All things considered, I really do not think either one is in a position to cast aspersions on the other.
Aspersions aside, they are both casting big aspirations. And in the best of futures perhaps both will succeed.
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https://brilliantlightpower.co…of-275-kw-boiler-suncell/
New validation report by Dr. NansteelThat looks much like the video posted last year, complete with water splashing out of the open 'boiler'. It would be nice if some actual data was available, but alas not so.
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Just curious, what kind of detectors are you using? Im still surprised researchers are trying to detect nuclear reactions using temperature sensors....
SindreZG Was that directed to me? I have a 50mm NaI 4k channel gamma spectrometer: Spectrum Techniques UCS30. Also an X123 system with CdTe detector, covering roughly 5-100 kev. For neutrons, I built a He3 corona tube detector, from the open-source design of Bob Higgins. I have a 60 mm pancake G-M counter with pulse output for the DAQ system. For the Glowstick experiments I also used a pair of Bubble Technology tubes for thermal neutrons, but those are now well past their short useful life. I also built a Li6I neutron scintillator feeding a NIM rack, not currently working but possibly fixable. And a box of self-developing dental x-ray films.
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Thanks - Did you run Holmlid-inspired experiments back then? If so, were there any positive/negative results worth mentioning?
No, not Holmlid-like testing. I crushed a catalyst pellet and added 9% (wt.) to the Ni+LAH fuel in Glowstick 5.1. That produced a null result (no excess heat or radiation). The data files for that run were not posted but are available if needed.
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137Cs has two peaks detectable by a typical NaI scintillator, 662 and 32 kEv. The attached chart shows a 10-minute calibration with the detector inside a 10cm lead cave to reduce background.
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NaI scintillation energy will drift over time, influenced by the crystal temperature and that of the photo multiplier used. It's therefore important in these measurements to do a pre- and post-calibration with a known isotope like 137Cs. That will give the horizontal axis of the spectrum in useful units for further analysis.
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eros If possible, please post a background spectrometer chart for the same settings and duration. It's hard to draw any conclusions without that as a baseline for comparison.
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It is too obvious...and public, with no obvious benefit.
So why dd they do it? Perhaps just a clumsy misinformation attempt, like patent spam.
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What if the Navy device works as claimed? How might they use it in Navy operations?
Unless it's meant to just be a test of the US Patent Office, the Navy probably invested staff and resources in developing it, enough to want a patent. The power density would probably be too low to drive (for example) torpedo motors. but how about floating or submerged sensor pods. With no batteries needed, the device would have virtually unlimited shelf life, and when deployed could supply silent power sufficient for electronics and periodic compressed upload data bursts. A simple water-triggered igniter would mean just air-drop them or toss over the side.
If it works of course!
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I propose from ignorant perplexity another complication: Lo (Occam's Length) : the minimum length of the equation(s) needed to show the relationship of all these "constants".
Even Mills' reductionist GUT hasn't offered an approximation of completeness. So many fudge factors, so little time.... perhaps if time itself is not treated as a constant some of the other terms will drop out.
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This patent is a bombshell (not literally we hope!). It seems to describe a working device where a LENR reaction is initiated by thermite, and electricity is extracted by Seebeck type thermoelectric devices. It will be interesting to see how the USPTO deals with this:
STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST
[0001] The invention described was made in the performance of official duties by one or more employees of the Department of the Navy, and thus, the invention herein may be manufactured, used or licensed by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor.
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I do not have direct experience, but some people around have got them from this source:
I was able to purchase 0.5 kg from that source some years ago. I had it analyzed by a very good lab:
K2O 63.2 %
FeOx 32.8 %
CaO 2.8 %
CeO2 1.2 %
Mg trace
Here's the manufacturer's product sheet:
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nkodama I see from your link above that Brastron is a version of the Dycron hard chrome plating process of Chiyoda Daiichi company. Do you know if that process leaves a chemical residue from the treatment.
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Fusion Drive
Well, they are producing nice-looking videos and CAD images, but they should find a voice-over reader that can pronounce nuclear correctly. Short on credibility IMHO.
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This is the pdf file. The application was abandoned, tho. https://patentimages.storage.g…44630/US20170117066A1.pdf
The abandoned Swartz patent application was filed in 2016 by K-Orbital LLC and was cited by the examiner of application WO2019164521A1 (Dennis Letts, filed by IH in 2018).
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Stevenson I'm surprised to not see the work of Ken Shoulders in you bibliography. His seminal paper "Apparatus for Formation and Use of EVOs" from 2009 is available at
http://www.rexresearch.com/sho…FormationandUseofEVOs.pdf
Many of Shoulders' other papers are also available there in pdf form: www.rexresearch.com/shoulders/
For reference, Alan Smith posted an excellent introduction and transcript of the last known video interview of Ken. It's available on this forum at:
https://www.lenr-forum.com/att…shoulders-transcript-pdf/
I also just found that the collected papers of Ken Shoulders are preserved at U Penn:
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That is also apparently a continuation of International Patent Application WO2019/016606A1 from July 2019. It includes provisions for HV deposition and so refers to Mizuno's earlier work. Regarding the missing secret sauce, there is passing mention of reactor activation ("step 306") but no details are provided in that document, and the references to activation are missing from the US application.
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Does anybody know of a good ammonia-cracking technology?
Looks like Ni on Si can do it pretty well at ~600°C but Ruthenium-based catalysis is more efficient :
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It seems to be a documentary on Cold Fusion
https://www.dokbox.tv/programme/cold-fusion-the-truth
I did not watch it.
That hosting site (dokbox.tv) seems to require a subscription - £3.99 a month for "basic". That title shows up in UTube and Reddit, but "Video unavailable.This video is private."
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Gregory Byron Goble The Silicon Valley tech community is as thoroughly "networked" as anywhere in the world, so I would be surprised if Ricardo Levy wasn't well known to some group at Google. Their initial funding of $775K had to come from somewhere, but it's spare change to Google. And whether there is any deeper connection between the Aquarious Energy patent application and Google's prior work is impossible to know without inside information.
