle] Physical Methods Of Water

[Keith Nagel]

Hi Jones,

>it is a wonder you haven't stumbled onto OU yet <G> 

That did make me chuckle... 

>plus also it should be stated up front that the "free" equilibrium
> level is itself rather low ... ergo success seems daunting.
>  You have "low but instantaneous" natural free level pitted
> against the need to rapidly enrich to a high percentage
> , but at low energy input expenditure. Get it?

Yes, the equilibrium level will be very small. OTOH there's
a lot of "waste heat" floating around that could be tapped
to raise that and improve yield. My primary concern would be catalyst degradation.
My second concerning is that the yield is rate limited; so you'll only be able to
draw off as much as is produced in a unit of time. 

Funny thing is, a lot of these concerns match those of commercializing
CF. CF reactions occur naturally, but at a very low rate. You
can play these games like increasing surface area ( I know I have )
and get better results, but at the end of the day, you're still
struggling to get enough out to make it competitive with the
traditional stuff ( wind, solar, etc ).

>I would rather seen "anyone" be successful, then to see
> this 'great concept' fail for missing some key technique
> (and lack of resources mainly).

Perhaps you can elaborate on that last point. What resources 
could you be lacking?

K.