COP was from 1.06 to 1.68. No wonder they never pursued it.
On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes that is so true – in a sane world, this technology would have been > supported at a respectable, even if far lower level than hot fusion. Few > hundred million instead of 10 billion (or 20 down the tubes with nothing to > show)/ > > Take a close look at Janssen’s microwave thruster at Rowan – how could NASA > not have jumped on that? Is it because it is proprietary? That never > bothered them before. In fact NASA actually replicated and confirmed Mills > theory. See the Niedra replication. > http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/NiedraJMreplicatio.pdf > > > From: Steve High > > Jones, the tragedy in this is, as you yourself have > suggested on several occasions, Mills is probably a genius and effect he is > exploring is probably real although not well explained (or maybe it is). > His > "product" is still far from ready for prime time. In a sane world the > government would see the enormous potential in his work, and provide him > with the same support it provides countless other nascent technological > ideas that have life-saving potential. He shouldn't have to use > sophisticated hucksterism to propel his work forward. Alas this is the same > refrain we have spoken of a thousand times already. > At 1:31 of part 1 of his July 21 > demonstration Mills tells us that in order for the Sun Cell to produce 10 > megawatts of electricity it will need to create 25 megawatts of light > energy, as the PV cells have a 40% conversion ratio. I presume that will > leave 15 megawatts to be dissipated as heat (it has to go somewhere, > right?) > With that much heat wouldn't the reactor itself nearly glow with the > intensity of the sun? I'm just a simple country doctor so probably I'm > missing something. > Steve – You probably do not take this too seriously, so you > are not missing the fact that it is not science – it is hucksterism with a > dose of sophistication. The “40%” conversion ratio should make it clear to > anyone who follows solar cells that Mills is blowing smoke. Affordable > cells > for use in mass production are below 20% efficiency. The Boeing/Spectrolab > triple junction cells which have produced 40% on occasion are not available > at reasonable cost. And even if they become available - they are actually > rated for 32% continuous and are now extraordinarily expensive – 500 times > more than silicon per watt. NASA can pay that but can you? > So instead of dissipating 15 megawatts to get 10, less the > reprocessing overhead (assuming that it works at all for more than a few > days) it would be closer to dissipating 40 MW to get 5… which isn’t bad if > it were true. > But given Mills’ track record, do not sign a check just > yet. > If history is an indicator - you will never see it being sold. Mills has > raked in a few million more from a few more suckers, in this round of > investment, and in 2015 there will be something else. SunCell what? Maybe > in > a museum some day. > > > >
