Posts by Gerard McEk

Valeriy, what you try to explain is not clear to me. In my view mass spectrometers are the ideal instruments to measure mass/charge ratio and I have never heard that (I guess - 1 electron?) ionized hydrogen, oxigen or carbon ions would give other than expected results for these ratios. So why had Wiens and Thomson measurements had a different outcome? (Maybe more than 1 electron ionized?)

Very interesting. I hope they can demonstrate a working device soon. Would be interesting to know what powers (heat and electricity) can be produced with it. This will put more pressure on Andrea Rossi, I am sure. That is a good development.

The graphs are nice. I just add some info regarding Ecat X: It joins the oval where the Ecats are collected in the last graph. Assuming 400 grams, COP 10, the Ecat X has an energy density of 1.4 * E12 J/kg and a power density of 4.5 * E4 W/kg Net. But it all has to be proven.

This is very promising! It is clear that he is still very careful to choose the sources of where he found LENR information and that Rossi has been left out of that.
Clearly, that is a problem for Rossi, if he wants to bring his dream of a bright New Fire into the world. Andrea has still an image issue and I wonder what is needed to solve this, without giving up his right on payment to all his efforts. Maybe his main problem is that he wants to do everything himself and have it all patented. If he continues like that, we may never see any product of him on the market. He has his patent now for the Ecat. It is getting time he allows science to look into his invention. That would speeding-up the LENR development tremendously, which is for the good of the world.

Good development! I hope they will quickly show some positive results that can be thoroughly checked.

I just wonder why Yugo and Clarke tirelessly continue their constant sceptic replies to all people here on this blog. Why are they doing this? We know what their point of view is and if we are wrong they can say: 'we have told you over and over again'. If they were clever than it would suffice to copy just on every argument: 'I do not believe it' and do nice things for the rest of the day. It seems that they are not clever or that some other thing drives them. Maybe they just want to play the Devils Advocate? Or maybe they are payed for doing this? The latter would be stupid, because it serves no purpose. Especially being rude like Yugo often has a tendency for, is totally unproductive, so I would qualify Yugo just as being stupid. However, I like Clarke's arguments, because that keeps us sharp and we should be open for other views. Just some questions to Clarke: If at some day LENR proves to be true, would you admit? What kind of proof do you need to be convinced?

HI Jeff, All interestng stuff and you seem to have proper equipment. Maybe you have said it above somewhere, but can you tell what coil material you use and what type of power controller? Besides that, I think it can be important that at temperatures above 1000C the Aluminia starts to conduct electricity, which than will also partly run through the fuel. For that reason a three phase system can make a huge difference, because there is a lot of voltage difference between the three heating coils, that should be wound in between each other (see Lugano test).

I just wonder if [lexicon]IH[/lexicon] and Andrea Rossi are compeating. Rossi said in the past that they were cooperating, but why would [lexicon]IH[/lexicon] invest in this patent, if they are cooperating?
Besides that, would the patent be based on a device that was part of the deal between [lexicon]IH[/lexicon] and AR where they transferred information, about which AR remarked that know how were sucessfully transferred to [lexicon]IH[/lexicon] who made a working device of their own?
Would [lexicon]IH[/lexicon] be testing their own LENR reactors by now?
Would AR also supply information to [lexicon]IH[/lexicon] about Ecat X and the tigers?
I would love to know how [lexicon]IH[/lexicon] and AR or the Leonardo Corp. relate to each other!

Many control systems are prone to ocillations, especilly if they are badly damped or have phase shifts or time delays. Each system can be modeled and it is the task of the specialists to put the right parameters in the model. If you have an economist like Armstrong who had modeled the 'structural disign of economic changes' he will be able to find mathematically similar parametes for his model as what a physisist would find for a LENR model. So, I am not surprised with the findings of Armstrong, I would be more surprised if the mathematical models were completely different.
Oscillation is a powerful system behaviour to enhance the output a system, but makes it possibly also more sensitive to unstable behaviour.

It looks like a very professional set-up and methodology. I wish you very much success and hope that the replication of the New Fire will burn in full brightness!

It is prommissing that it has been commented on in ConsevativeBase.com Will this trigger more public interest?

Brilliant Brillouin, excellent timing! Try to get some cash before [lexicon]IH[/lexicon]/Rossi flies away with it. It is good that some competition appears on the market. It is even better that Capital Hill decision makers have been made aware of LENR. This may lead to more public (and media-) interest.

This is an important publication indeed, despite that it mainly refers to the SPEWAR lab. If other labs would publish a similar overview, even Siegel will not publish negatively about LENR anymore!

@ ME356: I do agree that a proper IGBT based power source is needed, if only to apply adjustible high frequencies and study the effect. It should enable AC and DC supply and high current peaks. I do also believe that a current through the fuel may be effective and that designs should focus on that as well. AR's patent does not exclude this either.

Thank you for the information, interesting! I wonder what vacuum oven they used. If it is based on radiation, then different temperatures can also happen because of shadow effects. Also microwave based ovens may have similar problems.

Well backyardfusionist, I had the same experience this year, also with 4 undergrads technical physics. After long discussions they were not allowed to do these tests with fuel, so it was near to useless. It brought the students in stress to make something for their practical period. It ended also quite sad.

ME,
Maybe you can go to 'life chat', of this site, that works easier than this Forum location, which requires frequent manual updates te see if there is any reply. See the top of this page.

Thanks for your answer ME. The pressure hand heat conductivity of the gas inside may influence this calibration and comparison with the existing test, so be careful with your assumption that the COP>1!

With the power analyser you can measure the input power, but how is the output power measured, because I assume there is no calorimeter?
I do like this test, because the current is running through the nickel. That was one of the reasons why I believe LENR will more easily start. As ECCO above already mentions, the conductivitiy of the Alumina tube may reduce at higher temperatures, especially when lithium attackes it and I have already said previously that the change in resistance of the heating coil during the Lugano test was being caused by the change in conductivity of the aluminia in the hot-cat. LENR requires a trigger and a current through the nickel may be such a trigger. Small high peak currents may improve the COP.

Me356, how do you determine the output power?