Post by marchesarosa on Aug 5, 2011 9:53:50 GMT 1
Informative video by Nobel Laureate Brian Josephson
sms.cam.ac.uk/media/1150242
In January 2011 Andrea Rossi demonstrated a device that purported to develop 10 kW of power from a nuclear reaction. This video discusses its credibility, the investigations that have been done on the device, and its future prospects. The nuclear power claim can be tested by measuring total energy over a period of time and comparing it with what would be possible from conventional energy sources[1]. For reasons of commercial secrecy the investigators were not allowed to inspect the chamber in which energy is generated, but to date no cause has been found to doubt Rossi's claim. Previous claims of this kind, beginning with that of Fleischmann and Pons in 1989 [2], have been generally doubted, but it is argued that this general doubt owes more to the persuasive power of rhetoric than to the actual facts.
In contrast to the ITER thermonuclear project, where practical application is decades away, reactors of the Rossi type are already in production and, according to NASA Chief Scientist Dennis M. Bushnell, may be capable of "completely changing geo-economics, geo-politics, and solving climate and energy"[3].
[1] bit.ly/CFnyteknik
[2] lenr.org
[3] www.evworld.com/evworld_audio/dennis_bushnell_part1.mp3.
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See also this survey of the subject by Ric Werme
wattsupwiththat.com/2011/08/04/andrea-rossis-e-cat-fusion-device-on-target/#more-44578
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Rough sketch of Defkalion's box Hyperion, based on the energy catalyzer. Inside the thermally insulated and lead shielded box A the reactor(s) is placed. B is a hydrogen tank. C down to the right is a pump for heat transport through a closed circuit. C up to the left is an electronic control unit.