A provocative subject which may have keen relevance to the operation of a robust Ni-H reactor revolves around the plasma state. There are a number of reasons for a plasma being advantageous as a stimulant, but most have to do with the hydrogen molecule transitioning to either the monatomic state or the several ionic states with UV emission. The Mizuno glow discharge experiment is a case in point. Replications of that are online.
In the theory and the experiments of Randell Mills - a thin plasma is used, BUT Mills was never able to keep a reactor going for very long, at least in a public demo. The Janssen experiment with a thin plasma is notable for its output of 50 kW but that was not continuous. For Mills theory, it is critical to have hydrogen in the monatomic state but not the ionic state. However, Mills theory is absolutely wrong on a number of related issues relating to QM, so whether or not the need for high pressure is another regrettable error of his, is not known. Any fool can see that a high pressure plasma favors monatomic over ionic. The fact that high pressure hydrogen could be advantageous in the gas fill of a Ni-H reactor is a major consideration, but the plasma state itself is compatible with either. Do not mistakenly assume that plasma and high gas pressure are incompatible. Not true. The plasma state may be maintained at high pressure, but it is much, much easier to start with low voltage in a vacuum. Ever wonder why halogen lamps sometimes delay starting? They are high pressure gas-filled. Rossi and DGT both claim high pressure operation, and neither mention argon in the mix. High pressure but with a mix of both gases (and maybe a third) may be a key detail which was partly missed by Mills, whose arrogance in response to the experimental work (and suggestions) of others is stupefying. But to the extent his prior work offers the strongest published insight to this - the challenge of integrating that theory wrt results from Rossi, DGT and Thermacore (gas-phase) will probably be huge - and all that is necessary to achieve reproducibility at a high level. In the past couple of days, a particular light bulb, in a YouTube video, has been discussed. These bulbs are typically filled with a of argon and nitrogen. The longest lasting incandescent bulbs are designed to operate near atmospheric pressure when tuned on - so that oxygen from is not encouraged to enter at the seals (and thus they last longer). Consequently, they are filled at a slight vacuum during manufacture, but they are not designed for plasma operation, unlike the CFL design - which is far more efficient. The video in question demonstrates that even a bulb not designed to operate as a plasma emitter, can create an local plasma, and produce copious light with a few watts of input (like the CFL which can operate at a subwatt level). This detail may seem remote at first, to the operation of a Ni-H reactor but not if the photon emission serves to create a resonant surface effect especially in the ultraviolet spectrum. In fact recent mention of argon in the work of Celani, could indicate that a number of important details are just now turning up - but are important for the attempted replication of a robust Ni-H effect. A detail worth noting in regard to whether DGT "forgot to mention" that they too are using argon, is that the images of DGT "Hyperion" indicating a tank which is colored blue. Hydrogen tanks in the EEC are supposed to have a red shoulder, this one does not. This would be a minor infraction of a rule, and of little consequence UNLESS that company is seeking regulatory approval. One suggestion, then, since we know approval is indeed being sought - is that this blue tank contains a mix of argon and hydrogen. Yes, this is NOT a smoking gun yet, but it is one more thing to throw into the mix of unknowns. BTW - "Halogen" bulbs are filled with the same inert gas as the standard bulb, mostly argon with an added trace of halogen BUT operate at ~ 8 bar - high pressure but not as high as Rossi (supposedly). But in neither halogen nor incandescent is a plasma "necessary" for operation, but curiously in both cases a plasma can easily be formed by applying RF. Plus, the light emission from RF goes up by huge efficiency factor in terms of P-in for lumens out and in terms of spectrum (moving towards UV). This brings us back around to where we started - the strange blue light from that incandescent bulb. Well, in the end - the bulb is no longer incandescent at all, is it? Jones
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