Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-19 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 03:22 PM 8/17/2012, Axil Axil wrote: In a post today integral sited a death of a LENR developer in an explosion. The take away, LENR is dangerous when the power is high. It is best to be as safe as you can. When Pons and Fleischmann, in 1983, in one of their first experiments, using a

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-18 Thread ChemE Stewart
Fast Recomb? What the hell is that? Matter collapse? What was the chemical reaction? On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 12:57 AM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.comwrote: That death was from a chemical explosion. SRI, recombiner gunked up, researcher picked up the cell, gunk fell off, fast

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-18 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 7:40 AM, ChemE Stewart cheme...@gmail.com wrote: Fast Recomb? Fast recombination of the H2 and O2 back into water and heat. T

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2012-08-18 Thread Robert Lynn
Our IC engine testing euphemism for fires and explosions was a thermal event On 18 August 2012 14:49, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 7:40 AM, ChemE Stewart cheme...@gmail.com wrote: Fast Recomb? Fast recombination of the H2 and O2 back into water and heat.

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-17 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 11:17 PM 8/16/2012, Axil Axil wrote: I am putting two and two together here. The Papp engine ash was a brown powder. Thanks for letting us know that this was your speculation, not a conclusion from strong evidence. J Ronner talks about a two helium atom fusion process. And what J

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2012-08-17 Thread ChemE Stewart
If you just sell plans for poppers, electronic circuit boards and licenses for the technology, then all of the liability rests with the OEM's they drag in. They probably give them a short demo in the shop before the thing malfunctions. I notice everytime I see a demo it is behind explosion proof

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-17 Thread Axil Axil
In a post today integral sited a death of a LENR developer in an explosion. The take away, LENR is dangerous when the power is high. It is best to be as safe as you can. Axil On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 4:11 PM, ChemE Stewart cheme...@gmail.com wrote: If you just sell plans for poppers,

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-17 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
That death was from a chemical explosion. SRI, recombiner gunked up, researcher picked up the cell, gunk fell off, fast recomb,. Bang! He died, McKubre still has glass in him. As I recall reading. Closed cells are dangerous. LENR *could* be dangerous. Unreliable can cut both ways. Sent

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-16 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 10:44 PM 8/15/2012, Axil Axil wrote: Most of all, Papp himself seemed to be the obstacle. In order to have a commercial engine, he needed to disclose how it worked, and he was terrified that if he disclosed it, he'd be cheated. Bob Rohner once asked Papp why he was not interested in

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-16 Thread James Bowery
Magnetic forces work on conductive media. The majority of the time the noble gasses are not in a conductive state. On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: *The majority of the time there is no magnetic confinement* I was under the impression that the coils were

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2012-08-16 Thread James Bowery
Critically, during the compression stroke the noble gasses are not in a conductive state. The helium atoms are likely very thoroughly mixed, although I'm open to arguments to the contrary. Moreover, when I talked to Bob, he said that the current through the coils was very low. I don't recall

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2012-08-16 Thread Axil Axil
*Critically, during the compression stroke the noble gasses are not in a conductive state. The helium atoms are likely very thoroughly mixed, although I'm open to arguments to the contrary.* In the John Rohner cycle, he first excites the noble gases with a radio frequency generator before the

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-16 Thread James Bowery
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: In the John Rohner cycle, he first excites the noble gases with a radio frequency generator before the piston starts to move into compression. Xenon is easy to excite because it binding energy is low: many orders of

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-16 Thread Axil Axil
In the noble gas cluster formation process, any combination of noble gas elements is possible. Helium could well be affixed inside various noble gas clusters types. In my opinion understanding noble gas cluster formation is key to understanding the Papp reaction. Cheers:Axil On Thu, Aug 16,

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-16 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 12:43 PM 8/16/2012, James Bowery wrote: Critically, during the compression stroke the noble gasses are not in a conductive state. The helium atoms are likely very thoroughly mixed, although I'm open to arguments to the contrary. Moreover, when I talked to Bob, he said that the current

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-16 Thread David Roberson
-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com; vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, Aug 16, 2012 9:04 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi At 12:43 PM 8/16/2012, James Bowery wrote: Critically, during the compression stroke the noble gasses are not in a conductive

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-16 Thread Axil Axil
JR uses on the plug 110KV on the plug ignition cables. Cheers:Axil On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.comwrote: At 12:43 PM 8/16/2012, James Bowery wrote: Critically, during the compression stroke the noble gasses are not in a conductive state. The

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-16 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 05:04 PM 8/15/2012, Axil Axil wrote: The refuel process adds noble gas instead of replacing it. This on-the-fly refuel means that there is no buildup of reaction ash as is normal in all other LENR devices. If this thing works, it doesn't sound at all like LENR. I don't see any basis for

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-16 Thread Axil Axil
The Papp engine produced boron as ash, but it was grossly inefficient. J Rohner improved the timing to eliminate the atomic pollution through nuclear recombination. Cheers: Axil On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:47 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.comwrote: At 05:04 PM 8/15/2012, Axil

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-16 Thread Stewart Simonson
One of their documents said one was for containment and the other for compression (around the spark plugs) On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.comwrote: At 12:43 PM 8/16/2012, James Bowery wrote: Critically, during the compression stroke the noble gasses are

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-16 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
Source for your info on boron? If adjusted out somehow, what is the ash now? Does it vary with settings? Do we know? How? Sent from my iPhone On Aug 16, 2012, at 9:53 PM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: The Papp engine produced boron as ash, but it was grossly inefficient. J Rohner

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-16 Thread Axil Axil
I am putting two and two together here. The Papp engine ash was a brown powder. J Ronner talks about a two helium atom fusion process. This type fusion does not produce energy in fusing to boron8 atoms. But all boron isotopes under B11 will decay by fission. There are two conceivable ways in which

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-15 Thread Alan J Fletcher
At 04:29 PM 8/14/2012, Michael Foster wrote: The piston rings are rubber O-rings. There's no way in hell that the helium in the noble gas mixture will stay in the cylinder for an appreciable length of time. Helium is notoriously fugitive and will escape from virtuall any container not made of

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-15 Thread Axil Axil
The refuel process adds noble gas instead of replacing it. This on-the-fly refuel means that there is no buildup of reaction ash as is normal in all other LENR devices. Cheers:Axil On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Alan J Fletcher a...@well.com wrote: At 04:29 PM 8/14/2012, Michael Foster

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-15 Thread James Bowery
A correct statement might be that John Rohner uses magnetic confinement to keep the helium located axially at the center of the cylinder. The majority of the time there is no magnetic confinement. The only reason helium _might_ remain at the center of the cylinder is that, being of lower

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-15 Thread Axil Axil
*The majority of the time there is no magnetic confinement* I was under the impression that the coils were active all the time. Did someone tell you something different? Cheers: Axil On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 7:32 PM, James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: A correct statement might be

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-15 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
I watched a video interview of Rohner. It was interesting to see his apparatus, the single cylinder that he fires by pushing a button, and the method of measuring the force applied by the cylinder firing. If that force is even over the distance of motion of the cylinder, which was shown and

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-15 Thread Axil Axil
*Most of all, Papp himself seemed to be the obstacle. In order to have a commercial engine, he needed to disclose how it worked, and he was terrified that if he disclosed it, he'd be cheated.* Bob Rohner once asked Papp why he was not interested in commercializing the Papp engine. Papp told him

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-14 Thread Kelley Trezise
Until I see an energy balance on the engine or they run this in a closed loop, generating the power for the spark and such, and produce a significant amount of work out over a significant amount of time they have nothing. Don't buy a thing until you have proof that it works. - Original

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2012-08-14 Thread Chemical Engineer
Unless they back out of the PowerGEN conference in December, they should have a running system on display along with other OEMS using their engine. I am not ready to give them $50K On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Kelley Trezise ktrez2...@ssvecnet.comwrote: ** Until I see an energy balance

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-14 Thread Andre Blum
The use of an adjustable spanner more or less settles this discussion. On 08/14/2012 11:17 AM, Chemical Engineer wrote: Unless they back out of the PowerGEN conference in December, they should have a running system on display along with other OEMS using their engine. I am not ready to give

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-14 Thread David Roberson
It is too bad that they did not show placement of the coils in this video. One thing to notice is that the cylinders are made of aluminum which will allow the steady state magnetic fields due to DC through the coils free access to the interior. The highly conductive cylinder walls would

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2012-08-14 Thread Chemical Engineer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF7HVi5OVIc On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:26 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: It is too bad that they did not show placement of the coils in this video. One thing to notice is that the cylinders are made of aluminum which will allow the steady state

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2012-08-14 Thread Chemical Engineer
The reason the balloon gets sucked in and the reason the coil gets hot is: The unit has created gremlins (collapsed matter). Over time, the gremlins are collapsing additional matter available in the vicinity until they have finally collapsed all the matter available. The coil is available to

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-14 Thread David Roberson
, 2012 12:36 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF7HVi5OVIc On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:26 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: It is too bad that they did not show placement of the coils in this video. One thing to notice is that the cylinders

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi - 1/2 volt grounded

2012-08-14 Thread David L Babcock
On 8/14/2012 1:51 PM, David Roberson wrote: He suggested that there was .5 volts across the coil when grounded. I assume that he broke the ground and then connected some form of meter across the turns. I suspect that this reading was not accurate and most likely external noise or possibly

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi - 1/2 volt grounded

2012-08-14 Thread David Roberson
to the measurer about his test configuration. Dave -Original Message- From: David L Babcock ol...@rochester.rr.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tue, Aug 14, 2012 3:20 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi - 1/2 volt grounded On 8/14/2012 1:51 PM, David

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-14 Thread Michael Foster
I really want to believe these guys are for real in their revival of the Papp engine. If it works, it's certainly more compelling than getting heat from LENR. One thing bothers me in watching the video of the engine assembly. The piston rings are rubber O-rings. There's no way in hell that

Re: [Vo]:Re: ProdEngAssemble.avi

2012-08-14 Thread Axil Axil
John Rohner uses magnetic confinement to keep the noble gas located axially at the center of the cylinder. This might keep the gases away from the edge of the piston. What this might mean is that the gas is well contained while the engine is running. The coil provides a cylinder within the

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2012-08-14 Thread Chemical Engineer
Axil, I believe you are correct. My understanding is that there are two coils in each cylinder, one for compression and one for containment. I believe the compression coil is located exactly around the focal point of the spark plug electrodes so that it concentrates ions at the focal point for

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2012-08-14 Thread Axil Axil
You’re hoped for gremlins have not been seen in CERN’s LHC, any problem with the gremlin theory is they do not exist? Cheers:Axil On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Chemical Engineer cheme...@gmail.comwrote: Axil, I believe you are correct. My understanding is that there are two coils

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2012-08-14 Thread Chemical Engineer
Up until now they have spent $9B looking for the Higgs Boson... I referenced in my summary the 2012 studies below which estimated they should show up around 1 TeV, depending upon how strong you think quantum gravity is and how many dimensions of spacetime and the effect of gravitons. How strong