I'd also put DGT's approach into this group. Has DGT ever reported a huge pressure increase and/or a shock wave immediately after the spark discharge? I would expect such a process to occur consistent with spark discharge in hydrogen that other people have seen.
On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > > Those who have been around the alternative energy scene for long enough are >> certainly aware of the niche which is now called simply "HHO". ... >> >> >> Mills new paper should be read in that context. Basically it is an HHO >> paper, which is cleverly disguised as something else in order to shoehorn >> it >> into a theory (and especially into IP) which does may or may not apply, >> due >> to the vast amount of prior art. >> > > Interesting links. The conceptual history of the HHO stuff is > fascinating. Stepping back a little, it is interesting how many of the > details relating to remediation of waste and the use of electric arcs and > so on crop up over and over in different contexts. > > It seems reasonable to put Mills's theory into the HHO lineage (e.g., > Browns gas). His actual method, or what he discloses of it in the recent > paper, is similar to that of Karabut, a LENR researcher who has been using > glow discharge forever. I'd also put DGT's approach into this group. If > one allows that Papp may have been adding hydrogen to his fuel, his > approach also seems very similar. > > I do not know what to make of Mills's claims about broadband emissions in > some spectra differentiating some cathode configurations from others, in > which there supposedly was no broadband emission. For example, on p. 29, > graphic (B) claims to show a broadband hump in the spectrum that does not > really exceed 1.5E5 photon intensity. This graph is given as evidence of a > hydrino reaction that was taking place. On p. 32, graphic (A), the lower > part of the spectrum goes up to 2E5 photon intensity, but this time it's > attributed to background due to scattered photons. It seems, then, that it > is the shape of the spectrum and not the photon intensity that is > distinguishing the two cases. Has anyone drawn a conclusion about the > lower broadband emissions part of a series of spectra before, apart from > instrumental artifact? > > I suspect Mills is seeing something important that is differentiating in > his mind the successful cases from the inactive cases, but it's not clear > to me what this is yet. > > Eric > >
