Perhaps there are some counter-intuitive ways to extract heat energy from the environment using spin reservoirs. If real, probably just an apparent (but useful) exploitation of a 2nd Law loophole.
A couple of references: "Single-reservoir heat engine: Controlling the spin" http://fqmt.fzu.cz/13/pdfabstracts/605_1f.pdf "Work extraction in the spin-boson model" http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0411018 -- Lou Pagnucco Jones Beene wrote: > Attn: spin doctors > > Hope this is not belaboring the point about the intrinsic magnetic > connection that exists, and may in fact be causative - to a finding of > gain > in LENR systems. Consider one further major point in the context of Steven > Jones' finding of an RF signature. > > Consider the field of NMR but in the context of RF. The importance of an > RF > signal in NMR is not RF alone, but than an intense single resonant > frequency > is seen, which is determined by the external field alignment of the > nucleus. > The stronger the field the more robust the signal > > OK backtracking to Steven Jones, and his slide showing an RF signal - we > must realize that because of the strong self-field of hydrogen (deuterium) > even the very weak magnetic field of earth is enough to see some signal > but > only with hydrogen or deuterium. > > See where this is heading? > > Connect the dots and we are looking at more than NMR, and more than LENR - > it is NMR in the context of LENR, as perhaps the driving force. > > _____________________________________________ > > > For the various Spin Doctors on Vortex - 2.3. Magnetic > Stimulation > > After the cathode had been charged with deuterium for 48 > hours at a current of 80 mA, the cell was placed in the field of a > permanent > magnet of 200 Gauss strength. The cell electrolyte temperature rose to 5 ° > C > (Fig.10.) after 230 seconds, After 576 seconds, the magnet was replaced by > two, one inch Neodymium magnets with a 800 Gauss field placed as described > earlier. The temperature immediately started increasing and reached 13.5 ° > C > in about 15 minutes and remained constant. The temperature returned to 3.5 > ° > C when the magnet was removed. >
