Alan Fletcher Member

(Quote from nul-points)

If you can't read an effing order form then it's your own dang fault.

https://ecatorders.com/pre-order-e-cat-products/

Note: E-Cat products will be delivered only if Leonardo Corporation collects orders for at least 1,000,000 (one…

(Quote from nul-points)

That is spelled out. The original 1 million is for 100W units.
But the 10W version is counted as 1/10 of a 100W version.

So the number could be between 1 million (all 100W's) and 10M (all 10W's)

(Quote from RobertBryant)

No idea who he is. But he's put some money where his mouth is., and plans to put in some more. (Maybe not so good for an independent commentator).

Believe it or not ...

https://e-catworld.com/2022/12…s-merry-christmas-wishes/
https://e-catworld.com/wp-cont…2/12/IMG_0839-768x576.jpg

Correction / clarification : They are reporting on plasma temperature and duration, but I don't think it's "ignited" yet.

They raised $500M in 2021 with $1.x billion on milestones:
Helion raises billions promising net electricity from fusion by 2024
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(Quote from RobertBryant)

Not BY me, but there were questions by others. And some older q's about airflows .. as I recall.

(Quote from Curbina)

As a reader, I did not get that impression. There had been frequent questions about air-flow calorimeters. (ISTR).

Maybe so.

The patent is quite readable. For some configurations they do mention a lithium blanket (as will be tested in iter). They could sell Tritium to ITER!

Edit: 2021 patent describing the overall system
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I think they can currently do a shot every 10 seconds (recharge, or cooling time?) and think they will get to 10/second soon.

Patent search with "helion and plasma" ... latest is Oct 22, fig on p1 is in the video.

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Website is here https://www.helionenergy.com

ECW was 2014. I don't see a date on that very interesting video. It has a lot of criticism of iter's fuels and neutrons. (I'm at the half-way mark).

The current (youtube) machine is V6, they show V7 under…

Ditto and likewise :


2022-12-19 13:39 Andrea Rossi
WaltC:
We are working on it already making hours of operation before going to stream: at that point we will give the datasheet.
For now I can say that the Ecat SKLep SSM weights 21 grams in total. I mean: 21…

Rossisez/Believe it or not:

2. Does the off-grid version need some sort of energy source to start like a battery?
2. no
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it can be switched off and on anytime,

(Quote from Paradigmnoia)

But Rossi didn't make that choice. It was a supposed expert from UofB who brought the instrument.

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You are re-writing history there. Rossi asked Levi to assemble a bunch of UofB experts to test the device. They were allowed to bring ANYTHING except a radiation spectrometer. One person snuck one in and recorded radiation…

(Quote from RobertBryant)

It IS scientific progress .. they were examining the power in and out of a single pellet. The fact that only a small proportion of total laser energy reached that target is a separate matter of optical engineering.

Not holding…

(Quote from truth)

Or the clock is wrong. Subjectively, it looks a bit brighter. And rather than showing 0.000 A with occasional flickers to 0.001 it is now showing 0.001 for long periods.

My view kept re-loading at 11/12/22 9:19 ... then it jumped to…

(Quote from JedRothwell)

It's a screen shot on twitter (quoted in an NYT article - paywaleld)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/1…y/chatgpt-ai-twitter.html

Edit: of course it might be a human pretending to be an AI ....

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The ChatGPT joke about who invented the internet was very funny.

That's in line with my (abandoned) tests. Maybe I'll publish my curves when I have some free time.

Can anyone please remind me about the Magic Wand : What the input and output currently and projected?

I guess it's at youtu.be/SiZO3R1SAtI?t=622

DC in.
Some heat out.
Direct electricity output ... varies per resistor/matched inductor/matched inductor +…