Alan Fletcher Intermediate

USA MHD research isn't quite dead yet : $2.5M over 3 years to 6 projects (for the coal industry).
https://energy.gov/fe/articles…dvanced-energy-production

Edit1 : only 3 of the 6 projects are for MHD ... so $1.2M over 3 years

Edit2 : Hmmm .... here's…

Annotated Suncel MHD generator



The stuff at the bottom looks like an open-topped suncell.

The output plasma (?) goes into a series of tubes between two magnets.

The charge is separated onto two electrodes ... which also serve as the return for ....…

Wiki: Magnetohydrodynamic generator (OK for main-stream stuff) indicates there has been no significant industrial-strength MHD work in the last ... 20 years? (But that was for coal-fired generators. Maybe if you have a suitable plasma you might be…

(Quote from maryyugo)

Usual MY careful reading. Those were the predictions in March 2016.

Sep 2017 :
-- Field test in 2H 2018
-- Commercial launch in 2H 2019

Interesting changes from
May 2016 to May 2017 to Sep 2017

May 2016 : 250kW electric as first phase. Hot and heavy on motive -- Project 300 units installed 2017
Photovoltaics (PV) is 50% of cost
Edit 2 :
-- Field test in 1H 2017
-- Commercial launch in…

Is it just me .... a coupla few days ago I got a big database error screen. Now I don't see any new posts since Tuesday

(Edit: oops .. that was my unread list ... I guess there have been a few posts since then. eg 7 hrs ago )

I'm back home ... but lots of other stuff to do before I can get back to these tests.

I *did* discover Rossi's sekrit heat exchanger *and* his lenr-powered jet engine test beds ... but you'll have to wait on those too!

Edit : Cropped from 360mm equiv…

(Quote from JedRothwell)

According to wiki 17 states have Criminal Defamation Laws. In Florida it's a misdemeanor Florida Statutes Chapter 836

Lots of legal foo, but admins, note :
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Tried a series, but the results look funny (mass and strokes didn't change between a couple of steps) . Repeatability?

Have to RE-redesign the head to get a guaranteed overflow point ... who would'a thunk that the biggest variable would be surface…

New discharge head and level-line installed. (Though my local store was out of line-levels).

Will try a series tomorrow morning.

(Quote from ele)

This is the test that I (and others) disqualified because of the thermocouple placement.

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OK ... I shall reject all of Einstein's and Newton's work because they are "quite old" and "extremely old".

However, this was the experiment MY was referring to.

This is my main document :
http://lenr.qumbu.com/rossi_ecat_proof_frames_v430.php

Search for "Oct (Self-sustaining) with MAIN unit" and go down to "SPH" (Specific Heat).

The entire cavity would have to be filled with LEAD to prove it Fake. Iron is…

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We actually have quite a lot of information about the contents of the "ottoman" :



1. Mats' photo showing a) thin walls, 2) fins in most of the top half 3) a likelyhood that there are fins in the bottom half too and that there is a…

Thinking aloud here.

There's actually something funny with the vinyl tube I'm using (1/2 inch inner) : there's a huge surface tension effect (sort of like a meniscus, but at any angle).

It only matters at the discharge head. Upstream of the meniscus the…

Revised Discharge Head design.

(My version 1 tried to do this, but I didn't have the right wood handy).

Should give height +- 1/2 inch when the tower is high, +- 1/4 inch when the tower is low.
NOTE: this design ONLY works properly until the beam is…

I updated the spreadsheet to include an error analysis:




Weight : manufacturer's +- 0.2 oz = +- 6g

Time: I get the time from the camera :
a) Find the frame where the pump light turns on/off ... read the Timer MM:SS
Error: +- 1 frame for getting the…

(Quote from Bruce__H)

Do you see obvious reason why the pump is under performing? No.
Could there be deposits inside the liquid end from this pump's previous life? Maybe, dunno.

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Haven't received a back-pressure gauge (yet). It's adjustable, but you need a manometer to adjust it. My $5 manometer is WAY out of spec.

Well THAT was two hard days work!

I did a full sequence.

IMPORTANT : These are ALL into a 20-foot tube.

Runs 22 B-G are normal runs


Run 22 H has the outlet level with the center of the pump. So it is essentially seeing backpressure from the suction…