Jojo, I do not recall any evidence of a spark plug or similar device in Rossi's designs. It is true that the internal heating unit was well concealed and not subject to inspection during his first small cylindrical design. Also, I suspect that it would be possible to carefully construct a small spark gap that could be driven by the PWM controller that he used for these tests. Perhaps that is his secret sauce.
Do you recall any evidence from his statements that suggests the use of sparks for the purpose you mentioned? I can not remember any mention whatsoever of this process in any of his correspondences. We will only know for sure when we actually get our hands upon some of his products. I suspect that Rossi is having trouble with control of his devices because he depends upon temperature as the main driving force behind the energy production. DGT may have discovered the spark process with one stroke of genius and that is why they are doing so well with their development. Your thoughts about the rapid heating and cooling due to sparks within the hydrogen are interesting. I would be concerned that the local heating due to this effect would be excessive as in a hydrogen torch and would degrade the nickel by melting. How would you distribute the heating so as to alleviate this issue? Dave -----Original Message----- From: Jojo Jaro <jth...@hotmail.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Thu, May 10, 2012 9:54 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:"Progress Photographs" pdf from Defkalion Green Technologies Dave, I disagree. I think the use of High Voltage Sparks is fundamental in both Rossi's Ecat and the DGT Hyperions. I believe it is the best way to create Ionized Hydrogen for the process. I suspect the bulk heater is used to bring the temps up and then use the Sparks to control the reaction by controlling the amount of Ionized hydrogen available for the process. In a previous thread, (I believe it was "To spark or not to spark") I speculated that spikes in temperature were the result of sparks, as no other process could bring hydrogen temps up that quickly and cooling it down just as quickly. Looks like my initial suspicions were correct. Sparks are the Ke, together with the "secret sauce". Funny, how DGT uses that "long reach" spark plug (looks like a Champion 1" long reach spark plug.); same thing that I have used in my spark reactor; albeit used in a slightly different manner. Jojo ----- Original Message ----- From: David Roberson To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 8:59 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:"Progress Photographs" pdf from Defkalion Green Technologies This technique looks significantly different from anything that Rossi has demonstrated. Dave
