Peter Gluck reports a presentation done by Melvin Miles about Fleischmann&Pons calorimetry
http://egooutpeters.blogspot.f…ct-30-2016-lenr-info.html
the slides are there
https://drive.google.com/file/…TG5PRF9N/view?usp=sharing
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The Fleischmann-Pons Calorimetric Methods and Equations
by Melvin H. Miles
https://drive.google.com/file/…TG5PRF9N/view?usp=sharing
Presentation at SSICCF20, Xiamen, China, Sept 28-30, 2016
An exemplary work- Mel Miles is one of the main contributors to the demonstrated certainty that Cold Fusion does exist.
The author stated: "My goal is to help others understand the very accurate Fleischmann - Pons calorimetry and give it the recognition that it deserves."
The Author has also added the following explanation & details
This calorimetry is very accurate when the equations are used correctly,
and it offers many advantages over other types of electrochemical
calorimetry. I am surprised that isoperibolic calorimetry is presently
rarely used. Some important points are:
1.The Lower-Bound method is very useful (Sides 9,10). This method
assumes the excess power is zero and then follows the changes in the
heat transfer coefficient that follow.
2. This lower bound method was followed in my recent "Kitchen Experiment"
for a heat conduction calorimeter (Slides 11,12).
3. My results gave larger than expected excess power (Slide 13) for my
small JM Pd cathode (0.1 x 2.3 cm). The 73 mW of excess power was more
than 3 W per cm3 Pd. This JM palladium source also gave excess heat in
previous experiments at China Lake and at NHE in Japan. This palladium
source also was previously used in my excess heat-helium correlations for
the gas samples sent to Brian Oliver at Rockwell.
4. This isoperibolic calorimetry accurately models periods when the cell
temperature is changing (Slides 19, 20). Also, the Fleischmann Straight
Line Method covers a two day period, including the 12 hour application of
the heater pulse, yet the changing cell temperature does not cause any
errors Slides 23,24). Statements in Ed Storms books about isoperibolic
calorimeters are wrong and need to be corrected. These erroneous
statements include: " Correct power is only obtained when the temperature
is constant--" (2014 book,p.107) and "-- by measuring the temperature
difference between the inside and outside of the cell, once this
difference has become constant." (2007 book, p.162).
5. Application of the Fleischmann-Pons equations for the heated gases
leaving the cell requires measurements of the atmospheric pressure. To
my knowledge, almost no other group has done this (Slide 28).
Perhaps I should add that my electrolyte was D2O + 0.1 M KNO3. No
lithium was used. The palladium surface was not blackened (Slide 21) as
is usually the case when using 0.1 M LiOD.
Pons has told me that the black color was not present in his experiments
when using a lithium-free electrolyte such as NaOD. Stan believes the
black color is due to lithium-nitrogen compounds that form due to lithium
metal deposited on the cathode reacting with nitrogen from air that
enters when make-up D2O is added.
A great Thank you to the Author for the permission to offer this to my non-CMNS readers too,
this the history of Cold Fusion itself!
Instructive for experimenters, at least to make them modest and cautious.
It may also be instructive for debates.
