Andrea Rossi Vindicated? Cold Fusion Takes Another Step Towards Credibility

[MarkE]

Thanks for the kind support, MarkE

There are many enhancements that I have not yet pursued, such as monitoring heater currents and automatic trimming to insure current balance during characterization and run time, but was able to get very close initial results just by hand trimming the turns count on the heaters.

With the loss to ambient method at such high temperatures, water calorimetry is really not necessary, and can always be done later, after the proof of concept is established.

This particular photo is an early heater test, running open loop under manual control, just to test the approximate heater size needed.

I agree that until and if there is a reliable indication of a significant power imbalance that calorimetry is not necessary.  If results show a gain then I would set up gas to fluid heat exchange and measure the temperature rise and mass flow of each the gas and the fluid.

[profitis]

Vortex1:'Yes, I have an alternate program setup that uses exactly that method.

Ultimately I may use some form of induction heating as it can be much more efficient at heating the Ni mixture directly, but the particle size may be too small to be effective.'

The ideal situation will be a highly reversable hydride salt that releases h2 as it heats up and swallows it back in as system cools.this type bomb would have to be completely self-contained(ala rossi's alumina tubes).this allows one to throw whole ashes into water afterward and physicly measure remnant h2 vols to help rule out combustion/leaks of sorts.I don't know how reversable LiAlH><Li + Al + H system is though.this method would effectively rule out air (Ni+O>NiO) combustion of the nickel itself too at same time.

[Vortex1]

Vortex1:'Yes, I have an alternate program setup that uses exactly that method.

Ultimately I may use some form of induction heating as it can be much more efficient at heating the Ni mixture directly, but the particle size may be too small to be effective.'

The ideal situation will be a highly reversable hydride salt that releases h2 as it heats up and swallows it back in as system cools.this type bomb would have to be completely self-contained(ala rossi's alumina tubes).this allows one to throw whole ashes into water afterward and physicly measure remnant h2 vols to help rule out combustion/leaks of sorts.I don't know how reversable LiAlH><Li + Al + H system is though.this method would effectively rule out air (Ni+O>NiO) combustion of the nickel itself too at same time.

As I said, I don't claim any expertise in the field of chemistry or nuclear engineering, so have to rely on others like yourself to suggest the right mix.

My long career and area of expertise is mainly in the design of process control instrumentation, thermocouple thermometry, and power control methods, so the control part was easy.

After reading the Lugano report I was taken aback regarding how lost in the forest the guys who did the test and measurement were. The report itself was such a nightmare it prompted me to come up with simpler  more direct  and accurate methods, of which I have several.

[hoptoad]

These guys here think bill gates is an idiot mr hoptoad.they think he will give time of day to something useless

Well, people can think what they like of him, but whether they like him or not, he is one of the most successful and wealthy people. A mere .01% of his investment capability translates to millions of dollars.


Cheers

[sarkeizen]

These guys here think bill gates is an idiot mr hoptoad.they think he will give time of day to something useless

Idiot isn't necessarily the word I'd use.  However it doesn't take much to see that this doesn't really add much weight to a claim.  a) Even on the e-cat site it only claims that Bill and ENEA are near an agreement and it's unclear if it's all about LENR or if it's just ITER, b) as smart as a person that Bill may or may not be he's not a physicist or even a scientist and definitely not a statistican c) While the article claims it's a $1Billion agreement it may not be and who knows how little of that makes it into LENR.

But that's just...you know....thinking and checking facts something you were never very good at.