Joy must be a very tolerant woman
Joy is not merely a supercilious IO
Brillouin Energy Corporation (BEC) updates.
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They need to incorporate lithium into their fuel mixture
Brillouin may have read this patent app.
However whether this works with ppm levels of Li or needs Molar Lithium is
the subject of further research.
I t may also work in lithium rich magmas
.. the subject of further research.
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Joy is not merely a supercilious IO
Five posts directed at me for no other purpose than lame insults. You done yet or is it still entertaining for you? You forget that avatars don’t give a shit.
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@IO & SOT why not try to contribute something real = facts that can be verified?
The purpose/role of a tech forum should not be the alternative to psycho therapy...
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You forget that avatars don’t give a shit.
Well actually some avatars do give lots of it
WHILE others contribute something productive
I have heard that IO was involved in scientific publication
but I have seen very little evidence of that.
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Brillouin haven't reported any radiation release from their systems, it would probably be largely absorbed by the Ni hot tube walls - be nice if they could put some X-ray film inside to confirm that this really is a nuclear fusion reaction.
At 23:50 in Godes recent CFN interview: https://coldfusionnow.org/cfnpodcast/ he mentions "X-rays" for the first time I can recall. Says they are thermalized, as you say.
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Come on Huxley, stop piddling around in The First & Second Dumbest Threads In The World, and wrap your intellect around the above conundrum: Why your RFI issue doesn’t also show up on Brillouin’s control reactors?
I mean, it seems a little odd to repeatedly castigate the Swedish crew for refusing to revisit their Lugano efforts, then doing the very same, albeit on a smaller scale, here...
Or some food for thought: Even Mary managed his first ever Mea Culpa recently (admittedly after much prompting and laughter). So really... How hard can it be?
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Another thing-Brillouin are already using Al2O3 which can have the necessary tetragonal crystal structure in its delta form - this may already be imparting additional catalytic activity at the plated Ni-Al203 interface. Better COP may be achieved by experimenting with other transition metal oxides/mixes eg ZrO2 and MnO2.
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@IO & SOT why not try to contribute something real = facts that can be verified?
We sometime do. You probably didn't notice.
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@IO & SOT why not try to contribute something real = facts that can be verified?
You mean like repeating Rossi’s assorted claims?
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he mentions "X-rays" for the first time I can recall.
Perhaps they will incorporate that in their slow neutron theory..
and look into the soft gammas and the isotope/isomer composition more in detail
- of course the Brillouin theory says they don't need to
I sort of switched off when Robert was talking theory..
He realises that maybe its not the best.. but he's boxing on with it for want of anything better.
I was surprised when he said that H4 has a halflife in the millisecond range
cos Wikipedia says yoctosecond... but maybe they are picking up something on their mass specs.?
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Creeping up there:
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Creeping up there:
Should be self sustaining any day now... oh....
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Should be self sustaining any day now... oh....
Does SOT have a technical comment or just the usual sneer.
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Should be self sustaining any day now... oh....
I remember when 100W was enough to satisfy you.
...Perhaps if you ask nicely, the groundsman will lend you a spade?
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Should be self sustaining any day now... oh....
Lets see ... COP = 1.72 to 2.64 in 4 months = 0.23 better per month.
With a conversion factor of 30% we'd need a COP of 10 to self-sustain.
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With a conversion factor of 30% we'd need a COP of 10 to self-sustain.
Newest thermo-electric elements are over 11% efficiency. Carnot heat cycles go up to 60% with combustion. But you need at least 3 if you look at conventional nu-plants.
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Newest thermo-electric elements are over 11% efficiency.
I believe that is only with a very high temperature difference, such as with combustion. For example, with combustion exhaust systems on large trucks.
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(Hey all! I am new to the forum.)
I recently made a small investment in Brillouin (please don't worry about my finances, I only invested an amount I was ready to lose) and had some contact with David Firshein (CFO), Fran Tanzella (formerly from SRI, now an independent consultant and part of their advisory board member) and Cathy Cretsinger (their patent lawyer at Kilpatrick Townsend, also a member of their advisory board).
- I'll start with David Firshein, as he was my first contact and the person with whom I exchanged the most. He was extremely candid about the high-risk nature of an investment in Brillouin. They are still looking for funding (obviously) both in relation to their Series C (which remains open) and their Series D (which recently started). Although I initially contacted them in relation to the Series D, I ended up investing in the Series C as it was still open. On a more personal point, I really appreciated his honesty, especially about the challenges of raising funds in LENR.
- I then had the opportunity to speak to Fran Tanzella (David Firshein proposed this to me) who presented his research in LENR and his work for Brillouin. While he remained cautious on the ability to turn what they have into a marketable product, he clearly expressed that he has not seen in his years of research in the field anything close to the level of consistency and control Brillouin has over the reactions they are producing. He also explained that the steady progress he has seen in their COP seems to indicate that they are on the right track. You might also be interested to learn that, even if he is confident that their current measurements are correct, they are currently working on a new calorimetry set-up that should convince sceptics that their measurements are not flawed.
- As I was concerned about SRI closing the department in which Dr. Tanzella worked, I asked if he would be comfortable with me exchanging email with a former colleague of his, preferably someone outside of the LENR "usual suspects". He directed me to his former superior who confirmed to me his credentials and his ethics.
- Finally, I spoke to Cathy Cretsinger. Being a lawyer myself, it mattered to me to get a feel of her opinion, expecially considering the risk of being scammed. She perfectly understood that and, while remaining very prudent on the technical side, she did assure me that Brillouin is not a fraud.
From all the above (as well as assorted documentation, which showed that all stakeholders in Brillouin have put their money where their mouth is), I was convinced that the people working at Brillouin are sincere and believe in their findings. I was also convinced that they are not incompetent and deluded.
They might be mistaken, of course. Their measurements might be flawed one way or the other. But I decided to bet on the (possibly low) probability that they might really have something, both because the possible return on investment is considerable in such a case (which compensates for the unlikeliness of it all) and because, on a more selfless basis, I have a hard time seeing how mankind is going to solve its current situation without a longshot succeeding.
One major risk remains that they end up dead in the water because of lack of funding. Firshein is working hard to find investors and I hope he finds bigger whales than myself.
I'll be happy to answer any question you may have. I was not asked to sign any NDA so I feel pretty free to talk.
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