Is he responsible for the Polywell device?
Promethian
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There should be some time limit to plausibility of claims made by any company. And BLP stands out pretty high in this regard.
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Some people can't stand being wrong. Adrian never had some ego driven desire to be right all the time.
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If the Mizuno technology works as claimed, which I'm fairly confident it does, then it's a poorly optimized technology with a tremendous amount of low hanging fruit. I expect very bright Chinese citizens will figure out how to simplify fuel treatment, fuel prep, reactor construction, and everything else that's required to design a simplified, low cost system. My guess is that in a few years a black market will form because businesses who need low grade heat will see this as a dirt cheap source of energy and it will save them money. The govt. may try to crack down on them, or, if we're lucky, they may embrace the technology at high speed to gain a competitive advantage against all other nations on the planet.
I don't really buy into the idea that Russia is inept or sleeping away or doesn't have the knowledge as to how to commercialize a working device. China and Russia and India have a cozy relationship in regards to joint ventures in regards to technology sharing and research development. From an economic standpoint, not much is held as "other things equal" (et ceteris paribus), and LENR, would actually dramatically increase the demand for energy over time (not initially at least). I really do hope that China and India reach out to Russia and simply ask them for the blueprints for working LENR devices, which must be seen by those respective nations as something of a fairy tale, at least until recently.
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Scuttlebutt is that Russia has LENR-powered cruise missiles.
Yes; but, even in the resource plentiful land of the post-USSR, now Russia, there is a neoclassical simple cost benefit rationale that could be applied here, or is there?
Given that Russia is the main exporter of nuclear technology, would a working LENR reactor/home device really diminish the growth of their energy industry? That's about the only reason I can surmise as to why we don't see LENR devices with a 'Made in Russia' logo on it...
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Not sure if this deserves a different thread; but, I haven't seen a plausible rationale as to why Russia hasn't commercialized some 30 years of ongoing efforts by noble scientists in the area in regards to LENR devices.
Any thoughts about this matter?
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Mizuno and anyone from Japan, only because he/Japan has/have no financial interest in NDA's or anything like that which would hamper/limit progress in research of the field.
And... perhaps Brillouin if they are willing to disclose how their pulsed mechanism works, (doubtful).
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I think he does have something. Nobody is that evil.
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Hurrah Brillouin!
But, what's the deal with their struggles with getting a COP of ~6? I don't understand...
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Go Brillouin!
High hopes for this objective and unbiased company.
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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must show evidence.
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The SK is available now with a delivery in only weeks.
Where did you find out about that? I'm interested to know.
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Well, Bill Gates did start Microsoft in his garage.
However, personally, I found the whole presentation offensive to the gravity of the matter. I have lost all confidence in Rossi and his ability to deliver something worthwhile.
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I wish someone could help these guys out with increasing their COP.
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Rossi is now talking of versions of the E-Cat SK.
There is a mention of 10 ECat SK being able to be operated by one controller of 380W. Thus giving a significantly higher COP.
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As Rossi uses no radioactive elements and the measured radiation from the SK is close to background why should the nuclear authorities be interested?
Suppose they were: They know nothing about LENR and apparently don't think it even exists. So how could they certify it?
Forgive my criticism; but, it is clear that Rossi does not have all his ducks in order if the FDA or some other regulatory alphabet agency is unaware or ambivalent (highly unlikely) about Rossi's reactors producing radiation.
It may bite Rossi in the future even if his redundancy measures of sealing off the equipment and having it monitored by a remote control comes about. Some of this could explain why Rossi doesn't want to deliver to home use, perhaps because the radiation concerns are more stringent with trying to get the device certified for that specific use.
Catch-22 anyone?
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Since Rossi has stated that radiation does occur from within the reactor core, although quite negligible, it still is an issue that I wonder how Rossi has overcome the regulatory hurdles to sell his reactors.
I'm sure everyone by now is aware of this; but, the reticence of Rossi to address the issue is quite appalling. It could be a liability for the company itself to use such a source of energy.
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however Mizuno has drawn 2 kW heaters for space heating.for cold household in Hokkaido
What COP was Mizuno able to achieve?
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That was Mizuno. He never got any government funding from NEDO. He had nothing to do with the NEDO program that funded Takahashi et al. He did not even get government funding when he was a professor at Hokkaido National U. He paid for all equipment out of his own pocket. Which is why he was able to haul much of the equipment across the street to his present lab when he retired. It is his property. The lab is in an abandoned discotheque or something like that. (He told me, but I don't recall.) The place was a wreck before the earthquake. It is even worse now.
Calling a spade a spade, that's a tragedy as to what happened to Mizuno's work.
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,. the attraction of small LENR fuel rods is that they don't need expensive heat transfer and radiation protection/control...therefore
they can be useful at the 500 W level depending on the COP..
I suspect they will go down the route of serving the dual purpose of heat and electric production in the near vicinity of the area of interest.
On Brillouin old website they basically had the HHT system look like any typical nuclear power plant design.
