The COP measure by itself is inadequate for evaluating the productivity of such systems. Carnot efficiency (which will exceed 100%) should be included in the measure somehow.
harry On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > YES! > > > > Thanks for posting this, Harry. Epicatalysis is a good name for a more > general phenomenon which can replace the idea that LENR must involve > fusion. > > > > This does not mean that there cannot be some forms of LENR which do > involve fusion, but it opens the door for another branch of LENR which > definitely does not. > > > > This alt/alt form of energy (alternative to an alternative) which we have > called “suprachemical” at one point in time, may include Ni-H, and may even > involve mass-to-energy conversions which are non-fusion (via spin > coupling). However, there are no gammas in this form, and thus no need to > invent a flimsy rationalization for why there are none. > > > > Epicatalysis is far easier to defend theoretically, despite CoE > objections, and probably is limited in COP - but my prediction is that this > will likely be the predominant vehicle for funding R&D in the near future > and “cold fusion” will fade from view at about the same rate. There are > simply too many experiments which show COP near or slightly less than 2, > with no indicia of fusion, for this to be a coincidence. > > > > *From:* H Veeder > > > > The authors have set up an open source organisation to develop the > _epicatalysis_ phenomena which they believe is producing the heat. > > > > http://jointheparadigm.com/what-is-epicatalysis/ > > > > Research (published in the peer reviewed journals Physical Review E and > Foundations of Physics) mentioned on the MFMP site argues that the second > law of thermodynamics is not a law but only a rule of thumb. > > > http://www.quantumheat.org/index.php/en/follow/old-experiments/follow-2/412-2nd-rule-of-thumb-of-thermodynamics > > > > Harry > > >
