Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-09 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sun, 8 May 2011 05:52:04 -0700: Hi, [snip] More like 6 minutes than 6 months - for nanopowder degradation from current flow This may be relevant. http://mpac.engr.ucdavis.edu/publications/FAS1.PDF -Original Message- From: mix...@bigpond.com

Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-08 Thread Harry Veeder
: Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT The Principle of operation: (the secret process that makes the Cat-E go) between the small 2.5 kw reactor in which the band heater is used and the 10 kw Cat-E in which only the internal heater is used is the same.   Logically, the band heater does not drive

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-08 Thread Jones Beene
More like 6 minutes than 6 months - for nanopowder degradation from current flow -Original Message- From: mix...@bigpond.com As I understand the dynamics of this situation, one cannot pass a current through a nanopowder without promoting instant agglomeration - which over time

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-08 Thread Jones Beene
From: Axil Axil * The Principle of operation: (the secret process that makes the Cat-E go) between the small 2.5 kw reactor in which the band heater is used and the 10 kw Cat-E in which only the internal heater is used is the same. There is no evidence for that at all. If anything,

Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Everything seen so far – when exposed looks nearly identical, and the only reason to suggest that there ever was a larger model is for Rossi to hide the fact that the results of the January test (Focardi tribute) were wet steam and three times more than

Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-08 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Mark Iverson zeropo...@charter.net wrote: Do we have any idea on what kinds of voltages the heaters are being subjected to??? Assuming no transforming of the mains, only rectification, the peak voltage would 2^-2 x 230 or ~325 V. T

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-08 Thread Jones Beene
So when did Levi authorize you to speak for him? After all, Levi is no longer independent, and is apparently Rossi's top technical advisor. Plus, he has every incentive to be disingenuous on this point - since he does not want to be blamed for the gross measurement error. The results in

Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-08 Thread P.J van Noorden
Hello Jed Do you know if there is a independent report about the flow test in February in which the water was not heated to the boilingpoint? Peter - Original Message - From: Jed Rothwell To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 4:03 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:RE

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Jones sez: ... I know, it is too bizarre to mention in polite company, but where is the sanity in a great society like our own that pays out millions for a stupid horse race, or an illiterate baseball star, and yet cannot support basic RD in this vitally important field This technology

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Jones sez: ... I know, it is too bizarre to mention in polite company, but where is the sanity in a great society like our own that pays out millions for a stupid horse race, or an illiterate baseball star, and yet cannot support basic RD in this vitally important field This

Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-08 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 11:37 AM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: I'm steamed. Don't be steamed, be steam punked. Steam power is seeing a renaissance today even without Rossi. Here are several steam punked devices including a steam powered PC:

Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: So when did Levi authorize you to speak for him? That's what he said; take it or leave it. When did you look inside the machine? The results in February cannot be trusted because of incorrect thermocouple placement. That can't be. A 5 deg C

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-08 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Terry sez: orionwo...@charter.net wrote: I'm steamed. Don't be steamed, be steam punked. Steam power is seeing a renaissance today even without Rossi. Here are several steam punked devices including a steam powered PC:

[Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Jones Beene
For those who have not paid particular attention to the images which started the hypothesis of the last two days - that the precise operation of the E-Cat reactor could be either a triode (MAHG) type of accelerator, or a massive semiconductor bipolar junction transistor (as opposed to simply a

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Jones Beene
-Original Message- From: Terry Blanton When Terry noticed the single lead, it was pointed out that there are similar heaters available online with two leads. Good find, Jones. However, it is evident from the piccy that the band heater does actually have two wires. See the cable on

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Mark Iverson
Yes, I caught that too... Here is the end of the band heater leads for the middle reactor... You can clearly see two (dirty-whitish) wires exiting the braided steel sheath. -Mark Outlook.jpg

Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: But, going back to your other observation, how would you flow current between two heaters, exactly? Have one at higher potential? Sure. But to know if it is being done, one has to see inside the reactor. I assume the

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Jones Beene
The axial wires look like typical leads to a cartridge heater http://www.tempco.com/new/products5.html A long version off this kind of heater could contact the reactor at the end, and then it could transfer some heat to it, but most of the heat would lost to the water which flows all around it,

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Jones Beene
A quick and dirty test comes to mind. Anybody got two of the immersion water heaters used by travelers? http://www.amazon.com/Bush-CH-101-Energy-Saving-Immersion-Heater/dp/B003DLB5 KW The idea would be to place two of them in a semi-conductive liquid (water with a dash of salt), and

Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Akira Shirakawa
On 2011-05-07 23:11, Jones Beene wrote: The axial wires look like typical leads to a cartridge heater http://www.tempco.com/new/products5.html They do look like those. A long version off this kind of heater could contact the reactor at the end, and then it could transfer some heat to it,

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Jones Beene
Thanks, Akira A schematic view of the E-Cat would be something like this: http://i.imgur.com/llVoU.png Yes, This is exactly the way it appeared to me at first, given all that is known from the images - with only an internal cooling tube and NO external water flow around the outside of the

Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Axil Axil
If you missed this old post, here is s repeat: When the Cat-E was downsized, the reaction chamber was greatly reduced in size. So was the internal heater in like proportion. But the copper pipes in the water loop are standard commercial grade sizes and therefore stayed the same size. Remaining

Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Akira Shirakawa
On 2011-05-08 00:47, Axil Axil wrote: If you missed this old post, here is s repeat: [...] So, are you suggesting there is a core surrounded by water, like this? http://i.imgur.com/pwZW2.png (Both versions together: http://i.imgur.com/Kf7mO.png ) Cheers, S.A.

Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Axil Axil
The dubble pipe configuration is pictured in the patent with the addition of the external band heater http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?FT=Ddate=20091015DB=EPODOClocale=en_EPCC=WONR=2009125444A1KC=A1 On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Akira Shirakawa

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Jones Beene
This is not physically possible. The heat (temperature) transferable from the heaters to the core, even with the lowest possible water flow, cannot greatly exceed 100 C with a design where water separates the exterior heater from the reactor; and water is also surrounding the interior heater for

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
From Jones, A schematic view of the E-Cat would be something like this: http://i.imgur.com/llVoU.png Yes, This is exactly the way it appeared to me at first, given all that is known from the images - with only an internal cooling tube and NO external water flow around the outside of the

Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Terry Blanton
Yeah, we all have been speculumating. Now that the patent is issued, maybe we will get to look to see what is really inside that dark area. :-) T

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Jones Beene
I should add that in this second image, if the external water flow was via channels which are machined into a tight fitting internal reactor, such that the internal reactor has good electrical contact with the heater, then this is consistent with the transistor hypothesis, but not with resistive

Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Jed Rothwell
Akira Shirakawa shirakawa.ak...@gmail.com wrote: So, are you suggesting there is a core surrounded by water, like this? http://i.imgur.com/pwZW2.png That is how Rossi described it. There might be a language problem, but I am pretty sure that is what he meant. He also said emphatically that

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Jones Beene
Steven - I did not remember that you were a toroidista :) - but in the end, I think you agree that either it is a toroid or else there has to be some kind of current going through the powder, otherwise - it is not going to heat up. Electrical current directly through the nanopowder has

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Mark Iverson
07, 2011 5:55 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT Steven - I did not remember that you were a toroidista :) - but in the end, I think you agree that either it is a toroid or else there has to be some kind of current going through the powder, otherwise

Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread mixent
In reply to Mark Iverson's message of Sat, 7 May 2011 19:39:32 -0700: Hi, [snip] 2) The only way I see to generate a signif potential between the two heaters is to leave one of the leads floating, thus, BOTH heater leads are at the same potential. However, this means there is no current flow

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Mark Iverson
the resistivity of Ni/NiO -Mark -Original Message- From: mix...@bigpond.com [mailto:mix...@bigpond.com] Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 7:51 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT In reply to Mark Iverson's message of Sat, 7 May 2011 19:39:32 -0700: Hi

Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread mixent
In reply to Mark Iverson's message of Sat, 7 May 2011 19:58:17 -0700: Hi, [snip] Several thoughts: 1) If there are ANY dielectrics in the path from one heater to the other, then this is a NO GO since one would need a low resistance path. 2) That would require a low resistance (a few ohms at

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Jones Beene
-Original Message- From: Mark Iverson If I might provide some additional thoughts/analysis... 1) The only way the resistance heaters can 'heat' is if there's a low resistance path thru the heating element (i.e., a large current flow). If that's the case, then I doubt you could

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Jones Beene
-Original Message- From: Mark Iverson 1) If there are ANY dielectrics in the path from one heater to the other, then this is a NO GO since one would need a low resistance path. Agreed. One thought that came up in the original posting was the negative, or very low bandgap suggestion,

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Jones Beene
-Original Message- From: mix...@bigpond.com Surely the whole point would be to create a current through the Ni? Ni is a metal and as such is a reasonable conductor. As a powder it would be less than a solid, but it also has lots of parallel paths. Robin, As I understand the

Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Axil Axil
The Principle of operation: (the secret process that makes the Cat-E go) between the small 2.5 kw reactor in which the band heater is used and the 10 kw Cat-E in which only the internal heater is used is the same. Logically, the band heater does not drive or in any way affect the “secret”

RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread Mark Iverson
'evidence'. -Mark -Original Message- From: Jones Beene [mailto:jone...@pacbell.net] Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 8:18 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT -Original Message- From: Mark Iverson If I might provide some additional thoughts

Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT

2011-05-07 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sat, 7 May 2011 20:47:11 -0700: Hi, [snip] As I understand the dynamics of this situation, one cannot pass a current through a nanopowder without promoting instant agglomeration - which over time proceeds progressively back into a bulk conductor. ...perhaps