[Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Ron Kita
Greetings Vortex-L,

http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2Sect2=HITOFFu=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htmlr=1p=1f=Gl=50d=PG01S1=20140326711.PGNR.OS=DN%2F20140326711RS=DN%2F20140326711

Ad Astra,
Ron Kita, Chiralex
Doylestown PA


[Vo]:Change in the air

2014-11-06 Thread Robert Dorr



Since the publication of the Rossi independent third party report on 
the ecat, I have noticed a distinct change in the attacks on Rossi 
and in more to the point, LENR in general. There has been a continual 
flood of ideas and papers regarding various aspects of LENR (and its 
various iterations) operation. I think that there is a general mood 
of acceptance that even though no one knows for sure the LENR 
mechanism, the mechanism exists. I see a rapidly increasing interest 
and very exciting times ahead. The floodgates have developed a crack, 
and the waters are rising.




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Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Blaze Spinnaker
Looks like there are three related patents filed last year in May.   I
wonder when we'll seem them pop up.   Also, why did this patent show up
already?  It was only filed in april of this year.

*Application Number**Filing Date**Patent Number*61818553May 2, 201361819058May
3, 201361821914May 10, 2013

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 4:22 AM, Ron Kita chiralex.k...@gmail.com wrote:

 Greetings Vortex-L,


 http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2Sect2=HITOFFu=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htmlr=1p=1f=Gl=50d=PG01S1=20140326711.PGNR.OS=DN%2F20140326711RS=DN%2F20140326711

 Ad Astra,
 Ron Kita, Chiralex
 Doylestown PA



Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Frank Acland
Maybe Industrial Heat is using the USPTO's fast track service for this one:
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/Track_One.jsp

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 7:37 AM, Blaze Spinnaker blazespinna...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Looks like there are three related patents filed last year in May.   I
 wonder when we'll seem them pop up.   Also, why did this patent show up
 already?  It was only filed in april of this year.

 *Application Number**Filing Date**Patent Number*61818553May 2, 2013
 61819058May 3, 201361821914May 10, 2013

 On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 4:22 AM, Ron Kita chiralex.k...@gmail.com wrote:

 Greetings Vortex-L,


 http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2Sect2=HITOFFu=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htmlr=1p=1f=Gl=50d=PG01S1=20140326711.PGNR.OS=DN%2F20140326711RS=DN%2F20140326711

 Ad Astra,
 Ron Kita, Chiralex
 Doylestown PA





-- 
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Publisher, E-Cat World http://www.e-catworld.com


Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Roarty, Francis X
Blaze,
interesting this was filed in April and Rossi was already describing the 
shadows cast by the coils far ahead of the controversy after the released 
report..and to give Rossi credit his explanation does have the ring of truth. 
The reacting material was much  hotter than the heating coils making them by 
comparison into lamp shades/ insulators trapping some of the light and heat 
trying to escape the reaction. This seems like the simplest and therefore most 
likely explanation for the shadows.
Fran

From: Blaze Spinnaker [mailto:blazespinna...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 8:37 AM
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

Looks like there are three related patents filed last year in May.   I wonder 
when we'll seem them pop up.   Also, why did this patent show up already?  It 
was only filed in april of this year.



Application Number

Filing Date

Patent Number


61818553

May 2, 2013


61819058

May 3, 2013


61821914

May 10, 2013


On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 4:22 AM, Ron Kita 
chiralex.k...@gmail.commailto:chiralex.k...@gmail.com wrote:
Greetings Vortex-L,

http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2Sect2=HITOFFu=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htmlr=1p=1f=Gl=50d=PG01S1=20140326711.PGNR.OS=DN%2F20140326711RS=DN%2F20140326711

Ad Astra,
Ron Kita, Chiralex
Doylestown PA



RE: [Vo]:Change in the air

2014-11-06 Thread Roarty, Francis X
Robert, yes I agree, especially some of the recent citations by Axil from 
Physic.org - even string theory is getting involved in this last push toward 
acceptance.
Fran

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From: Robert Dorr [mailto:rod...@comcast.net] 
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 7:30 AM
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Subject: EXTERNAL: [Vo]:Change in the air



Since the publication of the Rossi independent third party report on 
the ecat, I have noticed a distinct change in the attacks on Rossi 
and in more to the point, LENR in general. There has been a continual 
flood of ideas and papers regarding various aspects of LENR (and its 
various iterations) operation. I think that there is a general mood 
of acceptance that even though no one knows for sure the LENR 
mechanism, the mechanism exists. I see a rapidly increasing interest 
and very exciting times ahead. The floodgates have developed a crack, 
and the waters are rising.



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Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Daniel Rocha
Tomorrow, and next week's friday.

2014-11-06 11:37 GMT-02:00 Blaze Spinnaker blazespinna...@gmail.com:

 Looks like there are three related patents filed last year in May.   I
 wonder when we'll seem them pop up.   Also, why did this patent show up
 already?  It was only filed in april of this year.

 *Application Number**Filing Date**Patent Number*61818553May 2, 2013
 61819058May 3, 201361821914May 10, 2013



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[Vo]:RE: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:RE: [Vo]:​Can the wave function of an electron be divided and trapped?

2014-11-06 Thread Jones Beene
From: John Berry

Also, if you seek a transient effect, does heat exist in a moment?

Heat is a chaotic form of random microscopic changes in kinetic energy, if so 
there should be windows where there is no change in momentum which could be 
argued to be as localized moments of zero heat?

John, That is an interesting thought from several perspectives. We could call 
it a “localized freeze” or simply “subradiance,” which is well-known under that 
name. Even though we do not normally think of semi-coherency as being related 
to “lack of” a parameter, there is no reason we cannot phrase it that way.

First – whenever there is superradiance in a larger system, there is 
corresponding subradiance – for a net energy balance of zero, if no outside 
energy enters the system. Secondly, this goes back to the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam 
problem, first written up at Los Alamos 1955, which seeks to explain how 
seemingly chaotic systems often express regularly ordered periods (such as hot 
and cold bifurcations). In effect subradiance powers superradiance. Finally, a 
“localized moment of zero heat” is more likely in the situation where there is 
a bifurcation between superradiance and subradiance at extremely small 
dimensions, such as a nanometer sized cavity… and especially where there are 
gaps in the emission spectra due to Casimir dynamics.


Jones Beene wrote:
An interesting possibility about FQHE – in the context of LENR, is that there 
could be a transient version inside a Casimir cavity.

The phenomenon of the fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE) occurs when 
electrons are contained in two dimensions, cooled to near absolute zero 
temperature, and exposed to a strong magnetic field. 
On the surface, it would seem that this cannot happen in LENR as a static 
phenomenon, as the temperature is way too high… but electrons confined inside a 
dielectric Casimir cavity, which is inside a metal matrix - even at 500C could 
experience a transient version of FQHE in a situation where SPP are supplying 
the strong magnetic field, and virtual photon exclusion by the cavity walls 
provides the cooling effect, and the inside of a Casimir cavity can be modeled 
as 2-D.

The first and last are found in prior scientific studies, but the cooling 
effect is not seen in the literature, AFAIK.

Not sure what direction you are going with this – but in 2010 – we were talking 
about fractional electron charge (AKA: FQHE) as being the driving force behind 
one form of LENR – at least the non-nuclear version of LENR and possibly the 
Mills’ version - which happens at the nanoscale or in Casimir cavities. Several 
times since then, the fractional Hall effect has been tied to thermal anomalies.
https://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l%40eskimo.com/msg40603.html

“I won't go into all of the lore of monatomic hydrogen, going back to 
Langmuir, or the Mills' version of fractional hydrogen called the hydrino -
except to say that there is another possibility that encompasses both of
these phenomena - and it can explain other hot hydrogen (HH) phenomena or
anomalies, so long as we limit it to two dimensions.
 
This possibility would also suggest that a Casimir cavity is or acts 'as if'
it were a two dimensional space. There are a number of papers on this second
prerequisite, many of them by Calloni, but I will save that for another
time. The argument is sound.

According to Laughlin, electrons can form an exotic state with fractional
charge in two dimensions. Unlike the putative hydrino, this seemingly odder
beast is accepted by the mainstream. It has even won a Nobel. Consequently,
taking this bit of insight to the next level - given that all electrons are
happy to form pairs, it is suggested that HH is itself related to FQHE via
paired electrons.”



Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Blaze Spinnaker
Frank, I wonder if that means they're confident they have something and
want to get patent rights sewn up ASAP.

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 6:01 AM, Frank Acland ecatwo...@gmail.com wrote:

 Maybe Industrial Heat is using the USPTO's fast track service for this
 one: http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/Track_One.jsp

 On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 7:37 AM, Blaze Spinnaker blazespinna...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Looks like there are three related patents filed last year in May.   I
 wonder when we'll seem them pop up.   Also, why did this patent show up
 already?  It was only filed in april of this year.

 *Application Number**Filing Date**Patent Number*61818553May 2, 2013
 61819058May 3, 201361821914May 10, 2013

 On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 4:22 AM, Ron Kita chiralex.k...@gmail.com wrote:

 Greetings Vortex-L,


 http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2Sect2=HITOFFu=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htmlr=1p=1f=Gl=50d=PG01S1=20140326711.PGNR.OS=DN%2F20140326711RS=DN%2F20140326711

 Ad Astra,
 Ron Kita, Chiralex
 Doylestown PA





 --
 Frank Acland
 Publisher, E-Cat World http://www.e-catworld.com




RE: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Jones Beene
The USPTO has an 18 month embargo on publication, which is optional and not 
required - and they chose not to avail themselves of the delayed publication.  
That is a strategy choice. You can find this stature online: (35 U.S.C. 122 
Confidential status of applications)

The implication is that they want to get the most basic version of the device 
protected and in front of the public immediately if possible. These is a very 
limited scope patent – and could get through, but it may not protect very much. 

There is no mention of isotopes or a particular catalyst. This means that they 
cannot protect the use of any catalyst, other than as a trade secret, but 
catch-22 – if the devices is not described well enough so that a practitioner 
“skilled in the art” can make and use it, they are in trouble on the basic 
claim.  This is the so-called “enablement requirement” of 35 U.S.C. 112.

The purpose of the requirement that the specification describe the invention in 
such terms that one skilled in the art can make and use the claimed invention 
is to ensure that the invention is communicated to the interested public in a 
meaningful way. Thus if MFMP can replicate the device for any gain, then Rossi 
is in a good position.

From: Frank Acland 

Maybe Industrial Heat is using the USPTO's fast track service for this one: 
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/Track_One.jsp

… why did this patent show up already?  It was only filed in april of this year.


Application Number  Filing Date Patent Number   
61818553May 2, 2013 
61819058May 3, 2013 
61821914May 10, 2013
Ron Kita  wrote:
Greetings Vortex-L,

http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2Sect2=HITOFFu=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htmlr=1p=1f=Gl=50d=PG01S1=20140326711.PGNR.OS=DN%2F20140326711RS=DN%2F20140326711

Ad Astra,
Ron Kita, Chiralex
Doylestown PA





-- 
Frank Acland
Publisher, E-Cat World http://www.e-catworld.com 
 


Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Blaze Spinnaker
Jones, that's mostly true.   It depends on what they're specifically
claiming though.  with patents the devil is in the details.

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 6:45 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote:

  The USPTO has an 18 month embargo on publication, which is* optional* and
 not required - and they chose not to avail themselves of the delayed
 publication.  That is a strategy choice. You can find this stature online:
 (35 U.S.C. 122 Confidential status of applications)

 The implication is that they want to get the most basic version of the
 device protected and in front of the public immediately if possible.
 These is a very limited scope patent – and could get through, but it may
 not protect very much.

 There is no mention of isotopes or a particular catalyst. This means that
 they cannot protect the use of any catalyst, other than as a trade
 secret, but catch-22 – if the devices is not described well enough so
 that a practitioner “skilled in the art” can make and use it, they are in
 trouble on the basic claim.  This is the so-called “enablement requirement
 ” of 35 U.S.C. 112.

 The purpose of the requirement that the specification describe the
 invention in such terms that one skilled in the art can make and use the
 claimed invention is to ensure that the invention is communicated to the
 interested public in a meaningful way. Thus if MFMP can replicate the device
 for any gain, then Rossi is in a good position.

 *From:* Frank Acland

 Maybe Industrial Heat is using the USPTO's fast track service for this
 one: *http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/Track_One.jsp*
 http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/Track_One.jsp

 … why did this patent show up already?  It was only filed in april of
 this year.


* Application Number* * Filing Date** Patent Number*

 61818553May 2, 2013
 61819058May 3, 2013
 61821914May 10, 2013
 Ron Kita  wrote:

 Greetings Vortex-L,


 *http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2Sect2=HITOFFu=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htmlr=1p=1f=Gl=50d=PG01S1=20140326711.PGNR.OS=DN%2F20140326711RS=DN%2F20140326711*
 http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2Sect2=HITOFFu=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htmlr=1p=1f=Gl=50d=PG01S1=20140326711.PGNR.OS=DN%2F20140326711RS=DN%2F20140326711

 Ad Astra,

 Ron Kita, Chiralex

 Doylestown PA



  --

 Frank Acland
 Publisher, *E-Cat World* http://www.e-catworld.com




Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Daniel Rocha
I think the 18 months, which are optional pretty much anywhere in the
world, has ran out for the 1st application. So, the others will be
published in due time.



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danieldi...@gmail.com


Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Blaze Spinnaker
For example, look at the first indie claim:

1. A reactor device comprising: a sealed vessel defining an interior; a
fuel material within the interior of the vessel; and a heating element
proximal the vessel, wherein the fuel material comprises a solid including
nickel and hydrogen, and further wherein the interior of the sealed vessel
is not preloaded with a pressurized gas when in an initial state before
activation of the heating element.

I am sure a POSITA could replicate that.

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 7:03 AM, Blaze Spinnaker blazespinna...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Jones, that's mostly true.   It depends on what they're specifically
 claiming though.  with patents the devil is in the details.

 On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 6:45 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote:

  The USPTO has an 18 month embargo on publication, which is* optional* and
 not required - and they chose not to avail themselves of the delayed
 publication.  That is a strategy choice. You can find this stature
 online: (35 U.S.C. 122 Confidential status of applications)

 The implication is that they want to get the most basic version of the
 device protected and in front of the public immediately if possible.
 These is a very limited scope patent – and could get through, but it may
 not protect very much.

 There is no mention of isotopes or a particular catalyst. This means
 that they cannot protect the use of any catalyst, other than as a trade
 secret, but catch-22 – if the devices is not described well enough so
 that a practitioner “skilled in the art” can make and use it, they are
 in trouble on the basic claim.  This is the so-called “enablement
 requirement” of 35 U.S.C. 112.

 The purpose of the requirement that the specification describe the
 invention in such terms that one skilled in the art can make and use the
 claimed invention is to ensure that the invention is communicated to the
 interested public in a meaningful way. Thus if MFMP can replicate the device
 for any gain, then Rossi is in a good position.

 *From:* Frank Acland

 Maybe Industrial Heat is using the USPTO's fast track service for this
 one: *http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/Track_One.jsp*
 http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/Track_One.jsp

 … why did this patent show up already?  It was only filed in april of
 this year.


* Application Number* * Filing Date** Patent Number*

 61818553May 2, 2013
 61819058May 3, 2013
 61821914May 10, 2013
 Ron Kita  wrote:

 Greetings Vortex-L,


 *http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2Sect2=HITOFFu=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htmlr=1p=1f=Gl=50d=PG01S1=20140326711.PGNR.OS=DN%2F20140326711RS=DN%2F20140326711*
 http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2Sect2=HITOFFu=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htmlr=1p=1f=Gl=50d=PG01S1=20140326711.PGNR.OS=DN%2F20140326711RS=DN%2F20140326711

 Ad Astra,

 Ron Kita, Chiralex

 Doylestown PA



  --

 Frank Acland
 Publisher, *E-Cat World* http://www.e-catworld.com






Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Jed Rothwell
Blaze Spinnaker blazespinna...@gmail.com wrote:

. . . interior of the sealed vessel is not preloaded with a pressurized gas
 when in an initial state before activation of the heating element.

 I am sure a POSITA could replicate that.


PHOSITA (person having ordinary skill in the art)

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Blaze Spinnaker
yeah, i'm a huge source of typos

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 7:20 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote:

 Blaze Spinnaker blazespinna...@gmail.com wrote:

 . . . interior of the sealed vessel is not preloaded with a pressurized
 gas when in an initial state before activation of the heating element.

 I am sure a POSITA could replicate that.


 PHOSITA (person having ordinary skill in the art)

 - Jed




Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Alan Fletcher
Quick read : most of it describes the physical structure and results of the 
first (2013) independent test. It says nothing about what the reaction is, 
other than it contains nickel and produces hydrogen. 

Banding/shadows : for the melted/banding run it gives the dimensions and 
positions of the bands and the heater elements. The dark parts are where the 
wires are. It ascribes these to shadow, though I still think those wires (based 
on the Penon pictures) were too thin to produce shadows from the internal, 
diffuse source. 

I think that the result from the different energy transfer of ceramic and the 
gaps in the ceramic (where the energy would have to be transferred by radiation 
or conduction through a gas). I deduce that the conduction through the ceramic 
won. It still means that the energy was coming from inside, and not from the 
heater wires. 

600 is new - describing an assemblage of 18 reactors 

[0169] A system 600 for producing heat, according to at least one embodiment, 
is illustrated in FIG. 17. According to at least one embodiment, the system 
includes a high number of individual reactor devices. The reactor device 400 
described above represents an exemplary choice for use in the system 600, 
although other reactor devices including reactor device 200 and others are 
within the scope of these description of the system 600. In a particular 
example of the system 600, a total number of 18 reactor devices are used. Each 
of the reactors may absorb a power of about 1.1 kW. ... 

This is used to generate STEAM --- the COP is reported as *** 11.07 *** 



Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Alan Fletcher
Note that the inventor is Rossi, working for IH ... but the ASSIGNEE is still 
Leonardo Corporation, Miami. 

So apparently IH didn't get ALL the IP rights  



RE: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Jones Beene
You say potato, I say potato… 

 

But the main implications which stands out on first read – if we try to 
interpret what is being claimed in this disclosure relative to what we already 
know…

1)Non-nuclear

2)Requires substantial electrical input and elevate temperature

3)Requires ceramic containment

4)If hydrogen is the active “agent” for gain,  in the sense of Ni-H 
- then the hydrogen must be embedded in the nickel as a strongly bound hydride 
instead of as a more weakly bound absorbate , in such a way that hydrogen is 
not released at extreme temperature (as it usually is).

5)Otherwise, and this is more likely: the ceramic matrix would 
retain the diffuse hydrogen after thermal release from the nickel; and if it is 
porous, as sintered ceramic usually is (6-8% porosity is common), then this 
points to a Casimir modality…

 

If I were the folks at Jovion, I would be feeling pretty good about this turn 
of events, having a granted patent- United States 7,379,286Quantum vacuum 
energy extraction

 

Inventors: Haisch, Bernard (Redwood City, CA); Moddel, Garret (Boulder, CO)

Assignee: Jovion Corporation (Menlo Park, CA)

 

Abstract

A system is disclosed for converting energy from the electromagnetic quantum 
vacuum available at any point in the universe to usable energy in the form of 
heat, electricity, mechanical energy or other forms of power. By suppressing 
electromagnetic quantum vacuum energy at appropriate frequencies a change may 
be effected in the electron energy levels which will result in the emission or 
release of energy. Mode suppression of electromagnetic quantum vacuum radiation 
is known to take place in Casimir cavities. A Casimir cavity refers to any 
region in which electromagnetic modes are suppressed or restricted. When atoms 
enter into suitable micro Casimir cavities a decrease in the orbital energies 
of electrons in atoms will thus occur. Such energy will be captured in the 
claimed devices. Upon emergence form such micro Casimir cavities the atoms will 
be re-energized by the ambient electromagnetic quantum vacuum. In this way 
energy is extracted locally and replenished globally from and by the 
electromagnetic quantum vacuum. This process may be repeated an unlimited 
number of times. This process is also consistent with the conservation of 
energy in that all usable energy does come at the expense of the energy content 
of the electromagnetic quantum vacuum. Similar effects may be produced by 
acting upon molecular bonds. Devices are described in which gas is recycled 
through a multiplicity of Casimir cavities. The disclosed devices are scalable 
in size and energy output for applications ranging from replacements for small 
batteries to power plant sized generators of electricity.

 

 

 

 

 

 



Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Blaze Spinnaker
Jones you need to look at the claims.  The abstract / background / etc are
just context.

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 9:01 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote:

 You say potato, I say potato…



 But the main implications which stands out on first read – if we try to
 interpret what is being claimed in this disclosure relative to what we
 already know…

 1)Non-nuclear

 2)Requires substantial electrical input and elevate temperature

 3)Requires ceramic containment

 4)If hydrogen is the active “agent” for gain,  in the sense of
 Ni-H - then the hydrogen must be embedded in the nickel as a strongly bound
 hydride instead of as a more weakly bound absorbate , in such a way that
 hydrogen is not released at extreme temperature (as it usually is).

 5)Otherwise, and this is more likely: the ceramic matrix would
 retain the diffuse hydrogen after thermal release from the nickel; and if
 it is porous, as sintered ceramic usually is (6-8% porosity is common),
 then this points to a Casimir modality…



 If I were the folks at Jovion, I would be feeling pretty good about this
 turn of events, having a granted patent- United States 7,379,286*Quantum
 vacuum energy extraction*



 Inventors: Haisch, Bernard (Redwood City, CA); Moddel, Garret (Boulder, CO)

 Assignee: Jovion Corporation (Menlo Park, CA)



 Abstract

 A system is disclosed for converting energy from the electromagnetic
 quantum vacuum available at any point in the universe to usable energy in
 the form of heat, electricity, mechanical energy or other forms of power.
 By suppressing electromagnetic quantum vacuum energy at appropriate
 frequencies a change may be effected in the electron energy levels which
 will result in the emission or release of energy. Mode suppression of
 electromagnetic quantum vacuum radiation is known to take place in Casimir
 cavities. A Casimir cavity refers to any region in which electromagnetic
 modes are suppressed or restricted. When atoms enter into suitable micro
 Casimir cavities a decrease in the orbital energies of electrons in atoms
 will thus occur. Such energy will be captured in the claimed devices. Upon
 emergence form such micro Casimir cavities the atoms will be re-energized
 by the ambient electromagnetic quantum vacuum. In this way energy is
 extracted locally and replenished globally from and by the electromagnetic
 quantum vacuum. This process may be repeated an unlimited number of times.
 This process is also consistent with the conservation of energy in that all
 usable energy does come at the expense of the energy content of the
 electromagnetic quantum vacuum. Similar effects may be produced by acting
 upon molecular bonds. Devices are described in which gas is recycled
 through a multiplicity of Casimir cavities. The disclosed devices are
 scalable in size and energy output for applications ranging from
 replacements for small batteries to power plant sized generators of
 electricity.















Re: [Vo]:COP of 3 is a problem for electrical - Thermal

2014-11-06 Thread Alan Fletcher
From: Alan Fletcher a...@well.com 
Sent: Wednesday, November 5, 2014 10:03:38 AM 

 They can make plenty of money from a COP=6 thermal system, even with an 
 electric drive. 

Reported elsewhere, but just for the record here. The new patent describes an 
18-reactor hotcat system [600], generating steam, with a reported cop of 11.07 



Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread David Roberson
Notice that the system including a number of reactors working together is 
similar to what I was describing in a posting yesterday.  Perhaps that is why 
they decided to publish that information today.

Dave

 

 

 

-Original Message-
From: Alan Fletcher a...@well.com
To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Thu, Nov 6, 2014 11:42 am
Subject: Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today



Quick read : most of it describes the physical structure and results of the 
first (2013) independent test.  It says nothing about what the reaction is, 
other than it contains nickel and produces hydrogen.


Banding/shadows  :  for the melted/banding run it gives the dimensions and 
positions of the bands and the heater elements. The dark parts are where the 
wires are.  It ascribes these to shadow, though I still think those wires 
(based on the Penon pictures)  were too thin to produce shadows from the 
internal, diffuse source.  


I think that the result from the different energy transfer of ceramic and the 
gaps in  the ceramic (where the energy would have to be transferred by 
radiation or conduction through a gas). I deduce that the conduction through 
the ceramic won.  It still means that the energy was coming from inside, and 
not from the heater wires.


600 is new - describing an assemblage of 18 reactors 


[0169] A system 600 for producing heat, according to at least one embodiment, 
is illustrated in FIG. 17. According to at least one embodiment, the system 
includes a high number of individual reactor devices. The reactor device 400 
described above represents an exemplary choice for use in the system 600, 
although other reactor devices including reactor device 200 and others are 
within the scope of these description of the system 600. In a particular 
example of the system 600, a total number of 18 reactor devices are used. Each 
of the reactors may absorb a power of about 1.1 kW....


This is used to generate STEAM --- the COP is reported as  *** 11.07 ***






Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Alan Fletcher
From: Alan Fletcher a...@well.com 
Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 8:41:48 AM 

 600 is new - describing an assemblage of 18 reactors 
 This is used to generate STEAM --- the COP is reported as *** 11.07 *** 

No mention (that I can see) of steam quality or anything to measure it. 

[0196] Throughout the test, the temperatures of steam measured by the two 
probes have always been the same or very similar to each other. Throughout the 
test, the pressure of the steam was always equal to atmospheric pressure 




Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Alan Fletcher
Seeing that the publication date was set by the USPTO, I doubt it =8-) 

- Original Message -

From: David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com 
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com 
Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 9:19:15 AM 
Subject: Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today 

Notice that the system including a number of reactors working together is 
similar to what I was describing in a posting yesterday. Perhaps that is why 
they decided to publish that information today. 

Dave 




Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread David Roberson
Are you not amazed that a patent is issued for a device of this type and not 
for one that claims cold fusion as the source of energy?  What are the chances 
that the inventors actually brought one of these systems to the patent office 
to prove that it works?

It is very sad that our field is treated as the unwanted kid while everyone 
else gets a free ride.  It leads me to suspect that organizations with a large 
amount of influence have been aware of the potential of LENR type devices for a 
long time and have gone to great lengths to suppress their introduction into 
the world.  If the technology has been known and kept from being developed then 
those responsible for this behavior should be taken to the shed out back and 
given a beating.

This posting sounds a lot like a conspiracy theory and I suppose that is what 
it is, but the actions of the patent office give it credibility.

Dave

 

 

 

-Original Message-
From: Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net
To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Thu, Nov 6, 2014 12:01 pm
Subject: RE: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today





You say potato, I say potato… 
 
But the main implications which stands out on first read – if we try to 
interpret what is being claimed in this disclosure relative to what we already 
know…
1)Non-nuclear
2)Requires substantial electrical input and elevate temperature
3)Requires ceramic containment
4)If hydrogen is the active “agent” for gain,  in the sense of Ni-H 
- then the hydrogen must be embedded in the nickel as a strongly bound hydride 
instead of as a more weakly bound absorbate , in such a way that hydrogen is 
not released at extreme temperature (as it usually is).
5)Otherwise, and this is more likely: the ceramic matrix would 
retain the diffuse hydrogen after thermal release from the nickel; and if it is 
porous, as sintered ceramic usually is (6-8% porosity is common), then this 
points to a Casimir modality…
 
If I were the folks at Jovion, I would be feeling pretty good about this turn 
of events, having a granted patent- United States 7,379,286Quantum vacuum 
energy extraction
 
Inventors: Haisch, Bernard (Redwood City, CA); Moddel, Garret (Boulder, CO)
Assignee: Jovion Corporation (Menlo Park, CA)
 
Abstract
A system is disclosed for converting energy from the electromagnetic quantum 
vacuum available at any point in the universe to usable energy in the form of 
heat, electricity, mechanical energy or other forms of power. By suppressing 
electromagnetic quantum vacuum energy at appropriate frequencies a change may 
be effected in the electron energy levels which will result in the emission or 
release of energy. Mode suppression of electromagnetic quantum vacuum radiation 
is known to take place in Casimir cavities. A Casimir cavity refers to any 
region in which electromagnetic modes are suppressed or restricted. When atoms 
enter into suitable micro Casimir cavities a decrease in the orbital energies 
of electrons in atoms will thus occur. Such energy will be captured in the 
claimed devices. Upon emergence form such micro Casimir cavities the atoms will 
be re-energized by the ambient electromagnetic quantum vacuum. In this way 
energy is extracted locally and replenished globally from and by the 
electromagnetic quantum vacuum. This process may be repeated an unlimited 
number of times. This process is also consistent with the conservation of 
energy in that all usable energy does come at the expense of the energy content 
of the electromagnetic quantum vacuum. Similar effects may be produced by 
acting upon molecular bonds. Devices are described in which gas is recycled 
through a multiplicity of Casimir cavities. The disclosed devices are scalable 
in size and energy output for applications ranging from replacements for small 
batteries to power plant sized generators of electricity.
 
 
 
 
 
 





Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread David Roberson
The quality of the steam is not that important provided a method to accurately 
measure the amount of heat it contains is used.  A COP of 11.07 is important 
and represents a significant improvement above the earlier specification of 
greater than 6.   If you are concerned about the accuracy of the measurement 
then that is a different problem.

Dave

 

 

 

-Original Message-
From: Alan Fletcher a...@well.com
To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Thu, Nov 6, 2014 12:23 pm
Subject: Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today



From: Alan Fletcher a...@well.com
Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 8:41:48 AM



 600 is new - describing an assemblage of 18 reactors 
 This is used to generate STEAM --- the COP is reported as  *** 11.07 ***


No mention (that I can see) of  steam quality or anything to measure it.


[0196] Throughout the test, the temperatures of steam measured by the two 
probes have always been the same or very similar to each other. Throughout the 
test, the pressure of the steam was always equal to atmospheric pressure 









Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Alan Fletcher
From: David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com 
Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 9:39:11 AM 

 The q uality of the steam is not that important provided a method to 
 accurately measure the amount of heat it contains is used. A COP of 11.07 is 
 important and represents a significant improvement above the earlier 
 specification of greater than 6. If you are concerned about the accuracy of 
 the measurement then that is a different problem. 


The steam quality is critically important, as it can range between 0% (NO water 
vaporized) and 100% (ALL the water vaporized). 

This is exactly the same configuration as was used for the original 1MW 
acceptance test -- generator, reactors, condensers in a recycling loop. I don't 
THINK this includes a heat exchanger, which (if the thermocouples are connected 
properly) can give an irrefutable measurement. 

The total output is 1.440113 MW --- so reactor 600 is most likely the initial 
on-site customer acceptance test for the new 1MW system 


RE: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Randy Wuller
Alan:

 

I don’t think that means that at all.  At best you need to see the various 
agreements between the parties to make such a statement.

 

Ransom

 

From: Alan Fletcher [mailto:a...@well.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 10:47 AM
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

 

Note that the inventor is Rossi, working for IH  ... but the ASSIGNEE is still 
Leonardo Corporation, Miami.

 

So apparently IH didn't get ALL the IP rights   

 



Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread David Roberson
That is a good point Alan.  It is an interesting coincidence that the thought 
came into my mind just before it was published.  That concept will become of 
much importance as applications for the CATs begin to appear.  I can imagine 
that complex systems of these types of devices will be developed which depend 
upon the environment into which the individual units are imersed.  Actions and 
control methods must be adjusted to take advantage of the local configuration.

My simulation of an individual HotCat type device indicated that it should be 
possible to design it so that it remains stable over a large range of core 
operating temperatures.  The forth order radiation power sink is a major 
component of that design plan.  If these individual units are then grouped into 
a system such as a large oven, then the reverse radiation from the heated 
interior of that oven change the equation significantly.  I can readily obtain 
a latching condition where the individual CATs continue to produce significant 
heat power without requiring any input heating from the built in electric 
heaters.

As long as enough heat from electric heaters remains, then the overall COP for 
the complete system can become very large and hopefully under control.  Of 
course the complete overall system has to be designed as a unit so that the 
oven can cool down once all of the electrical heating coils are turned off.  
The heat escaping the furnace must be larger than all of the heat power 
generated by the contributing latched CATs for this to happen.

Dave

 

 

 

-Original Message-
From: Alan Fletcher a...@well.com
To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Thu, Nov 6, 2014 12:24 pm
Subject: Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today



Seeing that the publication date was set by the USPTO, I doubt it   =8-)



From: David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 9:19:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today



Notice that the system including a number of reactors working together is 
similar to what I was describing in a posting yesterday.  Perhaps that is why 
they decided to publish that information today.

Dave










Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Everyone in Japan has a smartphone -- everyone!

2014-11-06 Thread David L. Babcock

My browser couldn't translate.  Synopses please?
Ol' Bab


On 11/4/2014 8:24 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:

See:

http://amenities-news.com/wp/?p=8345



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Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread David Roberson
I was referring to the evidence supporting the claimed COP and not the 
usefulness of the steam itself.  Accurate measurement of the heat power is the 
important issue at hand.  Of course the guys calculating the COP must know how 
much heat the steam contains.  That seems obvious and not needing to be stated. 
 

Dave

 

 

 

-Original Message-
From: Alan Fletcher a...@well.com
To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Thu, Nov 6, 2014 12:52 pm
Subject: Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today



From: David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 9:39:11 AM

 The quality of the steam is not that important provided a method to 
 accurately measure the amount of heat it contains is used.  A COP of 11.07 is 
 important and represents a significant improvement above the earlier 
 specification of greater than 6.   If you are concerned about the accuracy of 
 the measurement then that is a different problem.




The steam quality is critically important, as it can range between 0% (NO water 
vaporized) and 100% (ALL the water vaporized).  


This is exactly the same configuration as was used for the original 1MW 
acceptance test -- generator, reactors, condensers in a recycling loop. I don't 
THINK this includes a heat exchanger, which (if the thermocouples are connected 
properly) can give an irrefutable measurement.


The total output is 1.440113 MW --- so reactor 600 is most likely the initial 
on-site customer acceptance test for the new 1MW system 




RE: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Jones Beene
From: David Roberson 

*   Are you not amazed that a patent is issued for a device of this type 
and not for one that claims cold fusion as the source of energy? 

Not really – this is the dividing line between mainstream and fringe – and it 
is a narrow line.

I’m assuming you are talking about the Haisch/Moddel device, which is an issued 
patent; but which could relate to the Rossi HT which is only an application, 
not granted. Rossi was wise to drop the nuclear claims.

*   What are the chances that the inventors actually brought one of these 
systems to the patent office to prove that it works?

None but they built a prototype. These are extremely well credentialed 
inventors. 

Plus the Casimir force is real. There is no need for anything else to establish 
credibility, and IIRC when this patent was part of CoolEssence – they built a 
prototype which performed poorly!  So the patent was granted, even though the 
device did not perform well. Roarty may know the details of the prototype.

 It is very sad that our field is treated as the unwanted kid while everyone 
 else gets a free ride

But realize – this is because there is no good proof of a nuclear reaction in 
the estimation of USPTO yet the Casimir force is proved. 

If it turns out the Rossi HT device is based on the Dynamical Casimir Effect 
(DCE) – which very well could be the case, who knows? … then USPTO was correct 
in rejecting anything to do with nuclear reactions, since there is no 
convincing evidence.


-Original Message-
From: Jones Beene 
You say potato, I say potato… 
 
But the main implications which stands out on first read – if we try to 
interpret what is being claimed in this disclosure relative to what we already 
know…
1)Non-nuclear
2)Requires substantial electrical input and elevate temperature
3)Requires ceramic containment
4)If hydrogen is the active “agent” for gain,  in the sense of Ni-H 
- then the hydrogen must be embedded in the nickel as a strongly bound hydride 
instead of as a more weakly bound absorbate , in such a way that hydrogen is 
not released at extreme temperature (as it usually is).
5)Otherwise, and this is more likely: the ceramic matrix would 
retain the diffuse hydrogen after thermal release from the nickel; and if it is 
porous, as sintered ceramic usually is (6-8% porosity is common), then this 
points to a Casimir modality…
 
If I were the folks at Jovion, I would be feeling pretty good about this turn 
of events, having a granted patent- United States 7,379,286Quantum vacuum 
energy extraction
 
Inventors: Haisch, Bernard (Redwood City, CA); Moddel, Garret (Boulder, CO)
Assignee: Jovion Corporation (Menlo Park, CA)
 
Abstract
A system is disclosed for converting energy from the electromagnetic quantum 
vacuum available at any point in the universe to usable energy in the form of 
heat, electricity, mechanical energy or other forms of power. By suppressing 
electromagnetic quantum vacuum energy at appropriate frequencies a change may 
be effected in the electron energy levels which will result in the emission or 
release of energy. Mode suppression of electromagnetic quantum vacuum radiation 
is known to take place in Casimir cavities. A Casimir cavity refers to any 
region in which electromagnetic modes are suppressed or restricted. When atoms 
enter into suitable micro Casimir cavities a decrease in the orbital energies 
of electrons in atoms will thus occur. Such energy will be captured in the 
claimed devices. Upon emergence form such micro Casimir cavities the atoms will 
be re-energized by the ambient electromagnetic quantum vacuum. In this way 
energy is extracted locally and replenished globally from and by the 
electromagnetic quantum vacuum. This process may be repeated an unlimited 
number of times. This process is also consistent with the conservation of 
energy in that all usable energy does come at the expense of the energy content 
of the electromagnetic quantum vacuum. Similar effects may be produced by 
acting upon molecular bonds. Devices are described in which gas is recycled 
through a multiplicity of Casimir cavities. The disclosed devices are scalable 
in size and energy output for applications ranging from replacements for small 
batteries to power plant sized generators of electricity.
 
 
 
 
 
 


Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Alan Fletcher
From: David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com 
Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 10:09:13 AM 

 I was referr ing to the evidence supporting the claimed COP and not the 
 usefulness of the steam itself. Accurate measurement of the heat power is the 
 important issue at hand. Of course the guys calculating the COP must know how 
 much heat the steam contains. That seems obvious and not needing to be 
 stated. 

Still needs to be taken into account. They don't describe the structure of the 
boiler. Since they're only aiming for 100C steam the hotcat heater elements 
are most likely immersed in a tank of water, so they just boil the water and 
don't super-heat the resulting steam. 

In that case it's most like a kettle boiler, which will typically (is this 
situation typical?) generate 95% steam quality. Depending on the application 
they might not even need dry 100C steam. 

In the original test they just had a simple outlet valve to check that no 
liquid water was escaping. They probably had that here, too, though it's not 
described. 

A real-life steam customer will be happy just seeing some steam vented, with no 
liquid water running out of the outlet. 

But it won't satisfy scientists and skeptics. Or the patent office? 


Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Everyone in Japan has a smartphone -- everyone!

2014-11-06 Thread Jed Rothwell
David L. Babcock olb...@gmail.com wrote:

My browser couldn't translate.  Synopses please?


You can run the text through:

https://translate.google.com/

Anyway, the gist of it is that this is a photograph from the wildlife
photographer of the year contest at the natural history Museum in London,
England. That is a Japanese snow monkey in a hot spring pool. Someone was
trying to take a picture of the monkey and got too close. The monkey swiped
the smart phone and started playing with it as shown. Someone else took the
picture.

The monkey figured out how to use the built-in flash feature of the iPhone
camera.

This was one of the most popular pictures in the exhibit. I don't think it
won an award but it was promoted to a special category.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Jack Cole
Alan,

The report notes that they ignored the energy needed to heat the steam
beyond 100C and also underestimated the flow by 10% to be conservative.
Does this affect your analysis?

Jack

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Alan Fletcher a...@well.com wrote:

 *From: *David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com
 *Sent: *Thursday, November 6, 2014 10:09:13 AM

  I was referring to the evidence supporting the claimed COP and not the
 usefulness of the steam itself.  Accurate measurement of the heat power is
 the important issue at hand.  Of course the guys calculating the COP must
 know how much heat the steam contains.  That seems obvious and not needing
 to be stated.

 Still needs to be taken into account.  They don't describe the structure
 of the boiler.  Since they're only aiming for 100C steam the hotcat
 heater elements are most likely immersed in a tank of water, so they just
 boil the water and don't super-heat the resulting steam.

 In that case it's most like a kettle boiler, which will typically (is this
 situation typical?) generate 95% steam quality.  Depending on the
 application they might not even need dry 100C steam.

 In the original test they just had a simple outlet valve to check that no
 liquid water was escaping. They probably had that here, too, though it's
 not described.

 A real-life steam customer will be happy just seeing some steam vented,
 with no liquid water running out of the outlet.

 But it won't satisfy scientists and skeptics.  Or the patent office?



Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Blaze Spinnaker
The COP etc is meaningless without replication or at the very worst - third
party verification.


On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Jack Cole jcol...@gmail.com wrote:

 Alan,

 The report notes that they ignored the energy needed to heat the steam
 beyond 100C and also underestimated the flow by 10% to be conservative.
 Does this affect your analysis?

 Jack

 On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Alan Fletcher a...@well.com wrote:

 *From: *David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com
 *Sent: *Thursday, November 6, 2014 10:09:13 AM

  I was referring to the evidence supporting the claimed COP and not the
 usefulness of the steam itself.  Accurate measurement of the heat power is
 the important issue at hand.  Of course the guys calculating the COP must
 know how much heat the steam contains.  That seems obvious and not needing
 to be stated.

 Still needs to be taken into account.  They don't describe the structure
 of the boiler.  Since they're only aiming for 100C steam the hotcat
 heater elements are most likely immersed in a tank of water, so they just
 boil the water and don't super-heat the resulting steam.

 In that case it's most like a kettle boiler, which will typically (is
 this situation typical?) generate 95% steam quality.  Depending on the
 application they might not even need dry 100C steam.

 In the original test they just had a simple outlet valve to check that no
 liquid water was escaping. They probably had that here, too, though it's
 not described.

 A real-life steam customer will be happy just seeing some steam vented,
 with no liquid water running out of the outlet.

 But it won't satisfy scientists and skeptics.  Or the patent office?





Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Alan Fletcher
From: Jack Cole jcol...@gmail.com 
Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 12:24:13 PM 

 The report notes that they ignored the energy needed to heat the steam beyond 
 100C and also underestimated the flow by 10% to be conservative. Does this 
 affect your analysis? 

With my engineering hat on, the result is probably valid. (Assuming the steam 
quality's 95% there's an extra 5% leeway). 

With my scientific/anti-pseudo-skeptic hat : a loophole as big as a barn. They 
probably could have rented a steam-quality meter for $100 for a day to do a 
spot check on vented steam. $1000 with an expert to run it. Or they could have 
installed a steam/water separator in the output pipe and monitored it 
continually. Or sparged the output. Or something. 





RE: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Jones Beene
To take this part of the thread (re: a putative DCE connection to the Rossi 
patent application) - to its natural conclusion, there is one big … no huge … 
advance made by Rossi - over the Haisch/Moddel disclosure. 

That would be assuming that Rossi has actually seen the level of gain which is 
claimed, whereas H/M saw little gain in their prototype … which could have been 
for any number of reasons but mainly because you also need SPP. Therefore - the 
natural question of looking at the two together is this – can the Casimir 
effect be enhanced by high temperature (and SPP)?

Thanks to Google, we have an answer, since this citation pops up  (behind an 
annoying paywall) which indicates that the Casimir is indeed enhanced at high 
temperature. Imagine that.

http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/140709/ncomms5364/abs/ncomms5364.html

Abstract:  The temperature dependence of the Casimir–Polder interaction 
addresses fundamental issues for understanding vacuum and thermal fluctuations. 
It is highly sensitive to surface waves, which, in the near field, govern the 
thermal emission of a hot surface… the observed increase of the interaction 
with temperature, by up to 50%, relies on the coupling between atomic virtual 
transitions in the infrared range and thermally excited surface-polariton 
modes. 

In conclusion – the Haisch/Moddel patent may explain slight thermal gain via 
DCE, when hydrogen is absorbed into ceramic cavities of the proper size, but 
which the original inventors could not document enough gain to matter. Yet 
Rossi has found using a much higher temperature regime - which he may not have 
explained correctly in his patent application using SPP in combination with 
Casimir. 

Each got part of the answer, but it requires looking at both to see it all. So 
where do we go from here?

From: David Roberson 
*   Are you not amazed that a patent is issued for a device of this type 
and not for one that claims cold fusion as the source of energy? 
Not really – this is the dividing line between mainstream and fringe – and it 
is a narrow line.
I’m assuming you are talking about the Haisch/Moddel device, which is an issued 
patent; but which could relate to the Rossi HT which is only an application, 
not granted. Rossi was wise to drop the nuclear claims.
*   What are the chances that the inventors actually brought one of these 
systems to the patent office to prove that it works?
None but they built a prototype. These are extremely well credentialed 
inventors. 
Plus the Casimir force is real. There is no need for anything else to establish 
credibility, and IIRC when this patent was part of CoolEssence – they built a 
prototype which performed poorly!  So the patent was granted, even though the 
device did not perform well. Roarty may know the details of the prototype.

 It is very sad that our field is treated as the unwanted kid while everyone 
 else gets a free ride
But realize – this is because there is no good proof of a nuclear reaction in 
the estimation of USPTO yet the Casimir force is proved. 
If it turns out the Rossi HT device is based on the Dynamical Casimir Effect 
(DCE) – which very well could be the case, who knows? … then USPTO was correct 
in rejecting anything to do with nuclear reactions, since there is no 
convincing evidence.
-Original Message-
From: Jones Beene 
You say potato, I say potato… 
 
But the main implications which stands out on first read – if we try to 
interpret what is being claimed in this disclosure relative to what we already 
know…
1)Non-nuclear
2)Requires substantial electrical input and elevate temperature
3)Requires ceramic containment
4)If hydrogen is the active “agent” for gain,  in the sense of Ni-H 
- then the hydrogen must be embedded in the nickel as a strongly bound hydride 
instead of as a more weakly bound absorbate , in such a way that hydrogen is 
not released at extreme temperature (as it usually is).
5)Otherwise, and this is more likely: the ceramic matrix would 
retain the diffuse hydrogen after thermal release from the nickel; and if it is 
porous, as sintered ceramic usually is (6-8% porosity is common), then this 
points to a Casimir modality…
 
If I were the folks at Jovion, I would be feeling pretty good about this turn 
of events, having a granted patent- United States 7,379,286Quantum vacuum 
energy extraction
 
Inventors: Haisch, Bernard (Redwood City, CA); Moddel, Garret (Boulder, CO)
Assignee: Jovion Corporation (Menlo Park, CA)
 
Abstract
A system is disclosed for converting energy from the electromagnetic quantum 
vacuum available at any point in the universe to usable energy in the form of 
heat, electricity, mechanical energy or other forms of power. By suppressing 
electromagnetic quantum vacuum energy at appropriate frequencies a change may 
be effected in the electron energy levels which will result in the emission or 
release of energy. Mode 

Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Alan Fletcher
OK ... I re-read the paper more carefully. 

They only recorded data when the steam temperature was above 101C at 
atmospheric pressure, with actual steam temperatures rising from 121.3C to 
139.7C 
So it MUST have been 100% dry, and super-heated -- no need to measure the 
quality. 

(OK : I could quibble a little, that the boiling point depends on the actual 
atmospheric pressure, or at least corrected for altitude.) 

I ran this through my steam calculator. They took water from two tanks, at 
slightly different temperatures --- starting at 21.6C and 22.4C, and ending at 
54.9 and 46.8 so I used the highest value of 54.9 

The time of the test is not given, so I set it to a nominal 1 hour. 

First, using their conservative values -- reducing the amount of water used (to 
2295kg) and not counting the heating of the steam (Quality=1) 

This gives a COP of 11.081 -- which is close to their value. (The energy to 
heat he water to boiling, and then to superheat it is very small compared to 
the evaporation). 

http://lenr.qumbu.com/ecatcalc.php?plot=Plotever=cefzx0=0efzy0=0efzx9=9efzy9=9esl=1epbr=2enm=Patent+Reactor+600+--++1MW++--+Conservativeedh=1edm=0eds=0eif=2295eip=140.7ecp=0eox=1eoxr=2et0=22.4ep0=1et1=54.9et2=100er2=1
 

However, their procedure complicates things : they apparently return the water 
straight back to the same tank, so it actually rises from 21.6 to a final value 
of 54.4 and a highest value of 54.9 (and similarly for the second tank). As the 
inlet water temperature rises, so does the steam temperature. 

They use the highest temperature values in their calculations, so they again 
under-estimate the COP. 

To try and estimate the true COP, I divided the time and water flow by 100, and 
then used the start and end temperature values. (In each case I use the highest 
temperature of the two tanks -- I could use a weighted average.), and the full 
volume of water. This still assumes that all the generator power goes into 
heating. 

This gave a COP of 13.2 at the start, and 12.7 at the end 

So I'd say that the actual COP is around 13 


Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Alan Fletcher
Good grief! 3 years on, and I've just noticed a bug in my calculator. 

I calculate COP = output/input (AND say so on the output). 

It's actually COP = (input+output)/input 

The values will be even higher than I reported! 



RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Everyone in Japan has a smartphone -- everyone!

2014-11-06 Thread Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Great photo Jed,

BTW, when we were still living in Taiwan I had a pet monkey steal my glasses. I 
was about five or six years old at the time. I watched him chew on the frames. 
I think he was trying to determine whether it was edible or not. My mother saw 
the swipe as it happened. She freaked out. When the monkey's owners finally 
retrieved my glasses I recall my mother taking them to the bathroom to wash it 
down - I guess from filthy monkey spit or whatever. She was sobbing. Other than 
a few teeth marks I couldn't figure out what all the fuss was about. Shoot, I 
generated more teeth marks on any pencil I managed to get my paws on.

I didn't like wearing glasses.

Regards,
Steven Vincent Johnson
svjart.orionworks.com
zazzle.com/orionworks



Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Everyone in Japan has a smartphone -- everyone!

2014-11-06 Thread John Berry
Also further down there is a video of a cell phone playing a video of
worms, many frogs come up and try to eat the videoed worms.

Quite impressive.

On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson 
orionwo...@charter.net wrote:

 Great photo Jed,

 BTW, when we were still living in Taiwan I had a pet monkey steal my
 glasses. I was about five or six years old at the time. I watched him chew
 on the frames. I think he was trying to determine whether it was edible or
 not. My mother saw the swipe as it happened. She freaked out. When the
 monkey's owners finally retrieved my glasses I recall my mother taking them
 to the bathroom to wash it down - I guess from filthy monkey spit or
 whatever. She was sobbing. Other than a few teeth marks I couldn't figure
 out what all the fuss was about. Shoot, I generated more teeth marks on any
 pencil I managed to get my paws on.

 I didn't like wearing glasses.

 Regards,
 Steven Vincent Johnson
 svjart.orionworks.com
 zazzle.com/orionworks




RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Everyone in Japan has a smartphone -- everyone!

2014-11-06 Thread Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson
From John,

 Also further down there is a video of a cell phone playing a video of
 worms, many frogs come up and try to eat the videoed worms.

 Quite impressive.

This reminds me of yet another animal intelligence story.

If you have ever seen the PBS NATURE program titled A Murder of Crows get a 
copy if you have cats. One of our kitties, Zoey, when bonkers watching the 
black feathered creatures. We ended up putting a chair in front of the flat 
screen TV just for Zoey to crouch on. Eventually, she lunged at the screen and 
attempted to capture a couple of crows. Later she checked behind the screen.

Very intelligent creatures, crows and felines.

I'm not sure how intelligent simians are, but it was at least entertaining to 
me.

Regards,
Steven Vincent Johnson
svjart.orionworks.com
zazzle.com/orionworks




Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Alan Fletcher
My new calculations are : 

Nominal 12.08 (1 more than their result) 
Start: 14.2 
End 13.7 

Calculator : 

Nominal 
http://lenr.qumbu.com/ecatcalc.php?plot=Plotever=defzx0=0efzy0=0efzx9=9efzy9=9esl=1epbr=2enm=Patent+Reactor+600+--++1MW++--+Conservativeedh=1edm=0eds=0eif=2295eip=140.7ecp=0eox=1eoxr=2et0=22.4ep0=1et1=54.9et2=100er2=1
 

Start 
http://lenr.qumbu.com/ecatcalc.php?plot=Plotever=defzx0=0efzy0=0efzx9=9efzy9=9esl=1epbr=2enm=Patent+Reactor+600+--++1MW++--+Startedh=0edm=0eds=36eif=25.50eip=140.7ecp=0et3=121ep3=1eoxr=3et0=22.4ep0=1et1=22.4et2=100er2=1
 

End 
http://lenr.qumbu.com/ecatcalc.php?plot=Plotever=defzx0=0efzy0=0efzx9=9efzy9=9esl=1epbr=2enm=Patent+Reactor+600+--++1MW++--+Endedh=0edm=0eds=36eif=25.50eip=140.7ecp=0et3=139.7ep3=1eoxr=3et0=22.4ep0=1et1=54.9et2=100er2=1
 





Re: [Vo]:New Rossi Patent Appln..publishes Today

2014-11-06 Thread Alan Fletcher
I forgot to subtract the generator power at the start of the run : My VERY new 
calculations are : 

Nominal 12.8 
Start: 15.1 
End 14.6