I'm confused. I was under the impression that the NaH was the catalyst
required to form the hydrino. If this is true, what is the role of the
Reney nickel?
Ed
On Oct 23, 2008, at 11:00 AM, OrionWorks wrote:
From Mike Carrell:
Remember this: Raynal-Ni is a trade name of Grace. In the BLP
reactor, it is
a catalyst in a chemical system producing NaH, which is the
catalyst in the
energy reaction. Mills is very explicit in stating that only
hydrogen is a
consumeable in the reaction, producing hydrinos. All else is
recoverable in
a regeneration step. The material supplied to Rowan by BLP for
their test
was from another source, not Grace. Why so much is needed is not
clear to me
at all. BLP is only at the beginning of the design of a production
version
of the process.
Mike Carrell
This from Wiki on the properties of Raney Nickel:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raney_nickel
Of particular interest to me was what's stated in the last (forth
paragraph) in regards to how Raney Nickel reacts to the introduction
of Hydrogen.
...
Properties
Macroscopically Raney nickel looks like a finely divided gray powder.
Microscopically, each particle of this powder looks like a
three-dimensional mesh, with pores of irregular size and shape of
which the vast majority are created during the leaching process. Raney
nickel is notable for being thermally and structurally stable as well
has having a large BET surface area. These properties are a direct
result of the activation process and contribute to a relatively high
catalytic activity.
During the activation process, aluminium is leached out the NiAl3 and
Ni2Al3 phases that are present in the alloy, while most of the
aluminium that remains does so in the form of NiAl. The removal of
aluminium from some phases but not others is known as "selective
leaching". It has been shown that the NiAl phase provides the
structural and thermal stability to the catalyst. As a result the
catalyst is quite resistant to decomposition ("breaking down",
commonly known as "aging").[3] This resistance allows Raney nickel to
be stored and reused for an extended period; however, fresh
preparations are usually preferred for laboratory use. For this reason
commercial Raney nickel is available in both "active" and "inactive"
forms.
The surface area is typically determined via a BET measurement using a
gas that will be preferentially adsorbed on metallic surfaces, such as
hydrogen. Using this type of measurement, it has been shown that
almost all the exposed area in a particle of the catalyst has nickel
on its surface.[2] Since nickel is the active metal of the catalyst, a
large nickel surface area implies that there is a large surface
available for reactions to occur simultaneously, which is reflected in
an increased catalyst activity. Commercially available Raney nickel
has an average nickel surface area of 100 m² per gram of catalyst.[2]
A high catalytic activity, coupled with the fact that hydrogen is
absorbed within the pores of the catalyst during activation, makes
Raney nickel a useful catalyst for many hydrogenation reactions. Its
structural and thermal stability (i.e., the fact that it does not
decompose at high temperatures) allows its use under a wide range of
reaction conditions. Additionally, the solubility of Raney nickel is
negligible in most common laboratory solvents, with the exception of
mineral acids such as hydrochloric acid, and its relatively high
density (between 6 and 7 g/cm³) also facilitates its separation off a
liquid phase after a reaction is completed.
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Of course, theWiki description reveals no useful clues as to how
hydrogen, when introduced and subsequently absorbed, is presumed to
transform into hydrinos.
At present I keep speculating that key components to the design of a
BLP reactor chamber might consist of a cylinder containing a series of
internal turbine blades, (possibly spinning in opposite directions) at
high RPM speeds in order to keep the RN power in a constant agitated
state. I wonder if such a configuration would help prevent the powder
from clumping together as well as to the sides of the chamber. Of
course, such a design consumes valuable energy in order to keep the
turbine blades spinning. The $64 question: Would such a configuration
consume all or more of the excess energy generated from the formation
of hydrinos?
It would not surprise me if some of BLP's R&D engineers are looking
very closely at various turbine designs for useful clues in turbulence
characteristics and gas flow dynamics.
Regards
Steven Vincent Johnson
www.OrionWorks.com
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