A nice idea. But the amounts of heavy water required hardly justify building a water grid. Fedex could do it.
Posts by Alan Smith
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This document describes the various problems associated with most types of gauge - we are using an Edwards hot cathode ionisation gauge - better than a Pirani gauge for hydrogen/deuterium, but there is still a correction factor to be applied.
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Hydrogen has huge thermal capacity - in the most modern mega-turbine gensets they use hydrogen gas to cool the bearings. I my own work making hydrogen I have had trouble with moderately hot hydrogen melting plastic seals several meters away from the reactor.
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Anyway, other than that Woodford's endorsement of IH can now be seen as unwise it does not really reflect on IH itself very much.
I never said it did. It's a testament to their sagacity.
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Good news about the delay- but sadly we are not applying, since (due to Brexit fears) we have not found another EU partner to apply with.
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Do they want to fund it as long as it dares not speak its name?
That is correct. You win the chocolate biscuit
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Why is this level of vacuum stability so important although not mentioned by Jed? The Mizuno protocol requires maintaining 300-1000 Pa of D2 in the reactor for days or weeks, without any contamination of oxygen (air) getting in. I know from my past Glowstick work that this is the real challenge of the experimental protocol and must be correct. I'm not shy about buying good equipment, and have invested around $3k so far in building the apparatus. The turbo pump system will be around $10k new or $5k used for a known good system with low hours. Definitely not interested in junk parts for this important piece of the system!
I completely agree. I am happy with the Roughing pump/turbo/ion gauge set-up - and with the QMS (though it is an antique) but maintaining a long-term vacuum (days) is very hard. I am just doing a rebuild of my system -swapping oit everything with a mechanical connector for silver-brazed fittings. For those who haven't considered this problem what leaks in is air...and so you lose your deuterium by turning it into heavy water.
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Well, if you just want to make a point, mention it. If you want a grant, don't.
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Anyone making an application mustn't mention cold fusion/LENR. But you can apply for 'Investigating anomalous heat effects in hydrogen loaded metals.'
@Dr. Richard. I didn't just pluck the comment above from thin air.
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Anyone making an application mustn't mention cold fusion/LENR. But you can apply for 'Investigating anomalous heat effects in hydrogen loaded metals.'
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A lot of that money is from Woodford and see where that got them!
Yes, they got the money, and Woodford gets the blame.
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But IH raised a lot of money thanks to Rossi. Last published accounts showed they have a great deal of that ($23M?) in the bank and have taken many millions in 'administrative expenses'. The actual amount they have spent on research so far is unclear to me.
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ENERGY X.0: Future of energy systems
Ahmad Karnama
Ween Energy AB, Sweden
A B S T R A C T
Climate change is an existential threat for human-beings and energy sector is the prime responsible. On the other hand, the technological progress has made it possible
to use sustainable resource for energy generation and consume energy more intelligently. The latest has made the large industries to be willing to take control over
their own energy system. EX.0 (ENERGY X.0) encapsulates the visions for a change in the energy systems considering the technological progress and the need for a
revolution to save our planet.
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The problem with merely calculating the direct cost of coal-fired electricity generation is that nobody puts a price on cleaning up the waste mountains, the lakes of dirty water from the coal-washers, and restoring the trashed environment coal mining leaves behind. Coal mines in the UK have had a habit of filing for bankruptcy when those bills fall due. This is happening right now in Australia, and I expect the same thing happens in the good 'ol USA. So the real price is paid by the planet that gave us the coal in the first place.
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I don't care if renewable electricity is more expensive - we should be using as much of it as we can for the planet's sake. He who wants to eat cheap may often eat dirty.
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See also....http://world.std.com/~mica/cft.html
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Today Link took an axe to the Woodford Patient Capital Trust’s stake in Industrial Heat for the second time in three months. The value was written down by 83% to less than £10 million due to a “delay in operational progress”.
In August Link wrote down the value from £88 million to £58 million.
Industrial Heat’s valuation had ballooned to 357% before Woodford’s troubles emerged, triggering concerns over his investments.
The impact of the writedown was to cut the Patient Capital Trust’s value by 4.3p, taking into account a small write-up of another unnamed stake.
Shares fell 7% down 2.6p to 35.32p.
Schroders has been appointed to manage the trust after Woodford resigned as his business imploded. It will be renamed Schroder UK Public Privat
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Speaking of cats, Felix the laboratory cat has become an international star- Mr. Yoshinari, a famous Japanese painter of cats has put him into his Japanese 2020 catt calendarfor May.
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Please remember that Deneum is in Estonia, not Russia. Though many estonians speak russian, cause it was compulsory during the former Soviet regime.
Estonia is a Nato-counThread title amended- is that OK?
