RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Jones Beene
how easily hydrogen can go through what appears to be solid. Even stainless shim stock works for this purpose. You do not have to use palladium as the proton conductor. From: Robert Leguillon Subject: RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance Earlier in the thread, hydrogen was mentioned

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Chemical Engineer
ickel > particles and fouling any such relief valve > > > From: jone...@pacbell.net > > > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > > Subject: RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance > > Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:14:53 -0800 > > > > > -Original Message- > > Fr

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Robert Leguillon
gency evacuation. If the hydrogen can be purged regularly, some very precise filtering would be necessary to prevent aerosolising nano-nickel particles and fouling any such relief valve > From: jone...@pacbell.net > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > Subject: RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance >

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Jones Beene
From: Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint 1) When you refer to the variable mass of a proton, are you thinking about H, or protons in all elements? To be honest, this hypothesis really has not gotten beyond hydrogen protons, so far. 2) If the mass of a proton = m_sub_p +- m_sub_v , would the variability (m_

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Jones Beene
-Original Message- From: Terry Blanton > ... suppose it's those slightly different mass protons which are giving up mass that is not replenished by PAMD's sea. It would mean that new H2 would need to be added to the mix to get more "ragged" [sic - rugged?] proton mass. > If Rossi restart

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
the electrons in the element? -Mark _ From: Jones Beene [mailto:jone...@pacbell.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 8:18 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance From: Chemical Engineer * Can one "regen&quo

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Jones Beene wrote: > We do not need to specify how it is recouped > (regauged) yet, but the route is surely encompassed in one of the > definitions of ZPE (i.e. Dirac's negative energy 'sea'). Are you growing a Beard(en)? 'Regauged' was/is his favorite word. Hm

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Jones Beene
From: Chemical Engineer * Can one "regen" the hydrogen by circulating it through some type of catalyst, palladium etc to get it "re-energized" ? Very interesting question/speculation. In fact you may have hit on an important detail. This probably gets back to QCD and gauge bosons - and how

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Jay Caplan
Message - From: Axil Axil To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 1:50 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance IMHO, quiescence is caused by deterioration of the micro-powder surface due to inadequate heat control. I speculate that DGT has move the

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Jay Caplan
Message - From: Axil Axil To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 1:50 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance IMHO, quiescence is caused by deterioration of the micro-powder surface due to inadequate heat control. I speculate that DGT has move the

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Terry Blanton
"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." T

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Chemical Engineer
Can one "regen" the hydrogen by circulating it through some type of catalyst, palladium etc to get it "re-energized" ? On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Jones Beene wrote: > Can you provide a citation for that first quote from DGT ? > > ** ** > > At any rate, venting 3-4 times per day WOULD

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Jones Beene
Most Interesting ! and it shows the thought given detail, for a product that is obviously going into production. However, it is also a stretch to think that they did it solely for environmental or private use concerns. They are years away from proper permits to sell in the USA or EEC, so that state

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Andre Blum
I did not pay close attention to that defkalion post earlier. Reading it now cheers me up: to me these are thorough and sane (?) answers that go that extra mile in explaining practical details while at the same time matching up with the earlier released specs, proving that they are not patchwor

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Terry Blanton wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Jones Beene wrote: >> Can you provide a citation for that first quote from DGT ? > > http://defkalion-energy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=773 This is why I think they agitate their powder using hydrogen pu

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Jones Beene wrote: > Can you provide a citation for that first quote from DGT ? http://defkalion-energy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=773 Re: dumping 350 degree hydrogen Defkalion GT Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:33 pm Joined: Fri Jun 24, 2011 6:56 am Posts:

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Jones Beene
Can you provide a citation for that first quote from DGT ? At any rate, venting 3-4 times per day WOULD BE maintenance, if it is done to prevent quiescence. And a tank that size would last 200 days before losing too much pressure - with regular venting. There are many ways to look at what i

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
to what DGT is, and what you described in your posting. -m From: Axil Axil [mailto:janap...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:50 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance IMHO, quiescence is caused by deterioration of the micro-powder surface d

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Energy Liberator
Here is the link to that device http://www.ergenics.com/page22.htm On 25/01/12 07:59, Alain Sepeda wrote: Periodinc dumping of H seems not true for me. the tank would be empty quickly, and it would be dangerous. DGT clearly said that no "Vent" is done, exce

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-25 Thread Alain Sepeda
Periodinc dumping of H seems not true for me. the tank would be empty quickly, and it would be dangerous. DGT clearly said that no "Vent" is done, except in catastrophic situation, that induce shutdown and maintenance. however maybe is there a reversible storage (I have seen here a pattented devic

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Axil Axil
IMHO, quiescence is caused by deterioration of the micro-powder surface due to inadequate heat control. I speculate that DGT has move the heat producing powder zone to the reactor vessel wall. The powder is mechanically affixed to the reactor vessel wall with excellent heat transfer characteristic

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
:18 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance Best regards to all: I am happy to still be here having narrowly avoided the kill list. I apologize for a singular, ill-advised, and unintentional indiscretion humbly begging forgiveness with an earnest plea for redemption if that helps. Axil

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Axil Axil
y > go, and some can see where those pieces ‘fit’ in. Does that make sense??? > It is what makes this forum different from most, and is a concept that > trolls don’t understand, nor respect. > > ** ** > > -Mark > > ** ** > > *From:* Jones Beene [mailto:jone...@pac

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Chemical Engineer
> *From:* Jones Beene [mailto:jone...@pacbell.net] > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:16 PM > > *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com > *Subject:* RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance > > ** ** > > Mark - I thought you found the “entanglement” paper. Or … did you not make >

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
7;see' what the picture is all about??? -Mark From: Jones Beene [mailto:jone...@pacbell.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:16 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance Mark - I thought you found the "entanglement" paper. Or . did you not

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Jones Beene
y go, and some can see where those pieces 'fit' in. Does that make sense??? It is what makes this forum different from most, and is a concept that trolls don't understand, nor respect. -Mark From: Jones Beene [mailto:jone...@pacbell.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 1:

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
t sure where they go, and some can see where those pieces 'fit' in. Does that make sense??? It is what makes this forum different from most, and is a concept that trolls don't understand, nor respect. -Mark From: Jones Beene [mailto:jone...@pacbell.net] Sent: Tuesday, Janu

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Alain Sepeda
Cold Fusion term SHOULD be used as a way to ridiculized the past critics. it is clear for me that what happens is solid-state nuclear reaction (hot or cold is not the problem, like for semiconductors, solid state is the needed environment, even it is solid surface that is important). however the

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jones: > There are some that still believe Ni-H is thermonuclear and in fact, Pd-D > could be. In fact W-L theory tries hard not to be forced into making that > decision, and has QM features - but if the defining detail of that theory > involves neutrons, neutron capture - and subsequent wea

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
nuary 24, 2012 1:03 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance That would be my guess. A lump of powder might quickly get hotspots and meltdown. If you can keep a fluidized bed going the heating would be uniform. Maybe that is why defkalion showed that test reactor with a

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Jones Beene
Mark, The first question that must be answered is: it the Ni-H phenomena Quantum Mechanical in nature, or is it Thermonuclear, on a reduced scale? There are some that still believe Ni-H is thermonuclear and in fact, Pd-D could be. In fact W-L theory tries hard not to be forced into making

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Alain Sepeda
I don't have the answer, but it was my assumption, about control. Quiescence does not seems to be a problem with DGT according to their talk and (more important) to their test protocol (which does talk about continuous heat). 2012/1/24 Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint > Question: > > Could the quiesc

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Chemical Engineer
it is an engineering problem. > > ** ** > > -Mark > > ** ** > > *From:* Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint [mailto:zeropo...@charter.net] > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 24, 2012 12:40 PM > *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com > *Subject:* RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance > > **

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Terry Blanton
DGT could use a magnetic stirrer with small magnet rods in the powder. Or their solution could simply be the geometry of the kernel itself. Possibly they inject a puff of new hydrogen to stir the powder. T

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance On 24 January 2012 19:40, David Roberson wrote: I agree that they must have a well designed and functioning control unit to prevent meltdown. If quiescence is a reality, and *if* it will require a scientific/QM understandin

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Chemical Engineer
to the desired range. >> >> One thing that I have wondered about for a while is the effects of low >> frequency magnetic fields. I assume that the nickel powder is attracted to >> a magnet at room temperature. Would a slowly changing field cause the >> material to be co

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
On 24 January 2012 19:40, David Roberson wrote: I agree that they must have a well designed and functioning control unit to prevent meltdown. If quiescence is a reality, and *if* it will require a scientific/QM understanding, the I don't think any amount of 'control engineering' is going to b

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Robert Lynn
alive. A low frequency magnetic field could > penetrate a modest conductor. > > Dave > > > -Original Message- > From: Alain Sepeda > To: vortex-l > Sent: Tue, Jan 24, 2012 12:43 pm > Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance > > > Being fas

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Alain Sepeda
thanks for the data. of course RFG could not get through a big piece of metal, but low frequency magnetic field could pass through, if the metal is not too ferromagnetic, and cause induction current in a resistive ferromagnetic nickel powder (but also in the metal around...)... but your explanatio

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread David Roberson
material alive. A low frequency magnetic field could penetrate a modest conductor. Dave -Original Message- From: Alain Sepeda To: vortex-l Sent: Tue, Jan 24, 2012 12:43 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance Being fast to start and avoiding meltdown mean that they h

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Giovanni Santostasi
rstanding to solve. Fortunately, Rossi has stoked the fires > of interest in LENR, and there are plenty of very competent scientists now > working on it. > > ** ** > > -m > > ** ** > > *From:* Jones Beene [mailto:jone...@pacbell.net] > *Sent:* Tuesday, Ja

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
king on it. -m From: Jones Beene [mailto:jone...@pacbell.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 8:22 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance From: Energy Liberator: The issue I have with Rossi's device is the high electricity demand required to start off the

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Robert Lynn
No such thing as a magnetically transparent steel (or any conductor for that matter) RF will not pass through a conductive material. And for the same reason high frequency magnetic fields will not penetrate any metal by more than a fraction of a mm. For a bit of a guide as to what sort of distance

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Alain Sepeda
Being fast to start and avoiding meltdown mean that they have a very good, nearly optimal control. Maybe part of the secret is classic control theory, helping to design the optimal retro-action, once you know the core thermal parameters... but being also able to work without cooling, with "nudist"

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Energy Liberator
Thanks for the explanation. I knew DGT were using a heat transfer fluid but didn't realise they were preheating it to assist with the start up. "...The lack of steady gain is part of the larger problem of “quiescence”. The active material goes in

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread David Roberson
same temperature for efficient output. This is just my opinion, but I think the DGT design is more ideal. Dave -Original Message- From: Energy Liberator To: vortex-l Sent: Tue, Jan 24, 2012 10:39 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance The issue I have with with Rossi's dev

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Jones Beene
From: Energy Liberator: The issue I have with Rossi's device is the high electricity demand required to start off the E-Cat . You may recall that DGT uses a heat transfer fluid, not water. One can employ a reservoir of hot fluid for faster startup, and this bulk reservoir can serve many

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robert Lynn wrote: Rossi would have all the money he could ever want from any one of several > thousand large multinationals or governments by next week if he did a > single proper black box test similar to Jan-Jun 2011 demos . . . Maybe. Maybe not. Many cold fusion researchers have done proper

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Energy Liberator
The issue I have with with Rossi's device is the high electricity demand required to start off the E-Cat and the length of time required to get it going and then the periodic electric demand to keep it going. In comparison DGT's system seems draw much lower power to start

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Jones Beene
Wolf, This comes under the category of 'puffery' and it probably relates to net gain, if there is any truth to it. Obviously if one can achieve lots of heat without input - COP is infinite. However, when you factor in the quiescent period and the startup delay then the average over an exte

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Wolf Fischer
Jones, I also agree. However one question: Why does DGTs reactor provide an inferior ratio? As far as I remember, DGT claims a COP larger than 20 for a single reactor, whereas Rossi speaks of 6. Wolf Thank you, Robert. This is essentially what I have been saying for many weeks: Rossi has t

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Energy Liberator
I think you're right Jones. Once DGT have their verified test results published Rossi will be under a lot of pressure as all attention will then be diverted to DGT and there success. Rossi may just realise this (with a little help from his wife) and try do another

RE: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Jones Beene
Thank you, Robert. This is essentially what I have been saying for many weeks: Rossi has the ability to achieve a short run of nearly infinite COP- 6-8 hours, after which there is inevitable quiescence. That is both his problem and his ace-in-the-hole. He has not shown an ability to move beyond tha

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Alain Sepeda
I'm not so surprised. LENR is not rocket science once you read the serious but rejected papers on the subject... Maybe more simple than usual metallurgy. LENR should be called solid state fusion, like transistors were name at the beginning. then you have engineering. their job take some time, but

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Robert Lynn
Rossi would have all the money he could ever want from any one of several thousand large multinationals or governments by next week if he did a single proper black box test similar to Jan-Jun 2011 demos (no surrounding water box) but with proper independently installed and recorded calorimetry by q

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Energy Liberator
From what I understand with regards to DGT's licensing, is that the license fee gives you all the necessary info to start the production. So all you need to do is find a premises of sufficient size and then DGT will give the blue prints for the manufacturing plant

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Wolf Fischer
Probably Rossi has some NI persons on the controlling front...? If Rossis statement about production facility planning is true there must be other engineers involved (although the thought of Rossi doing every single piece of engineering on himself makes me laugh :)) Perhaps (my theory): Defkal

Re: [Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Energy Liberator
I think Rossi's best chance is to stop giving out contradicting information / statements. A couple of weeks ago the home e-cat was going to ship at the end of this year, then yesterday he states that it won't be for another 12-18 months. What happened? There is th

[Vo]:Rossi's Best Chance

2012-01-24 Thread Vorl Bek
Wolf Fischer wrote: > there have been two different news lately: > The first one being that Ampenergo seemingly has gone "inactive" > (although I don't know what this exactly means, if this is even > the company which is related to Leonardo, how this would affect > Rossi, etc.): > http://ecatn