Andrea Rossi Vindicated? Cold Fusion Takes Another Step Towards Credibility

[MarkE]

Irrespective of whether Andrei Rossi is vindicated or not, other researchers have been quietly getting on with research which has obviously been impressive enough to get attention from serious investors like Bill Gates.


http://www.kitco.com/ind/Albrecht/2014-12-23-Bill-Gates-Sponsoring-Palladium-Based-LENR-Technology.html

Legitimate research into this area is justified as we have yet to account for the anomalous heat that has been observed many times albeit not repeatably.  Clowns like Rossi stain the work of real researchers.

[profitis]

Mark E:'Legitimate research into this area is justified'

You make a distinction between rossi-effect and lenr? Where's the red line? a non-rossi be correct and a rossi a fraud?splitting hairs mr E

[Vortex1]

I have done some work in this field using a master heater and a tandem slave heater. They are Nichrome elements wound on alumina tubes. Dummy fuels are used initially to calibrate the system, then the active fuel is introduced into the slave heater, while the master (temperature controlled heater) has dummy fuel.

In calibration runs, I was able to maintain 1 degree C matching on the heaters up to 1200 C. Then the active fuel was introduced into the slave. In testing thus far, there was no temperature rise above the master controlled heater. My containers were not pressurized and I believe the Hydrogen from LAlH was able to leak out without embedding into the Ni powder. Next step: sealed containers, but this will wait for outdoor testing.

I used DASYLab as the data logging and control platform, a thermocouple data acquisition module from MCC DAQ, the TEMP-TC, and a specially built phase angle controller suitable for inductive loads driving a General Radio step down transformer for the heaters with matched 24 Volt secondaries. I wanted isolated secondaries to avoid data contamination that might occur from thermionic currents induced at the high temperatures into the measuring thermocouples. This prevented a return path for such loop currents.

If there is further interest, I can supply the rationale for the test method, including more photos of equipment used and actual glowing heaters, but this method should be self explanatory.

I might add that the entire test setup equipment was paid for out of pocket at a cost of less than $1000 and the powders were donated by a "benefactor". This research is not out of reach for any university or high school science project, for that matter, and it can be skillfully done on a budget for less than $200

[profitis]

Vortex1:'Then the active fuel was introduced into the slave.'

What active fuel mr vortex

[MarkE]

Mark E:'Legitimate research into this area is justified'

You make a distinction between rossi-effect and lenr? Where's the red line? a non-rossi be correct and a rossi a fraud?splitting hairs mr E

I make a distinction between the carnival barker Rossi and legitimate researchers.  The line is between people who actually perform objective experiments and crooks who put on rigged dog and pony shows.