At 01:37 AM 10/6/2012, Eric Walker wrote:
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Abd ul-Rahman
Lomax <<mailto:a...@lomaxdesign.com>a...@lomaxdesign.com> wrote:
In an AC situation, there would be alternate
production of hydrogen and oxygen at the same
electrode. So one would expect a level of
recombination, which could, I'd think, easily produce a glow.
Tangential question -- has anyone looked at what
the optimal AC frequency would be for loading
and unloading deuterium in palladium if the aim
is to generate a substantial flux back and forth
through the surface layer? Â It occurred to me
that if the frequency far outpaced the rate of
loading, the resulting flux might end up being relatively small.
The "SuperWave" approach of Energetics
Technologies superimposes a complex AC signal on the DC loading current.
Actually reversing the current would have complex
effects. Shutting off the current immediately
initiates deloading, it is essentially
sublimation of the hydrogen/deuterium. That is
the apparent trigger for "Heat After Death."
Heating the cathode would accelerate this process, to a point.
Heat After Death on steroids.
HAD is interesting because at that point there is
no input energy. The release of deuterium is
endothermic. The only likely chemical process at
that point could be recombination, but in a
standard open cell, oxygen will not be readily
available (and deuterium/oxygen mix does not
recombine until it's brought to ignition
temperature. While oxygen dissolved in the
electrolyte will recombine in contact with the
catalytic action of palladium, there is only a
very limited amount of oxygen so available.
Apparently recombination does not occur at high rates.
Obviously, if the cathode were heated to
accelerate movement of deuterium, that would be
energy input, but that input would be easily monitored.
Much serious PdD electrochemical work is with
closed cells, with catalytic recombination
installed above the electrolytic bath, so that
recombined heavy water drips back, and so that
the heat generated from recombination is
restored. Otherwise to determine actual excess
power, with open cells, one must factor for the
released combustible gases, a loss of energy from the cell system.
