After reading the entire paper front to back, I am overwhelmed by the complexity of his experimental setup. Seems too complex and finnicky to be scalable for commericial applications.
Although looking at his setup reminds me of DGT cylindrical reactor. Specifically, it reminds me of the 2 spark plugs on both ends. I have been pondering a lot on how DGT might be using the 2 spark plugs. It seems to me that 2 spark plug arranged in that fashion would be insufficient to ionize a substantial amount of carbon nanopowders (Assuming DGT uses nanocarbon like Egely.) I am also at a lost in understanding how it can help create some mixing. I wonder if DGT is using the spark plugs to cause oscillations within the chamber like I first originally speculated although it seems to me that the power levels imparted by the spark plugs would be too small for such a task, the reactor chamber being huge. In my spark reactor, my volumes are small and I take advantage of thermosiphon so I can concieve of a way to create turbulence with a single spark plug. What are your thought on my comments above? Am I correct in assuming that turbulence inside the reactor is important? It seems that Egely is going for oscillations rather than turbulence. How does one create carbon nanopowder plasma on such a large reactor chamber volume like DGT's reactor? It appears to me that 2 spark plugs are too small for the task. Any thoughts you may have is appreciated. Jojo ----- Original Message ----- From: Axil Axil To: vortex-l Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 8:37 AM Subject: [Vo]:Nano dust fusion Nano dust fusion http://greentechinfo.eu/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/George_Egely_-_Nano_Dust_Fusion_v7.pdf Dr. George Egely has developed a form of LENR that is uncommon but may not be too far off the mark. His process is an unusual one. The essential ingredients are dusty plasma made from nano‐size carbon particles and air and some water vapor. In its simplest version the process works at atmospheric pressure, and at modest temperatures at 1000 – 3000 º C. I would like to offer some suggestions for improvement that are inspired by the work of Rossi, DGT, and Chan et al. First, lose those hollow quarts balls and the microwave in preference to a spark plug. The plug is more robust and reliable. It will pump many more electrons into the plasma due to its high operational voltage then will a microwave. Second, add zirconium carbide nano-powder to the dust; the use of this metal will provide more charge concentration potential to the plasma. The use of zirconium carbide with a work function of 3.38 and a very high melting temperature of 3532 °C will thermalize the gamma radiation associated with the nuclear reactions of LENR by using a coherent proton surface charge. I love carbide of a transition metals because of their high melting temperature and their compatibity with carbon powder. Together with carbon, a very hot plasma temperature will increase operational reactor hydrogen envelope temperatures to the highest turbo generation efficiencies possible. Third, replace the air with a high pressure hydrogen envelope with the highest pressure possible. Some of my reactions to important parts of Dr. George Egely narrative: On page 6: My theory of cold fusion centers on charge concentration as the primary mechanism for shilding the coulumb barrier. In support of this concept from Dr, Egely’s text as follows: Here the more or less familiar rules of quantum mechanics or Q.E.D. rule. In our opinion, strong interaction and “classical” fusion start to dominate the process above a certain power density in the middle layer. Sparking is visible on slow motion films. Obviously, the amplitude of oscillation also depends on the plasma radius, pressure, and temperature. At the center of the plasma, the amplitudes should be much higher than those at the outer wall of the acoustic resonator. (There can be the highest amplitude of a spherical standing wave). See Fig. 5 for the three layers. Near the center of the plasma sphere (middle layer), charge shielding can dominate nuclear processes due to the enormous surface charge density of the dust. Then repulsing charges of like protons can be overcome by the huge negative charge density of the carbon particles. On the slow motion video records, one can clearly see the appearance of sudden small sparks en mass. Then the Geiger counter starts to click, though at moderate levels. At present no one knows what goes on in the center of the acoustic resonator. In Fig. 6 these simultaneous mechanisms are shown as field amplification by resonant surface polaritons (Fig. 6/a), direct volumetric polarization by electron and ion impact (Fig. 6/b), and charge shielding (Fig. 6/c) is shown, where strong interaction rules (again at a different size level) at the characteristic size of a nucleon. Obviously these are all hypothetical mechanisms, as they cannot be observed directly. On page 23 (b) At higher input energy, the sparking region appears, along a mild degree of radiation – both x rays and particles. (There is a slight radioactivity in the exhausted dust and the quartz sphere after the power is switched off, for a couple of days).
