Hej Jinx. Tack f=F6r ditt meddelande 13:26 2003-01-15 enligt nedan:
>> It would be interesting to see whether the thermal effects actually
>> scaled up in a linear way. There is no good reason to think that
>> they would if existing small lamps are the only experience base.
>> I'm told that getting lamps to work well with differeing envelope
>> shapes is something of an art. .
>
>I wondered whether they'd thought it through. He was asked about
>the town's power bill for it, and replied that most of the energy would
>be at the start, to get it heated up, and after that it would be quite
>cheap to run. But the effect of a lava lamp comes about because
>the top is losing heat so you have to keep pumping heat in at the
>bottom.

Suggestion: Heat pump pumping heat from top to bottom.

>It seemed to be a giant leap of faith simply making a large
>version of what's a pretty delicate balance. From experience in my
>previous life as a process engineer in a resin plant I know what sort
>of problems you get scaling up a 1 litre lab batch to a 2000kg kettle.
>The dynamics are totally different. Anyway, good luck to them

I guess it will look very different.

/Morgan


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