I just want to remind people that the claimed operating temperature of 600C is not new. When Rossi presented the ecat in Jan 2011, he said the core would reach temperatures around 600C, but the heated water only just boiled. Now he claims the core is stable at 600C but he is not doing anything with the generated heat. Is this progress or puffery?
Harry On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 1:56 PM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> wrote: > Recently it has been reported that the latest version of the Rossi ECAT can > operate at 600 degrees centigrade or more without going unstable. This is a > remarkable improvement if accurate and it is suggested that the proof will > be delivered soon. > The earlier versions of the device tended to become unstable when the > temperature increased much beyond the operational level and now that appears > to be under control. To operate in such a manner suggests that the > mechanism which establishes the LENR activity is mostly independent of > temperature of the device. Actually it might imply that now there is a form > of negative feedback operating which tends to throttle back the energy > generation process once a threshold temperature is reached. > I have long hoped that the driver source could become independent of the > output states in LENR devices since that would devoice the devices from the > strong temperature effects that have made stability a big problem to contend > with. Imagine how wonderful it will be if we are able to control the > reaction by just changing the drive with minor temperature degradations. > There has been a lot of recent activity related to carbon nanotubes and > variation in the waveforms driving the LENR devices. Perhaps Rossi has > found a good combination of hydrogen storage with release control and an > electrical signal that work together as a system. Time will reveal if all > or any of this is true. > Maybe someone within the group has knowledge of the operation of the > Patterson cells which seemed to use an electric current as the control > handle. Was that device sensitive to temperature in the manner associated > with positive feedback or more benign as would be expected if negative > feedback were dominate? > I for one would welcome the improvements in the Rossi device that have been > outlined, but have learned from experience that it is easy to say something > remarkable but then not follow up with the goods. Perhaps this time we will > see the results that we so much anticipate. > Dave >
