Here is a paper I have been working on for some time. I have to do some
other stuff, so I will upload it now and if people make suggestions I will
improve it later on. I am translating it into Japanese. That will take
another week or so.
Rothwell, J., Review of the calorimetry of Fleischmann and Pons. 2020,
LENR-CANR.org.
https://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/RothwellJreviewofth.pdf
Abstract
This is an introduction to the calorimetry in experiments by Fleischmann
and Pons. From 1989 to 1993, they published a series of papers describing
three methods of calorimetry: isoperibolic, phase change and a cooling
curve analysis. These experiments culminated in boil-off experiments in
which cells produced over 100 W of excess heat, and stayed hot for hours
without input power. In 1996, Pons reported another series of experiments
in which reactions up to 101 W were sustained continuously for up to 70
days with reflux calorimeters.
This introduction is for the general reader. It includes definitions of the
isoperibolic, phase change and other methods, a discussion of how
calibrations are performed, and some of the advanced features of
Fleischmann and Pons’ equipment and methods.
Some skeptics claim that their calorimetry was unreliable or controversial.
Some of the skeptics’ objections are reviewed.
