On 11-10-18 04:13 PM, pagnu...@htdconnect.com wrote:
George Miley (U. of Illinois) recent published a Powerpoint presentation
(dated Oct-3-2011 on Google) entitled
"Nuclear Battery Using D-Clusters in Nano-materials ---
plus some comments about prior H2-Ni power cell studies"
at the following URL:
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/mragheb/www/NPRE%20498ES%20Energy%20Storage%20Systems/Nuclear%20Battery%20using%20Clusters%20in%20Nanomaterials.pptx
Apparently*he has been successfully replicating the Patterson cell
results*,
That would be fantastic news if it were true. However, I don't see it
in that set of slides -- in fact, it appears that Miley's recent results
haven't come within an order of magnitude of the heat generated in the
Patterson cells. I'd say, rather, he has been *attempting* to replicate
the Patterson cell results, with moderately positive results. So the
key to duplicating Patterson's results remains lost.
Did I miss something?
Slide 8, regarding the old Patterson cells, and Miley's current work
says: "My sputter coating technique achieves better control ... --
however the excess heat is cut by an order of magnitude"
Slide 9, regarding the Patterson cells: "Excess heats of 1-2 kW were
consistently produced ... Light water and NI should not produce a
reaction!!" This is a lead-in to some theoretical discussion, but
there's no indication that he's been able to come anywhere near
Patterson's old result.
Most of the presentation seemed to consist of a mass spec analysis of
reaction products, with little discussion of heat production. The
latter seems to have been modest at best.
Again, did I miss something?
