Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
Jed Rothwell wrote:
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
So, after reading this, I got to wondering, and now I'd like to know how
Mizuno's power measurements were done, and that information would very
likely appear in the paper
Mizuno used a variety of different methods to measure power, including
a Hewlett-Packard computer-based instrument and a Yokogawa model
PZ4000. When he used a different methods at the same time they agreed
to within 1%.
See:
http://www.lenr-canr.org//acrobat/MizunoTconfirmatib.pdf
http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/MizunoTgeneration.pdf
Thanks! These will take a little time to digest. They're both
interesting, in part because the excess gas evolution, which Mizuno
mentions, _was_ observed by Scott Little. In particular, in the last
run he describes on his website (at which Ken Shoulders was observing),
he says he saw 3.5 times as much gas as predicted by Faraday's law.
(Unlike Mizuno, Little made no attempt to determine what the excess gas
was composed of, so it's just a (reasonable) guess that it was hydrogen
and oxygen.) Dunno if this is exactly the same effect as the one Mizuno
describes, but it's sure the same _symptom_.
However, neither of these papers appears to be exactly what I was
looking for. Upon looking back at Little's web pages a little more
carefully it appears that Mizuno's paper which provided the basis for
Little's last test series appeared in Infinite Energy, so I suppose I'll
have to go through them to get a copy of it.
I should clarify my interest here -- I'm not just trying to pick nits in
Mizuno's calorimetry or measurements.
Little said that Mizuno said that the instruments said that there was 75
watts of electrical power going in, there was 100 watts of energy being
lost to the air through the cell walls, _AND_ there was enough energy
left over to keep the cell boiling, and this situation prevailed for at
least a quarter of an hour.
Furthermore, Little said that Mizuno said that the instruments said that
this situation was initiated from the moment the power was turned on (no
"loading" time), and continued until the power was turned off.
That is absolutely fascinating; I wanna see the original paper, and
that's why I was asking about it.
