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[Xu Sun <sunxuhit AT gmail.com>]

Hi Elke, all,

As we discussed in today's FST meeting, Yu and I checked the NOVEC 7200 information.

We have 3 new barrels of NOVEC left. 

Each barrel contains 15kg/33lb of NOVEC  with 12.3 L in volume (listed on the NOVEC website), even though the destiny of NOVEC is 1420 kg/m^3 which translates to 10.5 L per barrel.

The cooking rack capacity is 7 Gal, which is about 26.5 L in volume. Therefore, one barrel could fill about 40~46% of total capacity from the calculation.

We also refilled the tank with 2 L of NOVEC (with the help of Greg) and the tank level changed from 43% to 54%. The fill rate is about 5.5% per litter. Therefore, one barrel of NOVEC should fill about 55-65% from the test.

The leak rate is about 5% per 9 days. 

If we assume the leak rate is 5% per week (maximum leak rate) and each barrel could fill 40% of the tank (minimum fill rate), then each barrel could last for 8 weeks at least.

3 barrels should be sufficient for about 24 weeks of use.

Hope this helps.

Best,

Xu