Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Terry Blanton
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 12:41 AM, Robert Leguillon robert.leguil...@hotmail.com wrote: Statement only slightly more ridiculous: The most energetic thing that they could put inside is a fission reactor. No, the most energetic thing you could put inside is a fusion reactor. Oh, wait! They

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
Any scam must obey the laws of physics. Oh yes. But you don't necessarily know which laws are used to deceive you. All propositions and assertions in a scientific debate must be subject to testing and must be falsifiable, at least in principle. Asserting that somewhere, someone might

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Alan J Fletcher
At 08:54 AM 11/11/2011, Mary Yugo wrote: To sum up, the problem with Rossi's story is that there are too many things that don't hang together. The short runs, Lewan called the end of the first self-sustaining experiment. Oct 6 was also done to a timetable, allowing for weighing at the

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
Both Levi and Lewan were given a second-shot at testing. Do you mean Levi was given a chance to repeat and record properly his long high power experiment and refused? If so, WHY?!?! | With the possible exception of the Oct 6 run, all of the investigators (not Krivit -- that was a

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo wrote: If there is no way you or any of us can know anything at all about this method that you imagine might exist somewhere in the universe, how can you expect us to evaluate it? The way I said many times. You can falsify the premise that Rossi is scamming easily

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
This is a completely different subject. Please do not mix up unrelated topics. I asked how a person can test or falsify *your* assertion about stage magic. I did not ask how Rossi can falsify his claims. If you will not cite a specific stage magic technique, there is no way anyone can

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo wrote: Claim: Rossi may be faking this -- I don't know how. Falsification: Someone independent and credible tested the device and determined by this method (yadadada) it's real and not fake. Right. Exactly. And in my opinion Rossi did this on Oct. 6. I think he provided

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-11-10 09:49 PM, Mary Yugo wrote: Does anyone seriously doubt that if Fioravanti is telling the truth, there can be any doubt the 1 MW reactor is real? Are you seriously suggesting that a measurement using standard industrial techniques, performed by an expert, showing 66 kWh input and

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
Here is my point. if you do not know how he might be cheating, then it is not logical for you to propose this as a hypothesis to be debated here. You can say it is your gut feeling he is cheating. That's fine. That's an informal judgment. We welcome that here. But let us not confuse a gut

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
I like that expression jumping the shark. Does it mean the same as screwing the pooch? It means the voice entry system has added its own improvement to the original statement. An obvious guess is that the shark was supposed to be something a train rides on. Too bad. It was fun the

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Jouni Valkonen
Mary, your requirement for blank test run is unreasonable, but you are misunderstanding the reason why blank tests are used in science. Blank runs are used when we are measuring effects that may consist on multiple unknown variables and with controls we try to eliminate those variables that we are

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-11 Thread Mary Yugo
Mary, your requirement for blank test run is unreasonable, but you are misunderstanding the reason why blank tests are used in science. Blank runs are used when we are measuring effects that may consist on multiple unknown variables and with controls we try to eliminate those variables that we

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread Joe Catania
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Minor progress 2011/11/10 Joe Catania zrosumg...@aol.com: requency generator inout? Is there any more info on that? I can tell you one thing- the power company is not going to be too happy with Rossi or whoever runs

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread David Roberson
The more I consider Horace’s model of a scam ECAT device, the more I warm up to the idea. We are all aware of the fact that any excess energy produced by the core modules will propagate toward the water coolant and result in higher temperature and increased output power. If there is no

RE: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread Higgins Bob-CBH003
I generously considered that the insulation value was R6 in my analysis (an input in the spreadsheet), but much of that insulation may have been lost when the water leaked into the insulation. If you presume R6, and calculate the outside area of the eCat, the calculation of the heat loss is

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread Jouni Valkonen
2011/11/10 Higgins Bob-CBH003 bob.higg...@motorolasolutions.com: Mats Lewan put his hand on the top foil over the insulation and said that he thought it was about 60C.  That information might be useful to back onto a better guess at insulation value, but it will not be as simple as presuming

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jouni Valkonen wrote: Therefore Horaces analysis is not only wrong, but it is utterly against the normal thermodynamics and cannot explain anything. I agree, and so do all of the scientists I have asked outside of this forum. Because it does not consider at all normal thermodynamical

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread Mary Yugo
However calorimatric criticism is not relevant, because Rossi has never forbid for observers to do accurate calorimetry and check all the necessary calibrations with their own instruments. Therefore bad calorimetry is not likely source for the cheat, because that cheat would depend on

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread Mary Yugo
It is irrational to demand 1,000 times more energy than chemistry can produce when you have already seen 10 times more. The point is already proven. I think many responsible and capable people don't believe that. The only absolutely determinative test is an independent one that rules out

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo maryyu...@gmail.com wrote: However calorimatric criticism is not relevant, because Rossi has never forbid for observers to do accurate calorimetry and check all the necessary calibrations with their own instruments. I do not know who wrote that, but it is incorrect. Rossi does

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread Andrea Selva
-- Forwarded message -- From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com Date: 2011/11/10 Subject: Re: [Vo]:Minor progress To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Rossi does not usually let people use their own instruments. He has on some occasions. - Jed He doesn't even want people to bring their own

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread Robert Leguillon
/snip/ Heffner is saying that since the flow rate may not be 60 L in 4 hours it might be zero. That is preposterous. /snip/ Because the flow rate was not at its max (it was sped up during quenching) and it decreases with back pressure (as demonstrated in the September test), we have no idea

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo wrote: It is irrational to demand 1,000 times more energy than chemistry can produce when you have already seen 10 times more. The point is already proven. I think many responsible and capable people don't believe that. The only absolutely determinative test is an independent one

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread David Roberson
to satisfy my curiosity. Dave -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 3:53 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Minor progress Jouni Valkonen wrote: Therefore Horaces analysis is not only wrong, but it is utterly against

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
Andrea Selva wrote: Rossi does not usually let people use their own instruments. He has on some occasions. - Jed He doesn't even want people to bring their own. Jed, does this ring you any bell ? He would not let me bring instruments, which is why I did not go. However, I have talked to

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread David Roberson
progress -- Forwarded message -- From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com Date: 2011/11/10 Subject: Re: [Vo]:Minor progress To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Rossi does not usually let people use their own instruments. He has on some occasions. - Jed He doesn't even want people to bring

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-11-10 04:15 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Mary Yugo wrote: It is irrational to demand 1,000 times more energy than chemistry can produce when you have already seen 10 times more. The point is already proven. I think many responsible and capable people don't believe that. The only

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
David Roberson wrote: Jed, are you sure that Horace assumes that there is no water flowing through the ECAT? That would be totally unbelievable. I believe he said that previously. Actually I think he said something like we do not know what the flow rate is so it might be zero. Ask him.

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread Mary Yugo
Does anyone seriously doubt that if Fioravanti is telling the truth, there can be any doubt the 1 MW reactor is real? Are you seriously suggesting that a measurement using standard industrial techniques, performed by an expert, showing 66 kWh input and 2,635 kWh might be in error?!? You can't

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread Mary Yugo
I think you understood that is what I meant. Please do not be argumentative. Please do not use straw man arguments. I am confident there are no hidden wires or tubes going into the reactor. If you are not confident of that, fair enough, but please do not bring up that issue when we are

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo maryyu...@gmail.com wrote: How much fuel, and how is that fuel reacted? Please do say there was something else hidden in the vessel other than the cell, and this other object magically defies Archimedes' law. Maybe someone else who's more of a chemist and electrochemist than I am

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread Robert Leguillon
Statement only slightly more ridiculous: The most energetic thing that they could put inside is a fission reactor. A fission reactor produces the most energy, because if it didn't, nuclear power stations would use something else. And since we can't fit all of the necessary safety controls in

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread Robert Leguillon
I apologize. I did not institute my five-minute sarcasm filter. Robert Leguillon robert.leguil...@hotmail.com wrote: Statement only slightly more ridiculous: The most energetic thing that they could put inside is a fission reactor. A fission reactor produces the most energy, because if it

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robert Leguillon robert.leguil...@hotmail.com wrote: Statement only slightly more ridiculous: The most energetic thing that they could put inside is a fission reactor. A fission reactor produces the most energy, because if it didn't, nuclear power stations would use something else. And since

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-09 Thread Horace Heffner
On Nov 8, 2011, at 10:35 PM, Aussie Guy E-Cat wrote: Mate I'm not a physicists or an antagonists. Just a very practical old power systems engineer. You have come up with a exotic theory of scam that requires you to prove it. Not true. It is not I who is making the claims. I merely

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-09 Thread Aussie Guy E-Cat
I will read your information. I do apologize for assuming you were a LENR denier. But mate, values in the inside box to do a fraud? Maybe a bit much. AG On 11/9/2011 7:21 PM, Horace Heffner wrote: On Nov 8, 2011, at 10:35 PM, Aussie Guy E-Cat wrote: Mate I'm not a physicists or an

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-09 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 5:09 AM, Aussie Guy E-Cat aussieguy.e...@gmail.com wrote: I will read your information. I do apologize for assuming you were a LENR denier. But mate, values in the inside box to do a fraud? Maybe a bit much. Personally, I keep an open mind regarding possible hoaxing; but,

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-09 Thread David Roberson
, you will see a treasure trove of data to mine. Dave -Original Message- From: Aussie Guy E-Cat aussieguy.e...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, Nov 9, 2011 5:14 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Minor progress I will read your information. I do apologize for assuming you were

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-09 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-11-09 11:37 AM, David Roberson wrote: AG, I think that Horace is giving it a good effort to come up with a scheme to prove it is possible to simulate Rossi's results. That is OK as Rossi has done everything within his ability to confuse the data and leave himself open to serious

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: How would you determine what his secret catalyst is? Without that you'll likely be down by an order of magnitude or more from his power levels . . . That is correct. Probably you would get no heat at all. Similarly, I don't see how you could

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-09 Thread Jouni Valkonen
2011/11/9 Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net: The material I have analyzed fits inside the 30x30x30 cm box. The 50x60x35 cm exterior box to which others refer is irrelevant, except when water levels and temperatures are simulated. If you think that there is a 30×30×30 cm³ black box (it was

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-09 Thread Aussie Guy E-Cat
, 2011 5:14 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Minor progress I will read your information. I do apologize for assuming you were a LENR denier. But mate, values in the inside box to do a fraud? Maybe a bit much. AG On 11/9/2011 7:21 PM, Horace Heffner wrote: On Nov 8, 2011, at 10:35 PM, Aussie Guy E-Cat

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-09 Thread Horace Heffner
First let me correct an earlier statement in this thread. In regards to the pipe conduits to the interior box from the front of the outer box I said: There are actually four: 1 water, 1 gas, 2 for frequency generator input. That was meant to say: There are actually four: 1 gas, 1 main

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-09 Thread Jouni Valkonen
2011/11/10 Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net: (it was not mine impression, but my impression is based on indirect conclusion made that I do not remember anyone saying seen such a large black box inside), If you had read my paper you would have seen a photograph appended of the 30x30x30

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: Fraud or self delusion are of course possibilities I recognize, as do many others, especially given Rossi's inability numerous times to provide anything other than highly flawed calorimetry data, or refusal to admit the importance of such mundane

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-09 Thread Aussie Guy E-Cat
I might suggest that the 2 RF wires maybe multicore shielded cable. If it was just 2 wires, why would Rossi need 2 penetration in the outer and inner box? Way too many holes to seal against leaks. One cable may be input and the other output, which are separated into 2 cables to reduce cross

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-09 Thread Aussie Guy E-Cat
Seems someone did manage to click a few photos anyway. AG On 11/10/2011 9:38 AM, Jouni Valkonen wrote: 2011/11/10 Horace Heffnerhheff...@mtaonline.net: (it was not mine impression, but my impression is based on indirect conclusion made that I do not remember anyone saying seen such a large

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-09 Thread Jeff Sutton
I don't doubt that Rossi has something new and fantastic, and I don't doubt that he is eccentric in some way as are most of us and this explains some of the nonsensical things. I also believe he is quite intelligent. But the only way to think that his process makes any business-first approach is

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2011-11-09 Thread Aussie Guy E-Cat
What if the patent theory is wrong and Piantelli or W-L is right? Would he then be left with no protection other than trade secrets? I do note he is seeking non disclosed uni research help as he tries to get them to help him understand how his reactor really works. I don't envy Rossi, knowing

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-09 Thread Joe Catania
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 5:48 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Minor progress First let me correct an earlier statement in this thread. In regards to the pipe conduits to the interior box from the front of the outer box I said: There are actually four: 1 water, 1 gas, 2

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-09 Thread Jouni Valkonen
2011/11/10 Joe Catania zrosumg...@aol.com: requency generator inout? Is there any more info on that? I can tell you one thing- the power company is not going to be too happy with Rossi or whoever runs one of these things when they find out they are meter cheaters! I think too that the

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-09 Thread Daniel Rocha
for me to accept this theory. -- Forwarded message -- From: Aussie Guy E-Cat aussieguy.e...@gmail.com Date: 2011/11/9 Subject: Re: [Vo]:Minor progress To: vortex-l@eskimo.com What if the patent theory is wrong and Piantelli or W-L is right? Would he then be left with no protection

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-09 Thread David Roberson
...@pobox.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, Nov 9, 2011 1:33 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Minor progress On 11-11-09 11:37 AM, David Roberson wrote: AG, I think that Horace is giving it a good effort to come up with a scheme to prove it is possible to simulate Rossi's results. That is OK

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-08 Thread Berke Durak
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Robert Leguillon robert.leguil...@hotmail.com wrote: The issue of complete vaporization has plagued the E-Cat from the beginning. In the early E-Cats, water was able to run straight out of the E-Cat and down a drain,  without ever being collected or sparged.  

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: Again, I don't know of anyone being allowed to see the insides of the 30x30x30 interior box. 1. Levi and the people at Defkalion say they saw inside. Lewan says you can see more than the photograph shows. There is no sign of concrete. 2. In

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-08 Thread Robert Leguillon
By assuming that all of the water pumped in was evaporated. Unfortunately, it was fed into the steam condensers and back into the E-Cat in a closed loop. This us why the October 6th test was so important. It stood the chance to produce viable calorimetry. Unfortunately, the placement of the

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-08 Thread Aussie Guy E-Cat
As I soon (4 to 8 weeks) will hopefully be doing my own calorimeter measurements, Robert will you please assist my learning curve by pointing how the 6 Oct E-Cat thermocouple input and output heat exchanger measuring points were incorrect and how they should have been done properly so I don't

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-08 Thread David Roberson
-Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tue, Nov 8, 2011 9:13 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Minor progress Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: Again, I don't know of anyone being allowed to see the insides of the 30x30x30

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Jed, I have reason to believe that the output thermocouples are reading incorrectly. Then I suggest you address the paper uploaded by Houkes, and show where it is in error. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-08 Thread Horace Heffner
On Nov 8, 2011, at 5:10 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: Again, I don't know of anyone being allowed to see the insides of the 30x30x30 interior box. 1. Levi and the people at Defkalion say they saw inside. Levi and Defkalion people saw inside the 6

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-08 Thread David Roberson
not be confused by assuming that one core is capable of generating 10 kW. This is more of Rossi's game as usual. Dave -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tue, Nov 8, 2011 2:04 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Minor progress David Roberson

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-08 Thread Horace Heffner
On Nov 8, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Jed, I have reason to believe that the output thermocouples are reading incorrectly. Then I suggest you address the paper uploaded by Houkes, and show where it is in error. - Jed Why is this

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: Then I suggest you address the paper uploaded by Houkes, and show where it is in error. Why is this material not in pdf format like other material on LENR-CANR.org? Because: 1. I have not got around to it. 2. I figure the authors may want to

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: Levi and Defkalion people saw inside the 6 Oct E-cat? So they say. If they saw inside some other device at some other time then that is irrelevant. That one, as far as I know. It was tested before. It shows signs of having been run many

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-08 Thread Horace Heffner
On Nov 8, 2011, at 11:15 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: Levi and Defkalion people saw inside the 6 Oct E-cat? So they say. Just to be clear, they say they saw inside the 30x30x30 cm inside box in the 6 Oct E-cat demo? Do you have a reference on

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: Just to be clear, they say they saw inside the 30x30x30 cm inside box in the 6 Oct E-cat demo? Do you have a reference on this? No, just what they say. Take it or leave it. If you don't believe me, or them, believe Archimedes. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-08 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: Just to be clear, they say they saw inside the 30x30x30 cm inside box in the 6 Oct E-cat demo?  Do you have a reference on this? http://www.radio24.ilsole24ore.com/Foto/articoli/ecat071011-3.jpg Source:

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2011-11-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.radio24.ilsole24ore.com/Foto/articoli/ecat071011-3.jpg Thanks, Terry. The corrugated thing at the top which looks like a radiator is the cell. It is a little hard to see from the photo, but I gather you can actually see inside the box below

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-08 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: The corrugated thing at the top which looks like a radiator is the cell. Those heat fins reside on both the top and bottom. Three reactors are sandwiched within. There were a lot of witnesses who described it. Concrete

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-08 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: The corrugated thing at the top which looks like a radiator is the cell. Those heat fins reside on both the top and bottom. Look at Bob Higgins'

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2011-11-08 Thread Aussie Guy E-Cat
Some more inside shots http://www.nyteknik.se/incoming/article3295952.ece/BINARY/w468/kall_fusion_rossi_sprattad_lada_1_468_320.jpg

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2011-11-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Aussie Guy E-Cat aussieguy.e...@gmail.com wrote: Some more inside shots http://www.nyteknik.se/**incoming/article3295952.ece/**

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2011-11-08 Thread Aussie Guy E-Cat
Yes it looks a mess but just created a lot more energy than was inputted, so fair go. As for the fin design, I could do better 40 years ago. I mean the water enters in the lower left corner at the bottom and the steam exits at the upper right on the top. I assume the rate of water flow through

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2011-11-08 Thread Horace Heffner
Well I got some sleep and am catching up on this thread. I am very disappointed. The confusion here is incredible. It also appears no one has read my paper at all: http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/Rossi6Oct2011Review.pdf especially the sections T2 THERMOCOUPLE LOCATION and VOLUME

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-08 Thread Horace Heffner
I wrote: It is a reactor housing that supposedly keeps the reactor dry and protected, and to which 1 /4 inch and 1 inch water sealed conduit pipes connect which carry water, main power, and the frequency generator power from the outside to the stuff inside the box. That should read: It

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-08 Thread Aussie Guy E-Cat
I have spent some time on working out what is what in the Exposed E-Cat photos. What can be seen is boiler scale on the reactor heat radiation fins, external conduits and assembly bolts which seems to indicate water and steam occur in the outer box as the Higgins drawing suggests and not

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-08 Thread Horace Heffner
On Nov 8, 2011, at 9:52 PM, Aussie Guy E-Cat wrote: I have spent some time on working out what is what in the Exposed E- Cat photos. What can be seen is boiler scale on the reactor heat radiation fins, external conduits and assembly bolts which seems to indicate water and steam occur in

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2011-11-08 Thread Aussie Guy E-Cat
Mate I'm not a physicists or an antagonists. Just a very practical old power systems engineer. You have come up with a exotic theory of scam that requires you to prove it. If I say I doubt your theory, that is my right and you have no right to say Nonsense cause you have absolutely no proof of

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread Berke Durak
You are proposing a theory where a slug of hot iron releases its stored energy. The e-Cats have enough internal volume to store the reported amount of energy produced in very hot iron, and it is theoretically possible to insulate them using aerogel so that they'll keep their heat for a few hours.

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Quick question, Horace: Are you going for the 470kW which was claimed, or are you working with a reduced number? The 470 value seems to have been predicated, once again, on total vaporization of the input water. If that didn't take place then the generated power may have been substantially

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: I continue to plod along on a simulation of prospective E-cat designs to fit the 6 Oct 2011 Rossi test results. I have simulated various combinations of materials for thermal storage and have found that a couple slabs of ordinary Portland cement

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread Horace Heffner
On Nov 7, 2011, at 12:31 AM, John Bresnahan wrote: Dear Mr. (Dr.?) Heffner, I've been eagerly following your posting on the Vortex mailing list, and wish to thank you for the thoughtful analysis you are providing. Regarding the small valve in your model of Rossi's E-Cat device from

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread Horace Heffner
On Nov 7, 2011, at 5:27 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: I continue to plod along on a simulation of prospective E-cat designs to fit the 6 Oct 2011 Rossi test results. I have simulated various combinations of materials for thermal storage and have

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Ah -- Sorry, Horace, disregard my question. I overlooked the fact that you're ignoring the Oct 28 test, which was the (alleged) 470kW run. (In any case, you obviously are well aware of the heat-of-vaporization issues.) On 11-11-07 09:25 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Quick question,

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread Horace Heffner
On Nov 7, 2011, at 5:25 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Quick question, Horace: Are you going for the 470kW which was claimed, or are you working with a reduced number? The 470 value seems to have been predicated, once again, on total vaporization of the input water. If that didn't take

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread Horace Heffner
On Nov 7, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Ah -- Sorry, Horace, disregard my question. I overlooked the fact that you're ignoring the Oct 28 test, which was the (alleged) 470kW run. (In any case, you obviously are well aware of the heat-of- vaporization issues.) Yes. I

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread David Roberson
think that Rossi is totally dishonest? I wish you good luck with your endeavor. Dave -Original Message- From: Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, Nov 7, 2011 3:12 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Minor progress On Nov 7, 2011, at 5:27 AM, Jed

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: If you spent an hour or so looking at what I actually provided instead of generating arm waving non quantitative babble then you might gain some understanding. It is not arm waving to point out that THERE IS NO CONCRETE in the reactor. None. You

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread Colin Hercus
Hi Horace, I was wondering if it's possible to do this with lead rather than another material as long as you have sufficient insulation to reduce the heat flow from the lead to the water. I did a simple simulation and it looked like about 25kg of lead with about 12W/C heat flow would do the

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread Berke Durak
Cement has more specific heat capacity per mass, but not per volume. One cubic meter of iron can hold something like 3.5 MJ per kelvin, while the same volume of cement can hold something like 2.33 MJ per kelvin. In addition I'm not sure cement can go above 800 degrees Celsius, while iron melts

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread Colin Hercus
Or 25kg per module if we just bring the water to 105C and make very little steam On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Berke Durak berke.du...@gmail.com wrote: Cement has more specific heat capacity per mass, but not per volume. One cubic meter of iron can hold something like 3.5 MJ per kelvin,

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread Berke Durak
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Colin Hercus colinher...@gmail.com wrote: Or 25kg per module if we just bring the water to 105C and make very little steam But that assumes that the numbers are falsified. In the customer's public report, it says : Water vaporized : 3716 l. So if that figure

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread Horace Heffner
On Nov 7, 2011, at 3:43 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: If you spent an hour or so looking at what I actually provided instead of generating arm waving non quantitative babble then you might gain some understanding. It is not arm waving to point out

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread Horace Heffner
On Nov 7, 2011, at 4:18 PM, Berke Durak wrote: On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Colin Hercus colinher...@gmail.com wrote: Or 25kg per module if we just bring the water to 105C and make very little steam But that assumes that the numbers are falsified. In the customer's public report, it

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread Robert Leguillon
The issue of complete vaporization has plagued the E-Cat from the beginning. In the early E-Cats, water was able to run straight out of the E-Cat and down a drain, without ever being collected or sparged. In the 1MW demo, the steam is condensed and fed back in, there is no way of knowing how

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread Horace Heffner
I did try lead in various combinations with other materials. It does not have very good characteristics. I am working to duplicate the output power wave form, given the input power vs time, not just explain the energy balances. I'll have more to say when I finish. Horace On Nov 7,

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread Horace Heffner
On Nov 7, 2011, at 3:15 PM, David Roberson wrote: This exercise has me confused. Are you making an attempt to demonstrate that it is possible to make a scam ECAT? That would of course be instructive since Rossi has never run an ECAT for an extended period of time as a single unit. I

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread Jouni Valkonen
Horace, indeed 2 megaeuros would be good investment to check the validity of Rossi's claim. If it works, then we are hundreds of modules to play around. And if it does not work in means of cold fusion processes then just return the device and get full monetary compensation. Rossi has promised life

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread David Roberson
...@mtaonline.net To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, Nov 7, 2011 8:47 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Minor progress n Nov 7, 2011, at 4:18 PM, Berke Durak wrote: On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Colin Hercus colinher...@gmail.com wrote: Or 25kg per module if we just bring the water to 105C

Re: [Vo]:Minor progress

2011-11-07 Thread David Roberson
Sent: Mon, Nov 7, 2011 8:53 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Minor progress The issue of complete vaporization has plagued the E-Cat from the beginning. In he early E-Cats, water was able to run straight out of the E-Cat and down a rain, without ever being collected or sparged. In the 1MW demo, the steam

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