First off let me get this out of the way, I am not a physicists so this
is probably completely impossible, but I'll throw it out here anyway.
What if the conversion of Ni 58 and Li 7 happen relatively quickly so
that very soon after the reaction is commenced there is almost a
complete conversion of Ni 58 to Ni 62 and an almost complete conversion
of Li 7 to Li 6 and what sustains the reaction from that point on is
primarily a cyclic reaction between Ni 62 and Li 6. Just throwing this
out there. Go ahead and start telling me that this couldn't happen, I
know it's a crazy idea.
Robert Dorr
On 10/9/2014 8:12 AM, Alain Sepeda wrote:
the powder change seems quite simple... no complex procedure...
surprising.
2014-10-09 15:53 GMT+02:00 Alan Fletcher <a...@well.com
<mailto:a...@well.com>>:
At 04:23 AM 10/9/2014, Teslaalset wrote:
I find it quite a coincident that after 32 days approximately
all Ni and Li were transmuted to Ni62 and Li6. I would have
guessed that running out of the original isotopes would create
a reduced performance which would be the reason for shutdown.
Why has this not been mentioned?
Although none of the tests show it, I still believe that the ECAT
will run, as advertised, for at least 6 months on one charge. The
time for this test was set by the experimental team (and most
likely by their host, which was paying for the power).
I'm beginning to think that this transmutation was a "burn-in"
secondary effect, particularly for the Lithium, which was there
only to provide the hydrogen.
If you ignore the bump when they changed the input power levels
(files 4 to 6) the COP increased almost linearly over the whole test.
So maybe the "long term" COP depends on these transmutations -- ie
the availability of (most likely) Ni62, and coincidentally Li6 --
and would have stabilized just a few days later when the
transmutation was complete.
I wonder if Rossi knew this would happen. However, he usually runs
his Ecats at higher power, so the burn-in might be much quicker
-- and he's never analyzed the ash that early.
He's also hinted that the 1MW "baby" at the "customer" has also
needed constant attention and adjustment (including being called
out in the middle of the night). Maybe it too is undergoing a
settling-in period --- it's also been running for less than a month.
But we won't get those results for at least a year, and they will
be purely internal documents.
In short, I think it IS coincidental that the Ni and Li
transmutation was nearly complete at the end of the run, but that
some other reaction continues beyond that point.
And even if the 1g charge DID have to be replaced monthly it would
probably still be economical.
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