A good example of harnessing the power of the Beta-atmosphere. They will cotton on eventually. :-)
On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 at 22:30, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > This discussion group began long ago with discussions of vortex-induced > cavitation, also known as sonofusion. Examples include the work of Roger > Stringham and the hydrodynamics gadget (https://www.hydrodynamics.com/). > (Look up Stringham in the LENR-CANR.org index, > https://lenr-canr.org/wordpress/?page_id=1081) > > I would like to draw your attention to an ICCF23 presentation about this > approach. The title does not indicate that's what it is about: > > Excess Energy from Heat-Exchange Systems > > Abstract: > > http://ikkem.com/iccf23/orppt/ICCF23-IA-21%20Huang.pdf > > In ICCF22, we presented a vapor compression machine (VCS-1) using a 2.75RT > freon compressor (Figure 1) which can produce excess energy [1]. The hot > refrigerant vapor from the compressor (around 150°C) is used to heat the > water flowing through a tiny passage of a triple-pipe heat exchanger. This > may cause a violent cavitation of water. The machine was modified > furthermore and tested for two years since then. The calorimetric method > for COP measurement was improved. The COP inside the steam generator is > defined as the heat carried away by water (Qwnet) divided by the net heat > input (Wt - QL), denoted as COPx . This is used as the criterion to > determine the possibility of excess energy generation. If the measured COPx > was greater than 1, then the cavitation-induced low-energy nuclear reaction > (LENR) might occur. The test shows that the maximum COPx reaches 1.97 > (Figure 1) and COPx increases with decreasing inlet water temperature. . . . > > Video: > > http://ikkem.com/iccf23/MP4/3b-IN22.mp4 > > In the video lecture, the COP is shown as high as 1.97 (minute 10). Excess > heat, when present, ranges from 2.15 to 4.18 kW (minute 16:30). With one > reactor, there were 4 months with no heat, which can be taken as a baseline > calibration, followed by 2 months of excess heat (minute 16). > > An upcoming JCMNS paper has more details. > >