"Nickel may not be necessary at all' No : Nickel or similar metal with high lattice enthalpy like Alkali metal halides is necessary.
See these papers from Rowan university http://www.blacklightpower.com/pdf/RowanChemSummer2009Report.pdf http://www.blacklightpower.com/pdf/RowanHydrinoReport2009.pdf On 11/19/11, Horace Heffner <hheff...@mtaonline.net> wrote: > > On Nov 19, 2011, at 1:24 AM, David ledin wrote: > >> From Randell Mills yahoo group >> >> The gas CO2 is patented by Dr. Mills and BLP as a hydrino catalyst. >> Nickel has >> an affinity to bind to CO. At temperatures below 700 degrees >> Celsius heating >> nickel first releases CO and around 400 degrees Celsius a dominant >> reaction >> causes 2CO to form C and CO2 on an abradided nickel surface. >> >> At the same time, hydrogen is split at the nickel surface, creating >> one hopes a >> population of atomic H and a population of CO2 in close proximity >> which can >> undergo hydrino transitions at the nickel surface. >> >> Interestingly, above 700 degrees C, the dominant exothermic 2CO -> >> C + CO2 >> reaction stops and is reversed such that endothermic formation of >> CO dominates - >> a nifty self regulating physical mechanism that could be used to >> create a self >> regulating reactor. >> >> The variable factors are what ratio and pressures of H2 and CO >> would work best >> to create an observable reaction? Reaction rates of resonant energy >> transfers >> appear particularly dependent on exact conditions for each type of >> catalyst and >> the manner in which H and the catalyst are brought close together >> to trigger >> transitions. >> >> antony >> > > Nickel may not be necessary at all, nor even hydrino formation, for > free energy generation in this regime. A carbon arc in water vapor > may be sufficient, or more to the point any form of arc (including > induced electrodeless discharge) in a CO2 plus water vapor > environment, may be sufficient for energy generation. There was > excess energy observed from "aquafuel" (water gas) creation via > pyrolysis of carbon (or carbon bearing materials) via underwater > arc. It seemed to me logical in 1996 that a direct CO2 recycling > mechanism, without additional carbon input, might work. See: > > http://mtaonline.net/~hheffner/aquafuel.pdf > > I mentioned the possible use of Correa's PAGD discharge range, a low > pressure discharge regime, which is described here > > http://www.globalserve.net/~lambdac/PwrfromAEemissions.html > > The low pressure CO2 + H2O gas should cycle to water gas and back > within the arc, with chemically enhanced negative resistance pressure > waves increasing the electrical AC feedback output (and thus the free > energy) from such a tube. > > The Correas supposedly obtained a COP of 7 from the PAGD regime > without any added chemical means. The newly available nickel barium > alloys, which have very good thermionic emission characteristics, and > avoid the need for barium oxide thermionic emission filament coatings > entirely, may be of use in producing greatly improved PAGD regime > devices. > > I wonder what happened to both the aqaufuel and the Correa endeavors. > At least the Correa's web information is still up. > > Best regards, > > Horace Heffner > http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ > > > > >
