You would need close to a megawatt of heat to get 100 hp at low conversion efficiency. Maybe this is why Rossi is working hard to miniaturize his core unit to the size of a small note book or smaller.
In a standard industrial deployment, size of the reactor does not matter much. But when deployed in a military drone, the size must be reduced to as small as possible. Herein may be Rossi’s motivation to miniaturize the E-Cat. On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Robert Dorr <rod...@comcast.net> wrote: > > >> Short of using a LENR type device on board a drone, my guess is they >> would use Americium 241 in an Alpha-Voltaic configuration. >> > > Drones are large machines. The engine is about 100 HP in the Predator. > (Rotax 914 engine.) Am-241 exists in only small amounts and it costs a lot > of money. $1500/g. They use tiny amounts in smoke detectors. I can't > imagine anyone making a 100 HP motor with either Am or Pu. > > It would be a piece of cake with a Rossi device. > > - Jed > >
