to do the calculations in my previous email I used 16 kW = 57.6 MJ/hour because:
(16,000 W) x (3600 sec/hour) x (1 MJ/1000000 J) x (1 J/sec per Watt) = 57.6 MJ/hour Boron (137.8 MJ/liter) and Berylium (125.1 MJ/liter) have the highest energy densities that I listed. But note that this is for the solid form only. Powdered form would be 3 or 4 times less dense (assuming the same change in density as aluminum to aluminum powder) in terms of energy per volume. That puts them in the 30 to 50 MJ/liter range and means they would not last more than 1 hour at 16 kW. Note that thermite (powdered aluminum and iron oxide) at 18.4 MJ/liter would last 19 minutes when producing 16 kW from 1 liter of material. On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Jeff Driscoll <hcarb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan's website seems to have mistakes - > > http://lenr.qumbu.com/fake_rossi_ecat_v2.php > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density > > Alan does calculations assuming that Rossi's 1 liter reactor (as described > by professor Levi) was filled with some type of chemical that could heat the > water. Supposedly the February test ran 16 kW on average for 18 hours. > (16,000 W) x (18 hour) x (3600 sec/hour) x (1 J/sec per Watt) x (1 > MJ/1000000 W) = 1037 MJ emitted by 1 liter. This means there needs to be a > chemical that has an energy density of 1037 MJ/liter > > Diesel equals 32 MJ/liter > >
