I don't understand the conclusion. Was there a control device with the same electrical input and no active element?
-----Original Message----- From: Robert Lynn <robert.gulliver.l...@gmail.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Sat, Sep 8, 2012 9:37 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:High temperature E-Cat - preliminary report published http://www.e-catworld.com/2012/09/high-temperature-e-cat-report-published/ No glaring problems. Though for the life of me I can't work out where the reactor is in the arrangement - they detail the outer and inner tubes (which are not the reactors, their mass is consistent with dense 310 SS, inner tube 1.375" OD x.08" thick, outer 3.375"ODx.064" thick ), Resistors (look like tube furnace), ceramic putty and paint, but as far as I can tell no indication of what the reactor is, size, shape, weight - is it lumped in with the 2.2kg resistors? COP about 2-2.5, 18kWh output and 8KWh input. Calcs are reasonable and probably conservative. To be honest I think this 2ish COP might be close to what Rossi has had all along - just not quite good enough to be commercially useful. Earlier claims of higher COP might have been either his poor calorimetry, or deliberately misleading, but either way this demo is probably more convincing than his previous tests Criticisms: Calorimetry is still not good and lack of instrumentation is Rossi at his time wasting worst, don't like the thermal camera - as I lack familiarity with them and don't know if it requires calibration or is subject to significant errors I don't know about, or if its readings could be intentionally manipulated in some way. Was it Rossi's or someone else's? Perhaps others may be able to confirm its accuracy. Small temperature differences make huge power differences in radiative emissions (double power for increase of <200°C) - so errors are magnified. No thermocouples is just silly. Input power measurement between control box and wall were inconsistent (why?). Any checks of hidden power supplies in control box? No ability to tell if their were unmeasurable higher frequencies coming from wall. He needs an aggressive sceptic to do a proper test, not someone in his circle or in his employ. Skeptics hat: Not enough detail about reactor, could have been combusting a fuel for example (off top of my head) aluminium powder + hydrocarbon in air that would have same weight at start and finish,1kg would be enough to supply 10kWh heat seen Celani is doing a much better job of convincing people.
