Re: [Vo]:Corrections to heat after death calculations

2011-09-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner wrote: All the opinions in the world can not change the fact that water was probably coming out of the device in large mass proportions, whither or not the device produced some nuclear heat. Here is what all the opinions in the world cannot change: liquid flow test proves

Re: [Vo]:A simple method for extremely accurate enthalpy measurement

2011-09-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jouni Valkonen jounivalko...@gmail.com wrote: Horace wrote: «I would note that steam sparging can have large errors due to steam escaping, due to variability in measuring the temperature decline curve, due to variations in the calorimetry constant with temperature, and due to imperfect

Re: [Vo]:Corrections to heat after death calculations

2011-09-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner wrote: Here is what all the opinions in the world cannot change: liquid flow test proves that the machine is producing 12 to 16 kW of excess heat. Period. Again, where is the data for this test. http://lenr-canr.org/News.htm#Rossi18HourTest (with links to NyTeknik) And do

Re: [Vo]:September 22 might be Rossi's final deadline

2011-09-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Heckert wrote: - Although Rossi initially complained about it, he agreed to perform tests without phase changes (no steam) I dont understand this. The devices where tested all the times with steam successfully. So they should be tested with steam . . . Many people prefer to avoid the

Re: [Vo]:September 22 might be Rossi's final deadline

2011-09-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Gluck peter.gl...@gmail.com wrote: And I also hope he will be obliged to test individual E-cats instead of that monstruous combination of 330 E-cats. With such an impossible set-up everything is possible. I believe NASA is testing smaller units. The 1 MW gadget is not ready. Akira

Re: [Vo]:September 22 might be Rossi's final deadline

2011-09-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Heckert wrote: Yes, Rossi can look inside, but we cannot, so we cannot accept it. Even if the pope himself swears it on the holy bible I would not finally believe this before I have seen it myself. Do you mean: 1. Until you see an actual machine in operation? Or 2. Until you have

Re: [Vo]:September 22 might be Rossi's final deadline

2011-09-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Heckert peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: If they use a transparent measuring method like massflow calorimetry that excludes any possible error, then I believe it. You mean liquid state mass flow calorimetry, with no phase change. Not steam or ice calorimetry. That is a reasonable demand.

Re: [Vo]:A simple method for extremely accurate enthalpy measurement

2011-09-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: This test shows your true colors. It indicates that you actually expect the steam power to be on the order of 100 watts, not 10,000 watts or even 1,000 watts. If you put a wand issuing 10,000 watts steam power into the bucket you will get a notion

Re: [Vo]:A simple method for extremely accurate enthalpy measurement

2011-09-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: I don't see your point. I used to do this test with a hose producing 75 kW at Hydrodynamics Inc. It worked fine. The results were close to the expected amount from that heater. If that was a Griggs device I wonder if your memory might be failing

Re: [Vo]:Corrections to heat after death calculations

2011-09-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: My first reaction is: did it not occur to anyone in 18 hours to reduce the flow by a factor of 10 so as to get more reliable numbers? I would not recommend that: 1. The machine went bonkers when they started the run, producing very high heat. I

[Vo]:Comments about Hydrodynamics

2011-09-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: I am happy to see such a neat application was found for Grigg's technology. I hope he has benefited from it. Griggs left the company many years ago. The company seems to be doing well. They no longer talk about the fact that their machine

Re: [Vo]:Comments about Hydrodynamics

2011-09-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha danieldi...@gmail.com wrote: What do you mean by excess heat? I thought it was a link to a website of bio fuel. It is a long story. The Hydrodynamics gadget produces heat by generating ultrasound. Under some circumstances it appears to produce anomalous excess heat. Many years ago

Re: [Vo]:Meat without slaughter: '6 months' to bio-sausages

2011-09-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
I sure hope this works out. I described this enthusiastically in chapter 16 of my book. I have read that the first cultured meat (in vitro meat) may not taste very good. It may lack flavor and the fibers may not stick together much, giving it an odd texture. Perhaps they can use it for filler, or

Re: [Vo]:Comments about Hydrodynamics

2011-09-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha danieldi...@gmail.com wrote: Do you have links for articles regarding this experiment? It looks like fishy. See p. 43-1 here: http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/EPRIproceedingc.pdf it was not fishy. I do not do fishy stuff. It was inconclusive. it is unfinished business. If cold

[Vo]:Greek press report: Defkalion has not applied for license or safety testing

2011-09-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://www.xanthipress.gr/eidiseis/politiki/9154-xynidis-kontos-aitisi-ergostasio-syntixi-defkalion-.html A translation sent to me by someone (maybe done by Google): No applications for plant in Xanthi With new negative letters answered, as expected, the question submitted by the MP

Re: [Vo]:New June video interviews by Krivit

2011-09-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: The last 20 seconds of part 4 of the interview were amazing! :D Yes, it would appear that Rossi changed his mind. ;-) Very mercurial of him. In the last 20 seconds he says Krivit did a very good job. I agree that he did, in

Re: [Vo]:New June video interviews by Krivit

2011-09-04 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Heckert peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: This makes me a little bit sceptic about LENR. They research for 20 years now and still have no repeatable results. That is incorrect. You need to read the literature more carefully before commenting on this research. McKubre, Storms and others

Re: [Vo]:New June video interviews by Krivit

2011-09-04 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Heckert peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: 10-20% COP is easily explained as measuring error. Not with the instruments used by McKubre or Storms. If you think it would be easy I suggest you write a paper explaining how that might work with the system described here:

[Vo]:New translations of papers into Portuguese

2011-09-06 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: Chubb, S.R., *O Reator Rossi de 10kW.* Infinite Energy, 2011(96): p. 31. http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/ChubbSRoreatorros.pdf Bacchi, S., *Coletânea de artigos sobre o aparelho de fusão a frio Rossi*. 2011, LENR-CANR.org. [That title doesn't survive conversion.]

Re: [Vo]:New translations of papers into Portuguese

2011-09-06 Thread Jed Rothwell
MJ feli...@gmail.com wrote: Coletânea de artigos sobre o aparelho de fusão a frio de Andrea Rossi Hmmm . . . It is properly formatted in EndNote but by the time it gets converted to HTML format by my Pascal program the ã characters are lost. I guess I should convert them to a. American

Re: [Vo]:New translations of papers into Portuguese

2011-09-06 Thread Jed Rothwell
I changed the a which changed the name: Bacchi, S., *Coletanea de artigos sobre o aparelho de fusao a frio Rossi*. 2011, LENR-CANR.org. New name: http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/BacchiScoletanead.pdf - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Rossi quotes

2011-09-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Alan: Thanks again for monitoring Rossi's blog. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:So Cal Dark

2011-09-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
I read this story and tried to look up another, and got this error message from NBCSandiego.com: Our servers are down so we're digging up the streets and blocking traffic. We are pretty sure this will go faster than the most recent City construction project, so check back soon. Sorry for the

Re: [Vo]:So Cal Dark

2011-09-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
Some interesting quotes from Slate: http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2011/09/09/california_blackout_utility_worker_s_error_in_yuma_leaves_san_di.html QUOTE Much of Southern California and parts of Arizona and even Mexico came to a standstill Thursday, apparently thanks to a blunder by a single

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Rossi quotes

2011-09-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Gluck peter.gl...@gmail.com wrote: really interesting but unverifiable now. Otherwise it is a temporary saison morte in the Rossi camp, nothing happens. Dekalion seems to be dead and unressurectable . . . I doubt that. As far as I know Defkalion intends to continue with their plans to

[Vo]:Grimshaw paper

2011-09-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: Grimshaw, T., *Evidence-Based Public Policy toward Cold Fusion: Rational Choices for a Potential Alternative Energy Source*. 2008, The University of Texas at Austin. http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/GrimshawTevidenceba.pdf

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Rossi quotes

2011-09-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Gluck peter.gl...@gmail.com wrote: I hope so too but I have not a iota of proof for that, except wishful thinking and sympathy for them. Do you have more? I have had some contact with the company. They tell me everything is going forward as planned. That isn't proof of anything, but I

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Rossi quotes

2011-09-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Gluck wrote: But Xanthi Press wrote no testing by State authorities no plant. Confusing. The Sept. 1 report said they do not have a license for the plant yet. Defkalion confirmed they are still working on that. I do not think the report said there has been no testing. There is also

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Rossi quotes

2011-09-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: Inquiring minds want to know... What does Defkalilon's have on hand? Do they possess the equivalent of Rossi's eCat technology in-house, or not. They say they do. See their web site, their statements at PESN, and the press

Re: [Vo]:I love Obama, great speach on jobs, patents too

2011-09-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: A subtle point the above premise may have gotten completely wrong is the fact that as automation takes over more and more jobs in traditional manufacturing sectors it is NOT necessarily true that these misplaced workers will

[Vo]:The effect of cold fusion on employment

2011-09-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
fznidar...@aol.com wrote: Yes has you read Lights in a Tunnel it is shareware and goes through this. Would free energy mean more or less jobs, perhaps Jed knows. When I wrote the book in 2004, in chapter 20 on employment I said that cold fusion would not have a large impact. Nearly everyone

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Rossi quotes

2011-09-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
mix...@bigpond.com wrote: I don't see why they would need to store any Hydrogen. They could just produce it on demand through electrolysis. If they can't do this then the device is worthless anyway. It is a bad idea to produce hydrogen on demand with electrolysis. That adds to the complexity

Re: [Vo]:I love Obama, great speach on jobs, patents too

2011-09-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
mix...@bigpond.com wrote: I get it, said Adell. Don’t shout. When the sun is done, the other stars will be gone, too. This is of course not true. New stars are being born all the time. They know that. The basic point remains valid. Read the whole story:

Re: [Vo]:The effect of cold fusion on employment

2011-09-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
mix...@bigpond.com wrote: then cold fusion will reduce overall employment by 1.2 million people. Inexorably. [snip] This may well be true in the USA which already has a high standard of living, however CF will make a huge difference in the developing world, where billions of people

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Rossi quotes

2011-09-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
mix...@bigpond.com wrote: Over the long haul, it's going to need to come from electrolysis anyway. That's where most of our hydrogen is. It doesn't need to cause explosions if done correctly. Of course. Over the short-haul too. But it should be done at specialized facilities by experienced

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Rossi quotes

2011-09-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
mix...@bigpond.com wrote: Who said anything about do it yourself? I didn't mean to imply that every device sold should have an electrolyzer included. What I meant was that the factory could have a dedicated unit that they used to produce bottled Hydrogen for inclusion in the devices. That

[Vo]:Photos of antique typewriters illustrate large variation in nascent technology

2011-09-12 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://www.slate.com/id/2303250/ Photos of early personal computers: http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/personal-computers/17/intro When a technology is just getting started, product designers do not know what the machines should look like. They do not understand what the customer

Re: [Vo]:Photos of antique typewriters illustrate large variation in nascent technology

2011-09-12 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: It is symptomatic of early machines that the designers don't know what it is they're trying to accomplish because they have no experience using the machines. It is not their fault. They tend to go overboard and throw in all sorts of features that are not called for. Early technology

Re: [Vo]:Photos of antique typewriters illustrate large variation in nascent technology

2011-09-12 Thread Jed Rothwell
Examples of elaborate and useless features in naval technology include: Modern naval rams, which became popular in the late 19th century after the Battle of Lissa (1866). Cage masts, seen in battleships before Pearl Harbor. They were supposed to let shells fly through without toppling the mast.

Re: [Vo]:E-cat news at Nyteknik

2011-09-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Heckert peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: Can this be? The Hydrogen bottle lost 25 bar of pressure and about 42 grams of hydrogen between April and September. Does this make sense? How much H2 is typically inside the bottle? It is probably leaking a little. I have not seen the hardware,

[Vo]:NyTeknik September 14, 2011 articles: titles and URLs

2011-09-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
[LENR-CANR.org News Item] Rossi eCat device demonstrated in self-sustaining mode September 14, 2011 NyTeknik published three articles and two videos about the Rossi device: *See the E-cat run in self-sustained mode* Article and video

Re: [Vo]:E-cat news at Nyteknik

2011-09-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
Joe Catania zrosumg...@aol.com wrote: The E-Cat ran for 35 minutes without electrical power? Did anyone tell you that the thermal inertia will run the E-Cat for that long? At 22:35 input electric power was 2.5 kW. All electric power was cut off at this time. The temperature dropped from

Re: [Vo]:E-cat news at Nyteknik

2011-09-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: Meanwhile, Mr. Rothwell replied to your original comment by posting thermal measurements that apparently reveal the interesting fact that thermal inertia had already been taken into account when the temperature initially dropped

[Vo]:Duty cycle was 100% in latter part of test

2011-09-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
Alan J Fletcher a...@well.com wrote: And (regrettably) incomplete. We know that the power to the resistor was being cycled on and off, but not the actual duty ratio! The duty cycle is 100% after 19:40. It says: 19:40Power was increased to the maximum value, “9.” [blue box control], and

[Vo]:The pump was left running during the self-sustaining event

2011-09-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Heckert peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: There is one thing that irritated me. When they show the e-cat in self-sustained mode, then I cannot hear the pump anymore. Did they stop the pump and why? There is no way they would stop the pump! The temperature would climb and it would blow up.

Re: [Vo]:The pump was left running during the self-sustaining event

2011-09-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: I do not see what you mean. (I don't hear what you mean.) In the video, starting around 5:00 they turn off the power. I hear the pump still running. I mean the video minute 5, which occurred at 23:10 real-time. The pump sound continues until the video jumps ahead to real-time 23:10.

[Vo]:Video time synced to real time

2011-09-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Heckert peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: I mean the video minute 5, which occurred at 23:10 real-time. The pump sound continues until the video jumps ahead to real-time 23:10. Yes, I have seen it now. I was in error, sorry. I got it wrong, too. Minute 5 is real-time 23:35. It is a shame

Re: [Vo]:E-cat news at Nyteknik

2011-09-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.com mailto:svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: Meanwhile, Mr. Rothwell replied to your original comment by posting thermal measurements that apparently reveal the interesting fact that thermal inertia had already been taken into account

[Vo]:Lewan report corrected

2011-09-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
A new version of this report has been uploaded: *Test of Energy Catalyzer, Bologna, September 7, 2011* Analysis of calorimetry http://www.nyteknik.se/incoming/article3264365.ece/BINARY/Report+E-cat+test+September+7+%28pdf%29 The new version says QUOTE: 22:35 Power to the resistance was cut

Re: [Vo]:E-cat news at Nyteknik

2011-09-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
Alan J Fletcher a...@well.com wrote: Lewan did report that at setting 5 the ON and OFF times were equal. So taking the duty cycle as PLC/9 is about as good as we can guess. Lewan wrote that PLC/9 is full cycle. Also, that is a single digit decimal display. It don't go any higher than 9. Nine

Re: [Vo]:The September E-Cat

2011-09-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: More importantly, the claim that all the water was being converted to steam, the repeated, defended, and heralded basis for thinking something practical has been created, the basis for the calorimetry of the public demos, is now shown to be

Re: [Vo]:The September E-Cat

2011-09-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: And we know the probe came out dry because Galantini said so. Right? Yes, of course. It is very easy for a person to observe that a probe is wet or dry. A small child could do this. Galantini, the man who claimed to have tested the steam and

Re: [Vo]:The September E-Cat Volume

2011-09-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Alan J Fletcher a...@well.com wrote: There would appear to be from 17 to 20L of water stored in the E-Cat. Rossi said the reactor volume is 30L -- but this includes space for water and for steam. I asked Lewan about this. He said: The volume of the cell was at least 22.5 liters, as shown

Re: [Vo]:The September E-Cat

2011-09-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: ** Sorry -- I'm afraid I crossed over the line in my previous post into sneering. The truth is I feel kind of bitter about this whole thing. Don't fret about it. Forget it. Ever since I put together what I knew about the early results with the

Re: [Vo]:The September E-Cat

2011-09-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: I would get testy if people addressed me the way they have addressed him. Also, if I were Levi I would have tossed Krivit... I wasn't talking about the Krivit interview, which I haven't read. I was thinking in particular of a response from

Re: [Vo]:E-cat news at Nyteknik

2011-09-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Colin Hercus colinher...@gmail.com wrote: Of all the demos reported this new one is the least convincing and is a major disappointment. I tend to agree, because power input was high and they did not measure total enthalpy. However, the last 35 min. with no input power redeemed the test. I do

Re: [Vo]:The September E-Cat

2011-09-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: But my opinion is the only one I've got, so naturally, I believe it. You have no choice. Belief is not voluntary. A person cannot persuade himself that 2+2 does not equal 4. That is the problem with some arguments in favor of religion such as Pascal's

Re: [Vo]:The September E-Cat

2011-09-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: My concern is actually rather different. My concern is that I suspect he knows perfectly well what the flaws were in his analysis, and realizes that the steam wasn't dry. And that, in turn, leads me to question any testimony from Galantini. You

Re: [Vo]:The September E-Cat

2011-09-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Joe Catania wrote: There would appear to be from 17 to 20L of water stored in the E-Cat. It takes ~5MJ to heat 17L of water from 30C to 100C. So it would appear that there are 25MJ stored elsewhere at this point. Stored somewhere, you say. Where? The metal? There are 80 kg of metal, mainly

Re: [Vo]:The September E-Cat

2011-09-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner wrote: As I showed numerically, it was not reasonable that no water was ejected in the prior demonstration tests unless the tests were run at precisely the right input power (from electric plus LENR) at all times to just boil all the water yet not raise the steam temperature.

[Vo]:Lewan uploads temperature data for Sept. 7 run

2011-09-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
This is very helpful. See: http://www.nyteknik.se/incoming/article3267991.ece/BINARY/Temperature+data+Sept+7+%28xls%29 The data is taken at 2 second intervals. The thing cools down slowly after the pump is turned off at 23:10. assuming the reaction is fully quenched at that time you can

Re: [Vo]:Lewan uploads temperature data for Sept. 7 run

2011-09-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: The thing cools down slowly after the pump is turned off at 23:10. assuming the reaction is fully quenched at that time . . . That may be a rash assumption. It is sometimes hard to quench a cold fusion reaction. I don't see the temperature going up anywhere after 23:10, so I guess

Re: [Vo]:Lewan uploads temperature data for Sept. 7 run

2011-09-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha danieldi...@gmail.com wrote: It doesn't go down. The temperature falls to ~100.3C at 23:19:00 but starts raising at 23:22:01 an slowly raises continuously until the data collect is stooped at 23:29:07, with a temperature of 105C. Oh! You are right. I should have graphed it. I

Re: [Vo]:Lewan uploads temperature data for Sept. 7 run

2011-09-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha danieldi...@gmail.com wrote: There is a curious thing between 23:25:19 and 23:26:23 on column D, where probably water enters the cell 2. I believe this is discussed in the log graph: Note: jumps in serie2 to (inlet water temp) are due to the probe being pulled out of the water

Re: [Vo]:Lewan uploads temperature data for Sept. 7 run

2011-09-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Akira Shirakawa wrote: I tried making a more detailed chart: http://i.imgur.com/lU42G.png Good job. The heat-after-death event is marked here in the top graph with the red cross-hatching, between 22:35 and 23:10. I do not see why you have the Input Current (A) rising at around 18:35

Re: [Vo]:Lewan uploads temperature data for Sept. 7 run

2011-09-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner wrote: A 0.7°C temperature rise is significant with any thermocouple. That can't be noise. There is no question there must be a heat source in the cell. Yes - it is the 80 kg of cell metal which has stored heat. Stored heat can only be released monotonically declining. The

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-19 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: If I did the calculations right, then this indicates the device could blow up. If there are emergency steam relief valves on the devices the steam could be released inside the container. Some friends of mine who wish to remain anonymous know a

Re: [Vo]:John Maddox, editor Nature magazine around 1989

2011-09-19 Thread Jed Rothwell
Bastiaan Bergman bastiaan.berg...@gmail.com wrote: At min 4:24 John Maddox Editor of Nature magazine says: It [cold fusion] will remain dead for a long long time This to me means that it is not dead for forever, or 'temporarily dead' be it for a long time. Does anyone know what Mr. Maddox

Re: [Vo]:Calulations for 1 MW plant.

2011-09-19 Thread Jed Rothwell
OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: It's quite odd to notice that on the skeptical side of the fence the subject of CF continues to be perceived as a bogus completely unproven source of energy. Therefore, one would infer from such conclusions that Rossi's 1 MW

[Vo]:A letter from a DoE official about cold fusion

2011-09-19 Thread Jed Rothwell
[This just in, sent by a friend. I don't write to the DoE. I wouldn't bother.] Monday, September 19, 2011 Dear Mr. Owens: This is in response to your e-mail message to Secretary Chu dated September 13, 2011 in which you asked to know where the Department of Energy stands on “cold fusion.”

Re: [Vo]:A letter from a DoE official about cold fusion

2011-09-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
Susan Gipp susan.g...@gmail.com wrote: did you have the chance to ask DoE about Rossi's e-cat ? He claimed in his paper that DoE saw a succesfull demostration back in 2009 ! I did not communicate with the DoE. Someone else did, and they sent me a copy of the response. As you see, it is a

[Vo]:Toyota Group Claims Breakthrough In Artificial Photosynthesis

2011-09-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/tnks/Nni20110920D2009A09.htm NAGOYA (Nikkei)--A Toyota Motor Corp. (7203) group research firm said Tuesday that it has developed technology that duplicates how plants make energy, using only sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. Artificial photosynthesis is not new,

Re: Aw: [Vo]:About measurement of steam with Galantini probe

2011-09-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: Now what happens, when an inventor without deep knowledge and experience constructs a steam device, makes it unaccessible and then lets unexperienced scientist measure the steam? Most scientists expect that devices that they use are properly constructed and work

Re: Aw: [Vo]:About measurement of steam with Galantini probe

2011-09-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner wrote: Some questions for you and other self-appointed experts here: This remark seems to have some emotional content. Darn right it does. I am annoyed. DO you know of any requirement for anyone here on vortex-l to be an expert to comment? Not to comment. I have no

Re: [Vo]:CERN clocks subatomic particles traveling faster than light

2011-09-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: If nothing else, this shoots down the old canard (often claimed by those trying to argue that SR is just a big conspiracy) that any scientist who actually measured a particle going faster than light would suppress the result to avoid going against the establishment.

[Vo]:Levi papers in Portuguese

2011-09-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: Levi, G., et al., *Teste experimental de um dispositivo mini-Rossi na corporacao Leonardo, Bologna 29 de marco de 2011*. 2011, Bologna University. http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/LeviGtesteexper.pdf - Jed

[Vo]:DoE 2004 submitted paper list updated

2011-09-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
In this section: http://lenr-canr.org/Collections/DoeReview.htm#Submissions . . . I have a list of papers submitted to the DOE panel by Hagelstein et al. For reasons beyond the scope of the discussion I have brought this list up-to-date, adding several papers. This is at the bottom of this page.

Re: [Vo]:About measurement of steam with Galantini probe

2011-09-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Heckert peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: However, experts skilled in the art have said that Galantini's methods are correct. Did Galantini know whats inside the tower? Did these experts know whats inside? They say they looked inside it. They saw nothing unexpected or unusual.

Re: Aw: [Vo]:About measurement of steam with Galantini probe

2011-09-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: People who tell it like it is look sophomoric, in my opinion. People who are dismissive run the risk of being themselves dismissed. It is better to leave some room to retreat in case it turns out you are wrong. What is so bad about being wrong.

Re: [Vo]:Mind Reading 1 Step Closer to Reality

2011-09-24 Thread Jed Rothwell
THAT is astounding. There has been slow progress toward mind-reading machines and machines that can be controlled by the mind. This looks like a large leap. Kind of like that Google self-driving car versus earlier attempts to make antonymous cars. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Rossi steam calorimetry

2011-09-25 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Heckert peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: found a video that demonstrates how easy steam calorimetry can be done: http://youtu.be/OHvnpYgg_rw No heat excanger needed as they will use at sweden and no 6 months of preparation as Levi claimed. This is a steam sparge test. This is what I

Re: Re: [Vo]:Rossi steam calorimetry

2011-09-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jouni Valkonen jounivalko...@gmail.com wrote: This increases the digestibility of of food by a lot. This is because the energetic cost of digestion will be reduced greatly, because we can come along with smaller gut and shorter chewing time, but also we can get much more energy from the food

Re: Re: [Vo]:Rossi steam calorimetry

2011-09-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Ah, I see that Terry has already posted a link to this book. Great minds think alike. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Steam Sparge

2011-09-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: First, let me say, despite the casual, inaccurate, and one data point nature of the method shown, it is far better than any calorimetry applied in Rossi public demos. I agree it is better for steam. It is the only reasonable way to measure a

Re: [Vo]:Re: Nobel Laureate Brian Josephson to test an e-Cat module on October 6th

2011-09-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Right. Josephson says he has no intention of doing a test at present. This was a mixup. The text quoted by Passerini was from a letter from Levi inviting Brian Josephson to participate and not Brian Josephson's own words. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Steam Sparge

2011-09-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jouni Valkonen jounivalko...@gmail.com wrote: Yup, stirring is the problem. You need to stir vigorously with a stick or something like a Dremel tool with a paint mixer attached. (Like a giant eggbeater.) That is untrue, it is not a problem. It really does not need much efforts to stir

[Vo]:Will Robots Steal Your Job?

2011-09-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://www.slate.com/id/2304442/ This article references Martin Ford's Lights in the Tunnel which was discussed here. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Steam Sparge

2011-09-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: It is nice to see our views so closely aligned. They are indeed. I think running the steam and water through a condensing heat exchanger works very well, provided *all* the flow and temperature variables are recorded very frequently - more

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion GT forum appears to be open again

2011-09-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Akira Shirakawa shirakawa.ak...@gmail.com wrote: What this exactly means, it's still unknown to me. I thought they wouldn't have had anything to do with Rossi and e-Cat based products anymore for the time being. Rossi said that, but Defkalion never agreed. They do not acknowledge a rift:

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion GT forum appears to be open again

2011-09-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Susan Gipp susan.g...@gmail.com wrote: Jed, in your opinion, how can DT go ahead with their scheduled plans if Rossi never gave to them the e-cat technology (the secret sauce ?) Defkalion says Rossi gave them all information about the technology long ago, and they are capable of making all

Re: [Vo]:Regarding Rossi and NASA (+ some Piantelli news)

2011-09-29 Thread Jed Rothwell
Rossi wrote: WE WILL MEASURE THE ENERGY TAKING THE DELTA T OF THE WATER, THE WATER, THE WATER, NOT OF THE STEAM NOT OF THE STEAM, NOT OF THE STEAM, THEREFORE THE ISSUE OF THE QUALITY OF THE STEAM HAS ABSOLUTELY NOT IMPORTANCE, BECAURE WE DO NOT MEASURE THE ENERGY FROM THE STEAM !!! WE

Re: [Vo]:Re: Regarding Rossi and NASA (+ some Piantelli news)

2011-09-29 Thread Jed Rothwell
Man on Bridges manonbrid...@aim.com wrote: Statistically each Ecat has it's own independent chance of explosion at any given moment which does not change over time. I believe that is incorrect. Boiler explosions are caused by the overall temperatures and pressures of the machine. When a

Re: [Vo]:Re: Regarding Rossi and NASA (+ some Piantelli news)

2011-09-29 Thread Jed Rothwell
ecat builder ecatbuil...@gmail.com wrote: There is NO evidence that Rossi's newer generation E-Cats have ever or will ever explode. Anything that produces steam can explode. Wet coal, for example, is very dangerous. If you happen to be on Rossi's invitation to see his 1MW plant, by all

Re: [Vo]:Re: Regarding Rossi and NASA (+ some Piantelli news)

2011-09-29 Thread Jed Rothwell
OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote: The concerns I've seen raised have far more to do with the delicate management of a whole lot of highly pressurized steam - a megawatt's worth of steam. Ladies and gentlemen, please don't try this at home! Exactly. That is what experts have been telling

Re: [Vo]:Re: Regarding Rossi and NASA (+ some Piantelli news)

2011-09-29 Thread Jed Rothwell
Man on Bridges manonbrid...@aim.com wrote: In 1906, the Wrights knew *far* more about aerodynamics and the physics of flight than anyone else in the world. They should have concentrated on what they knew best, leaving other details to other experts. It was a waste of time for them to work on

Re: [Vo]:Some personal thoughts on NET Krivit

2011-09-29 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jouni Valkonen jounivalko...@gmail.com wrote: And Krivit started vicious ad hominem attacking against Rossi and Levi. By for what reason? What is Krivit's evidence? Rossi purposefully showed him a dummy E-Cat that does fool no one. If that is true it should certainly make Krivit upset! It

[Vo]:Plug-in hybrid Prius announced

2011-09-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
Toyota announced a plug-in previous hybrid car will be available nationwide starting January 1, 2012. The base price is around $32,000. Battery range is greater than 20 km. In other news from Japan, the Fukushima reactors are now all cooled below 100°C. In English:

[Vo]:Stirling Energy Systems Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

2011-09-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
In principle, thermal-solar should be cheaper than PV, but rapid progress in PV has outpaced solar-thermal. This may be a case of the second-best technology beating the best because of government subsidies and widespread interest and participation in the development. See:

Re: [Vo]:Plug-in hybrid Prius announced

2011-09-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: I assume you meant to say Prius whereas Dragon interpreted your dictation as previous. Yup. You gotta watch it. Somehow a $32k price tag along with a whopping 20 km max range does not strike me as terribly impressive. Am I

Re: [Vo]:Upcoming October 6th test location revealed

2011-09-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
Horace Heffner wrote: Interesting! Thanks for posting that. So the 1 MW E-cat will be tested in Bologna Oct. 6 with Teknik, and Focus information agency, using a heat exchanger. http://www.focus-fen.net/ One unit from it. Not the whole shebang. I guess that should be ~15 kW. - Jed

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