David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: I hope that they are real and capable of designing useful devices. Did I > misunderstand the report and graph which suggested that they are getting > heat output that is only double the input electrical power? >
Yes. I believe that report is out of date and they are getting somewhat better results, but not as good as Rossi or DGT. > If this is true, they must improve the process significantly to compete > with DGT. > Sure. But I doubt that will be a problem. Once you learn how to control the reaction you can easily produce any input to output ratio you want. I do not know for sure whether Brillouin has tight control but I believe they do. Now they can move on to other problems such as improving the ratio and raising the operating temperature. The first hurdle (control) is difficult; the ones following that are merely a matter of engineering. People have paid far too much attention to the ratio over the years. They have paid too much attention to the absolute power level. Any ratio that allows the effect to be easily measured is fine. 1 W or 10,000 W makes no difference. The only problem that ever mattered is control. Once you have that, the rest comes easily. Without it, you have nothing -- from the point of view of commercial technology. Even if you can scale up to 10,000 W you will only blow yourself up. - Jed
