Among the crtics agains Andrea Rossi, there was his project to develop Thermoelectric generators with high efficiency, for US Army, (he was working for LTI as employee)
It seems I found his patent
https://www.google.com/patents/US20050028858
and
https://www.google.com/patents/US20020046762
note that the report of US army is there
http://acwc.sdp.sirsi.net/client/search/asset/1002400
For those interested in that affair, Omegaz made synthetic comment on ECW
http://www.e-catworld.com/2014…tatus/#comment-1723047407
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As to LTI, Yes, Rossi was 1 of 4 founders.
Craig Cassarino, Robert Gentile, Richard Noceti
Note of interest. On Rossi's JONP-Board of Advisers.
http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?page_id=2
Richard Noceti, Ph.D. (LTI-global.com)
Another person of interest on Rossi's BOA- Prof. Michael Melich (DOD – USA) Multiple connections & my belief that he is 1 of Rossi's protectors. As in hands off Rossi.
I believe Rossi sold his interests in LTI to fund his E-cat research.
Info as to LTI & Ampenergo
http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter…energi/article3179019.ece
Note the Founders of Ampenergo & LTI. ((As I can no longer find the info, considered Speculation on my part) Rossi was an undisclosed founding member of Ampenergo.)) Rossi may also have sold his interests in this for E-cat funding.
The Thermal Electric Converter. This was under a Military(Army I think) research contract with LTI, a University among a few other collaborators.
These things are done periodically to push technology to have a sense of where we are at. This one was, Can "TEC's" be designed that are 20% efficient, mass produced & cost effectively.
According to the Military Report. The 1 that Rossi hand built was reasonably successful. I've seen reference to 15%+- a little. This is dependent on heat source quality verses heat sink.
The Military then proceeded to have 2 different manufactures build 13 TEC's each. One in the U.S., Another Italian, Neither associated with Rossi. Results weren't very good. Many didn't work,(bad contacts) & only 1 reached 4%. The rest even less.
The Conclusion of the Military Report was, That Neither the materials or manufacturing process was up to the task for mass produced cost efficient TEC's. That Material Science needed to advance as do Manufacturing technologies improvement.
Krivit's report on this was twisted in a manor(Note he didn't say it) but to make it appear Rossi ripped the Government for a couple Million when he knew otherwise. The Fact that I was able to learn the real story by the info that Krivit posted is the proof. It did however take a lot of effort on my part & reading a 150 page Military report. Most people would not do this of which Krivit was also aware.
Note, The Military has done at least 1 other research development in the TEC's area since the 1 with LTI. Still not there yet, though the future is looking promising.
The U.S. provides some funding along with others like in the ITER project. And, Yes, "America is quietly" funding LENR research as well among many other things. Note the ENEA Thread. It is done indirectly. LENR is Taboo, but specific links to it(Like Plasma research & materials involved) pass under the radar. There was the U.S. personnel who went to Mitsubishi Labs & claimed they were seeing contamination in their LENR test. Their reason for being there is to check on what their funding through back channels are producing. Oh, And Toyota replicated Mitsubishi's test.
The Manhattan Project. Are you sure there are not such projects today? I recently(few months ago) came across an interesting article. The Army was having electronic issues(Unaccounted for excess heat) in 1962 & was initiating research in this area. Nothing more since...
Do you really think Stealth fighters cost $400 Million a copy or is it a way to funnel money into skunk works projects. Notice when to many people complain the price drops. Incrementally of course only to the point of appeasement. The known Stealth technology is 55 years old with only incremental improvements since then?
Nano technology is relatively new to society, yet the Air force was already doing Nano tech R&D in the mid-50's. It's at least 60 years old to them.
"US keeps getting surprised" Or do they merely feign surprise. I've seen things that should make them concerned, yet they appear nonchalant. Like is that all you got. That is so 50 years ago.
Things are seldom what they appear...
That is good to extinguish the FUD spread by opponents.
I was searching for high efficiency generator since ling time and finally I got honda generator 2000 with help of my uncle. I got a nice deal on it. It took lots of efforts to find a genuine site to buy this product.
