[Vo]:A way to reinvestigate the Patterson cell?
A new patent application -- CORE-SHELL CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PALLADIUM-BASED CORE PARTICLE Abstract: A core-shell catalyst includes a porous, palladium-based core particle and a catalytic layer on the particle. The particle can be made by providing a precursor particle that has palladium interspersed with a sacrificial material. At least a portion of the sacrificial material is then removed such that the remaining precursor particle is porous. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2015/0372313.html -- may provide a way to create particles with controllable surface micro-topographies. Perhaps a way to recreate the Patterson "beads", or other promising surfaces?
Re:[Vo]:Undecidability of the Spectral Gap
Jack Cole wrote: > We show that the spectral gap problem is undecidable. Specifically, > we construct families of translationally-invariant, nearest-neighbor > Hamiltonians on a 2D square lattice of d-level quantum systems > (d constant), for which determining whether the system is gapped or > gapless is an undecidable problem[...] Interesting issue. I believe it's undecidable if dimension is unbounded. (See - Corollary 8 (Undecidability of spectral gap for unconstrained dimension, in the reference - http://arxiv.org/pdf/1502.04573v2.pdf) I was the first to conjecture the power of adiabatic quantum computation. (See "Adiabatic Quantum Computation & Eigenvalue Gaps" https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.theory.dynamic-sys/fdC1qvp_qxw/Vhex2D14A4YJ - and - "Adiabatic Quantum Computation and Search" https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/sci.physics.research/9N_-WbzsapI/H4SuchFYf-kJ) - predating anything in Arxiv, so, this is an issue I'm interested in. For finite N-dimensional hamiltonians, (N=2^n where n = # of 'qubits') though, the size of the spectral gap is definitely computable, but takes 'exponential' time (time~2^n) - so is probably 'NP-complete' -- 'n' is effectively the size of the 'classical' system.
[Vo]:Superdielectrics
Perhaps of interest. Just published on Arxiv.org Super Dielectric Materials - Samuel Fromille and Jonathan Phillips* Physics Department Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA 93943 ABSTRACT Evidence is provided that a class of materials with dielectric constants greater than 10^5, herein called super dielectric materials (SDM), can be generated readily from common, inexpensive materials. Specifically it is demonstrated that high surface area alumina powders, loaded to the incipient wetness point with a solution of boric acid dissolved in water, have dielectric constants greater than 4*108 in all cases, a remarkable increase over the best dielectric constants previously measured, ca. 10^4. It is postulated that any porous, electrically insulating material (e.g. high surface area powders of silica, titania), filled with a liquid containing a high concentration of ionic species will potentially be an SDM. Capacitors created with the first generated SDM dielectrics (alumina with boric acid solution), herein called New Paradigm Super (NPS) capacitors display typical electrostatic capacitive behavior, such as increasing capacitance with decreasing thickness, and can be cycled, but are limited to a maximum effective operating voltage of about 0.8 V. A simple theory is presented: Water containing relative high concentrations of dissolved ions saturates all, or virtually all, the pores (average diameter 500 Angstrom) of the alumina. In an applied field the positive ionic species migrate to the cathode end, and the negative ions to the anode end of each drop. This creates giant dipoles with high charge, hence leading to high dielectric constant behavior. At about 0.8 volts, water begins to break down, creating enough ionic species to short the individual water droplets. Potentially NPS capacitor stacks can surpass supercapacitors in volumetric energy density. [...] Finally, it is interesting to speculate on the potential value of NPS capacitors ... leads to a remarkable energy density of ~1000 J/cm3. A D-battery (flashlight battery) has a volume of ~53 cm3... a l D-cell sized NPScapacitor could hold 25,000 J. http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1403/1403.6862.pdf Any opinions on feasibility? Any speculations on potential uses? -- Lou Pagnucco
[Vo]:Recent patent for low temp He-3 production
Hopefully, this has not already been posted to Vortex -- Method for producing helium-3 using a hydrogenated lattice (red fusion) US 20130329844 A1 - Publication date Dec 12, 2013 Abstract Helium-3 (also known as He-3 or 2He3) is created in a nuclear fusion reaction by fusing Deuterium (1D2) ions from a Deuterium plasma with Hydrogen ions (1P1) in a Lithium or diamond crystal lattice. (Red Fusion) Specifically, Helium-3 is created by the following equation: 1D2 (Deuterium ion from Deuterium plasma, migrated into a Lithium crystal)+1P1 (Hydrogen ion in the Lithium crystal)=2He3+ https://www.google.com/patents/US20130329844 (Download the pdf version for easier reading.) A one page summary is also available at: http://lawpp2014.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Helium-3-Generation-Edbertho-and-David-Leal-REV-3-1.pdf It seems well written, with lab tests corroborating the claims. No energetic neutron or gamma emissions. I assume both He-3 creation and the He-3 itself could produce safe energy. -- Lou Pagnucco
[Vo]:Slow quantum packets can tunnel thru high Coulomb barrier
New Arxiv.org paper related to LENR - Tunneling of slow quantum packets through the high Coulomb barrier ABSTRACT: We study the tunneling of slow quantum packets through a high Coulomb barrier. We show that the transmission coefficient can be quite different from the standard expression obtained in the plane wave (WKB) approximation (and larger by many orders of magnitude), even if the momentum dispersion is much smaller than the mean value of the momentum. http://arxiv.org/abs/1402.3837 Slow packets here refer to relatively narrow packets whose center moves at a relatively slow velocity. Narrow wave packets can contain high momentum components. I believe that the following 2013 presentation made by Allan Widom - Electro-Weak and Electro-Strong Views of Nuclear Transmutations vglobale.it/public/files/2013/Cirps-Widom.pdfý - points out a similar effect. I.E, on slide 12 Electron Mass Renormalization I He notes that Slowly Varying u(x) and Quickly Varying S(x) can represent an wave packet with much more energy than a simple observation of its envelop u(x) would lead one to expect if its phase S(x) is rapidly oscillating within the a slow (even almost static) envelop. -- Lou Pagnucco
Re: [Vo]:Velocity dependent model of Coulomb's law
David, The math involved in calculating the vector potential is easily available for many standard current configurations from many web sources. Standard uncontroversial, undergrad physics. Maximum energy of particle collisions is also straightforward to compute. Check the literature for attainable currents and densities in arcs and ballistic current flows. Plot the momenta/energy for particles of various masses during collisions or current interruptions. Then you will know if you are in the ballpark. No need to get hand wavey or the Physics for Poets book out. -- Lou Pagnucco David Roberson wrote: Jones, How would an observer moving along with the linear charges be affected by its neighbors?Is there reason to consider this an invalid view point? Dave -Original Message- From: pagnucco pagnu...@htdconnect.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sat, Feb 15, 2014 10:12 pm Subject: RE: [Vo]:Velocity dependent model of Coulomb's law Jones, I should have added that the magnetic vector potential is not only small for chaotic plasmas, but also for expanding or converging spherical charged plasma shells. It will only be large in intense, linear flows. -- LP Jones, You refer to something worth noting, but not the magnetic vector potential. Ideally in a fusor, the particles converge to a point in the center of the fusor, but the magnetic field momentum at the center is quite small. Energy is borrowed from outer convergent spherical shells of electrons or ions, but that is a scalar coulomb effect - not magnetic vector potential. -- LP Jones Beene wrote: BTW the Farnsworth Fusor benefits from spherical convergence of ion vectors. The vectors are self-focused and not chaotic. Farnsworth/ Hirsch found the fusion threshold is lowered by a factor of 4 due to spherical convergence, allowing substantial neutron production at far lower voltage potential than colliding beams. Polywell borrowed the idea http://www.askmar.com/Fusion_files/Polywell%20Ion%20Focus%20Concept.pdf
Re: [Vo]:Velocity dependent model of Coulomb's law
Axil, Not true, but further discussion is not worth it. -- LP Axil wrote: The dimensions are so very confined in LENR, there is no possibility that particle movement can possible be a factor in the LENR reaction. When we are dealing in nano dimensions, a particle does not have the space to gather any energy from velocity, except if that movement is confined to a closed loop such as a ring, sphere of circular. [...]
Re: [Vo]:Velocity dependent model of Coulomb's law
Nigel, The collision of two oppositely charged particles can be far more energetic when they collide within a current than in isolation. How much more depends on the current strength/density and particles' location. The particles borrow field momentum from the magnetic vector potential(A) the current collectively creates. For example, see - '(Section 213) Two kinds of momentum' The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. III Ch. 21 http://www.feynmanlectures.info/docroot/III_21.html If the two particles collide with nearly the same momentum (in the lab frame), suddenly they see an almost immediate drop in the magnetic vector potential which generates an additional huge electric field(E) gradient propelling the particles into each other, i.e., see Feynman's (Equation 21-16) E = -dA/dt As Feynman notes: That electric field is enormous if the flux is changing rapidly, and it gives a force on the particle. The force is the charge times the electric field, and so during the build up of the flux the particle obtains a total impulse (that is, a change in mv) equal to #8722;qA. In other words, if you suddenly turn on a vector potential at a charge, this charge immediately picks up an mv-momentum equal to #8722;qA. If you are interested in how the vector potential stores momentum, sse- Thoughts on the Magnetic Vector Potential http://abacus.bates.edu/~msemon/thoughts.pdf The extra energy picked up by light particles like electrons and positrons will be far higher than by much heavier protons and nuclei. (Another different approach to calculating the extra energy is via the Darwin Hamiltonian/Lagrangian.) This effect is not very significant in chaotic plasmas, such as in a Farnworth fusor device since there is too much field cancellation due to random motion. It can be very large for plasma arc filaments, though. -- Lou Pagnucco Nigel Dyer (Sat, 15 Feb 2014) wrote: I may be being stupid here, but if you have two charged particles moving towards each other then can they not be thought of as generating magnetic fields, and that these magnetic fields would form the basis of an additional attraction alongside the column force. electric and magnetic fields differ only in their frame of reference. I could well imagine that there are multiple ways of showing this
Re: [Vo]:Velocity dependent model of Coulomb's law
Eric, This is a direct consequence of the formula for computing the magnetic vector potential. When all particles flow in a narrow channel, in the same direction, all of their (vector) contributions to the potential are nearly parallel and are additive. When they move in random directions, the vector potential is a sum of random vectors, so destructive interference greatly attenuates it. Toy examples of a four particle fusor vs. an arc might look like - | | V --- --- ^ | | The fusor will only produce relatively small magnetic vector fields. Yes, I think your diagram does convey a correct concept for a plasma arc impacting an +ion rich surface. The impacting electrons will acquire extra energy from the momentum store in the magnetic field. -- LP Eric Walker wrote: On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 11:53 AM, pagnu...@htdconnect.com wrote: This effect is not very significant in chaotic plasmas, such as in a Farnworth fusor device since there is too much field cancellation due to random motion. It can be very large for plasma arc filaments, though. Is this a confirmed effect, or one that has been hypothesized? I'm reminded of my drawing of what I think might be going on in LENR, where such an effect might be relevant: http://i.imgur.com/PoRGR7G.png (Also relevant in this model would be the accumulation of charge at the left hand side, due to the blocking of the protons once they get to the recess in the surface of the metal grain.) Eric
RE: [Vo]:Velocity dependent model of Coulomb's law
Jones, You refer to something worth noting, but not the magnetic vector potential. Ideally in a fusor, the particles converge to a point in the center of the fusor, but the magnetic field momentum at the center is quite small. Energy is borrowed from outer convergent spherical shells of electrons or ions, but that is a scalar coulomb effect - not magnetic vector potential. -- LP Jones Beene wrote: BTW the Farnsworth Fusor benefits from spherical convergence of ion vectors. The vectors are self-focused and not chaotic. Farnsworth/ Hirsch found the fusion threshold is lowered by a factor of 4 due to spherical convergence, allowing substantial neutron production at far lower voltage potential than colliding beams. Polywell borrowed the idea http://www.askmar.com/Fusion_files/Polywell%20Ion%20Focus%20Concept.pdf
RE: [Vo]:Velocity dependent model of Coulomb's law
Jones, I should have added that the magnetic vector potential is not only small for chaotic plasmas, but also for expanding or converging spherical charged plasma shells. It will only be large in intense, linear flows. -- LP Jones, You refer to something worth noting, but not the magnetic vector potential. Ideally in a fusor, the particles converge to a point in the center of the fusor, but the magnetic field momentum at the center is quite small. Energy is borrowed from outer convergent spherical shells of electrons or ions, but that is a scalar coulomb effect - not magnetic vector potential. -- LP Jones Beene wrote: BTW the Farnsworth Fusor benefits from spherical convergence of ion vectors. The vectors are self-focused and not chaotic. Farnsworth/ Hirsch found the fusion threshold is lowered by a factor of 4 due to spherical convergence, allowing substantial neutron production at far lower voltage potential than colliding beams. Polywell borrowed the idea http://www.askmar.com/Fusion_files/Polywell%20Ion%20Focus%20Concept.pdf
Re: [Vo]:Karpen's pile
Axil, An interesting find. I have never heard of it before. Why not ask Peter Gluck his opinion on it? I believe he is in Romania, and may have seen the device. -- Lou Pagnucco Axil wrote: http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Karpen's_Pile_--_A_Battery_That_Has_Produced_Energy_Continuously_Since_1950s Karpen's pile This device has all the earmarks of a nanoplasmonic system almost identical in concept if not structure to Piantelli's reactor. A highly pitted platinum surface is covered with an excellent dielectric, pure sulfuric acid(100). Gold provides the supporting substrate, The pits in the platinum produce optical cavities that capture heat and electrons that will form polariton vortexes. The uncertainty principle will increase the energy levels in the optical cavities as more electrons and photons are captured until solitons explode in a bosenova. The increase in EMF energy is converted into electrons and a potential is formed to drive a current. Just like Karpen's pile, Piantelli has reported the creation of charge in his device.
RE: [Vo]:Spin this ...
Perhaps there are some counter-intuitive ways to extract heat energy from the environment using spin reservoirs. If real, probably just an apparent (but useful) exploitation of a 2nd Law loophole. A couple of references: Single-reservoir heat engine: Controlling the spin http://fqmt.fzu.cz/13/pdfabstracts/605_1f.pdf Work extraction in the spin-boson model http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0411018 -- Lou Pagnucco Jones Beene wrote: Attn: spin doctors Hope this is not belaboring the point about the intrinsic magnetic connection that exists, and may in fact be causative - to a finding of gain in LENR systems. Consider one further major point in the context of Steven Jones' finding of an RF signature. Consider the field of NMR but in the context of RF. The importance of an RF signal in NMR is not RF alone, but than an intense single resonant frequency is seen, which is determined by the external field alignment of the nucleus. The stronger the field the more robust the signal OK backtracking to Steven Jones, and his slide showing an RF signal - we must realize that because of the strong self-field of hydrogen (deuterium) even the very weak magnetic field of earth is enough to see some signal but only with hydrogen or deuterium. See where this is heading? Connect the dots and we are looking at more than NMR, and more than LENR - it is NMR in the context of LENR, as perhaps the driving force. _ For the various Spin Doctors on Vortex - 2.3. Magnetic Stimulation After the cathode had been charged with deuterium for 48 hours at a current of 80 mA, the cell was placed in the field of a permanent magnet of 200 Gauss strength. The cell electrolyte temperature rose to 5 ° C (Fig.10.) after 230 seconds, After 576 seconds, the magnet was replaced by two, one inch Neodymium magnets with a 800 Gauss field placed as described earlier. The temperature immediately started increasing and reached 13.5 ° C in about 15 minutes and remained constant. The temperature returned to 3.5 ° C when the magnet was removed.
Re: [Vo]:Spin this ...
Bob, No the bath is not a condensate. It can be disordered - quoting the paper: With help of the spin-echo phenomenon it is possible to extract work from a disordered ensemble of spins having random frequencies. This ensemble can even be strongly disordered in the sense that the relaxation time T2* induced by the disorder is much smaller than both the T2-time and the response time of the bath. If I can find some additional references on this, I will post them. Very surprising results. -- Lou Pagnucco Lou-- Bob Cook here- Do you know if the Bose thermal bath that the second referenced report talks about is the same thing as a Bose -Einstein Condensate (BEC)? Bob - Original Message - From: pagnu...@htdconnect.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 11:16 AM Subject: RE: [Vo]:Spin this ... Perhaps there are some counter-intuitive ways to extract heat energy from the environment using spin reservoirs. If real, probably just an apparent (but useful) exploitation of a 2nd Law loophole. A couple of references: Single-reservoir heat engine: Controlling the spin http://fqmt.fzu.cz/13/pdfabstracts/605_1f.pdf Work extraction in the spin-boson model http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0411018 -- Lou Pagnucco Jones Beene wrote: Attn: spin doctors Hope this is not belaboring the point about the intrinsic magnetic connection that exists, and may in fact be causative - to a finding of gain in LENR systems. Consider one further major point in the context of Steven Jones' finding of an RF signature. Consider the field of NMR but in the context of RF. The importance of an RF signal in NMR is not RF alone, but than an intense single resonant frequency is seen, which is determined by the external field alignment of the nucleus. The stronger the field the more robust the signal OK backtracking to Steven Jones, and his slide showing an RF signal - we must realize that because of the strong self-field of hydrogen (deuterium) even the very weak magnetic field of earth is enough to see some signal but only with hydrogen or deuterium. See where this is heading? Connect the dots and we are looking at more than NMR, and more than LENR - it is NMR in the context of LENR, as perhaps the driving force. _ For the various Spin Doctors on Vortex - 2.3. Magnetic Stimulation After the cathode had been charged with deuterium for 48 hours at a current of 80 mA, the cell was placed in the field of a permanent magnet of 200 Gauss strength. The cell electrolyte temperature rose to 5 ° C (Fig.10.) after 230 seconds, After 576 seconds, the magnet was replaced by two, one inch Neodymium magnets with a 800 Gauss field placed as described earlier. The temperature immediately started increasing and reached 13.5 ° C in about 15 minutes and remained constant. The temperature returned to 3.5 ° C when the magnet was removed.
[Vo]:New German LENR Company
E-Cat World website finds a new LENR company in Germany, PURRATIO AG - http://www.e-catworld.com/2014/02/german-article-on-cold-fusion-introduces-new-lenr-company-purratio-ag/ The Purratio homepage is: http://www.purratio.ag/
RE: [Vo]:New German LENR Company
This patent has been issued. Here is the latest version: Method for producing thermal energy - CA 2621914 Chttps://www.google.com/patents/CA2621914C Here are a couple of papers which one of the patent applicants may have co-authored. Simulation of boron nitride sputtering process and its comparison with experimental data ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel4/.../00747890.pdf Detection of Combustion Generated Nanoparticles (NOC) behind Vehicle Engines using Mass Spectrometry http://www.researchgate.net/publication/224790309_Detection_of_Combustion_Generated_Nanoparticles_(NOC)_behind_Vehicle_Engines_using_Mass_Spectrometry Jones Beene wrote: -Original Message- From: pagnu...@htdconnect.com E-Cat World website finds a new LENR company in Germany, PURRATIO AG - Here is their patent - it appears to be photoelectric https://www.google.com/patents/EP1924387B1?cl=endq=PURRATIOhl=ensa=Xei=8 mP2Uu6YKoXuyQGb74DgAwved=0CDMQ6AEwAA Method for producing thermal energy Abstract The invention relates to a method for producing thermal energy, wherein light, initial material is introduced into a plasma arc (10) which is located between a cathode (4) and an anode (3) and which is adapted to fusion processes by supplying electric energy into the plasma state. A metal cathode, which allows particles which are produced in the plasma to be diffused, is used and allows a fusion process to take place in the metal grid. The invention has a high degree of efficiency in corresponding systems such that said method can be used anywhere where fossils and/or renewable and/or chemical fuel can be used, in order to use the thermal energy directly or by conversion.
[Vo]:OILPRICE.COM - An Interview with Alex Xanthoulis
Energy at Less than $0.01 per kW: An Interview with Alex Xanthoulis http://oilprice.com/Interviews/Energy-at-Less-than-0.01-per-kW-An-Interview-with-Alex-Xanthoulis.html
[Vo]:Video McKubre Interview - Nuclear Fusion Then and Now
Nuclear Fusion Then and Now with Dr. Michael McKubre http://www.frequency.com/video/nuclear-fusion-then-now-with-dr-michael/145972837/-/5-4355295
[Vo]:Industrial Heat Acquires E-Cat Technology
From ecatworld.com --- PRESS RELEASE: Industrial Heat Has Acquired Andrea Rossis E-Cat Technology This just out! Industrial Heat Has Acquired Andrea Rossis E-Cat Technology RESEARCH TRIANGLE, N.C., Jan. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ Industrial Heat, LLC announced today that it has acquired the rights to Andrea Rossis Italian low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) technology, the Energy Catalyzer (E-Cat). A primary goal of the company is to make the technology widely available, because of its potential impact on air pollution and carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels and biomass. The world needs a new, clean and efficient energy source. Such a technology would raise the standard of living in developing countries and reduce the environmental impact of producing energy, said JT Vaughn speaking on behalf of Industrial Heat (IH). Mr. Vaughn confirmed IH acquired the intellectual property and licensing rights to Rossis LENR device after an independent committee of European scientists conducted two multi-day tests at Rossis facilities in Italy. The published report by the European committee concluded, Even by the most conservative assumptions as to the errors in the measurements, the result is still one order of magnitude greater than conventional energy sources [referring to energy output per unit of mass]. The report is available online at http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.3913. In addition, performance validation tests were conducted in the presence of IH personnel and certified by an independent expert. Since acquiring Rossis technology, IH has engaged in a broad-based effort to protect it by preparing numerous patent applications related to the core technology as well as associated designs and uses. Tom Darden, who co-founded Cherokee Investment Partners, a series of private equity funds specializing in cleaning up pollution, is a founding investor in Industrial Heat. He is one of a small group of like-minded investors who are supporting this technology because it could significantly address a number of social and environmental challenges. They have committed to make it broadly available because of its potential for impact. IH is considering partnerships with industry participants, universities and NGOs to ensure the technology is developed in a thoughtful and responsible manner. JT Vaughn manages Industrial Heat. He is the founder of Cherokee McDonough Challenge, an accelerator for environmental startups, and a leader in the startup community in the Research Triangle. Companies or organizations interested in partnering with Industrial Heat should reach out to JT Vaughn at i...@industrialheat.co. CONTACT: JT Vaughn, jvau...@industrialheat.co, 919-649-5299 SOURCE Industrial Heat, LLC http://www.e-catworld.com/2014/01/press-release-industrial-heat-has-acquired-andrea-rossis-e-cat-technology/
Re: [Vo]:Industrial Heat Acquires E-Cat Technology
Thanks. I notice the advisory committee is a remarkable collection of talent. See - http://cherokeechallenge.com/team/ This gives Rossi a lot of credibility. I wonder how this will impact various industries and markets. -- Lou Pagnucco Craig wrote: A couple of links for Industrial Heat and Cherokee Investment Partners. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=127890 http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=245130378 http://www.cherokeefund.com/index.htm Craig
RE: [Vo]:Industrial Heat Acquires E-Cat Technology
But, isn't this a good thing? It forces potential investors to act quickly, or lose out. -- Lou Pagnucco Jones Beene wrote: Now we see clearly why Mills arranged his hasty demo, weeks before he should have. Perhaps the aggressive approach of Industrial Heat will at least get more information out there to assimilate. -Original Message- From: pagnu...@htdconnect.com From ecatworld.com --- PRESS RELEASE: Industrial Heat Has Acquired Andrea Rossi's E-Cat Technology This just out!
Re: [Vo]:Industrial Heat Acquires E-Cat Technology
Jed, On a more selfish note, you probably have had a number inquiries from industries since the first FP press conference, which do you think will benefit if LENR proves to be what it claims? Some obvious losers I think are coal, fission, petroleum, maybe utilities. The winners might be batteries, various transportation, cars, rare earths, (non-uranium) mining companies, housing, ... Any opinions? -- Lou Pagnucco Jed Rothwell wrote: I wrote: In other words, they get ownership now, but they have to pay now and also in the future. And if they don't pay billions, he gets ownership back. This is the sort of thing Edison did when he founded General Electric. He joined forces with Big Money. See: http://www.ge.com/about-us/history/1878-1904 He was not happy with the arrangement, unfortunately. - Jed
Re: [Vo]:Nanoparticles make steam without bring water to a boil.
Pardon - this has probably already been mentioned before, but could this be related to the alleged excess energy released in water arc explosions? I do not know how real the results are, but some papers that directly or indirectly reference them follow: The Alternative to Nuclear Energy - Peter Graneau http://www.infinite-energy.com/iemagazine/issue82/alternativetonuclearenergy.html Reaching 2,000 M.P.H. - With a Little Water http://www.csmonitor.com/1996/0401/01142.html POSSIBILITY OF LIBERATING SOLAR ENERGY VIA WATER ARC EXPLOSIONS http://www.free-energy-info.com/P2.pdf Do water arc explosions release internal water energy? If so, what is the source of the released energy? http://www.tuks.nl/pdf/Reference_Material/Electrolysis_Water_Arc_and_Dielectric_Breakdown/Leavitt%20-%20Do%20water%20arc%20explosions%20release%20internal%20water%20energy%20-%202013.pdf Arc-liberated chemical energy exceeds electrical input energy http://pondscienceinstitute.on-rev.com/pdffiles/Arc-liberated%20chemical%20energy.pdf Dipole electromagnetic forces on thin wires under transient high voltage pulses http://www.academia.edu/5346976/THE_EUROPEAN_PHYSICAL_JOURNAL_APPLIED_PHYSICS_Dipole_electromagnetic_forces_on_thin_wires_under_transient_high_voltage_pulses Renewable energy liberation by nonthermal intermolecular bond dissociation in water and ethanol http://www.researchgate.net/publication/224219386_Renewable_energy_liberation_by_nonthermal_intermolecular_bond_dissociation_in_water_and_ethanol/file/d912f511285da85c2d.pdf How credible are the excess energy claims? -- Lou Pagnucco David Roberson wrote: It could be a Papp like process as you suspect Axil. I do not know what is fact or fiction with the Papp engine and much of what Mills is stating. We need good data if we are to make much headway in understand these systems. Dave [...]
RE: [Vo]:Nanoparticles make steam without bring water to a boil.
That does cast some doubt on the original claims. Some of Graneau's papers are more recent than Hathaway's retraction, so Graneau is either stubborn, or maybe correct after all. Quite possible that the authors were pressured to retract or suffer consequences. An interesting paper that, while written by a very young science student, uses fairly simple energy measurements confirming Graneau's is - Do water arc explosions release internal water energy? If so, what is the source of the released energy? http://www.tuks.nl/pdf/Reference_Material/Electrolysis_Water_Arc_and_Dielectric_Breakdown/Leavitt%20-%20Do%20water%20arc%20explosions%20release%20internal%20water%20energy%20-%202013.pdf Quite possibly, all is just measurement error. Still since these results seem (at least superficially) related to BLP and Papp experiments, it might be worth suspending both belief and doubt for a while longer. -- LP Jones Beene wrote: -Original Message- From: pagnu...@htdconnect.com How credible are the excess energy claims? In the balance of credibility - towards water arc gainfulness, you should also consider George Hathaway's retraction of the Graneau work. He was coauthor. http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l@eskimo.com/msg26685.html The case for gain is there but it is flimsy
Re: [Vo]:The photo reactor
David Roberson wrote: Observation of your model reminds me of how electrons might be distributed as a result of the presence of a strong high frequency resonance. If the particle is tuned carefully then a sharp peak in response would seem likely. If the drive frequency is not carefully tuned, the peak would be reduced a large amount provided the particle acts as a high Q resonate tank. Sounds plausible. You refer to the superoscillation or rogue wave phenomenon below. Large amplitude excursions can occur which may provide far more energy to the wave front than 'common sense' would suggest - even in a tuned single- frequency system. Energetics' superwave may be an example. It is a deterministic wide-band stimulus, with large max amplitudes. I have difficulty accepting the condition that most of the particles have the same resonant frequency since that parameter should be a strong function of the 3 dimensional shape of each nano particle as well as coupling to the nearby ones. Perhaps the scrambling of the powder by external and internal fields or vibrations results in regions that have a sharp resonant response where your model operates. Also, there may be some unknown force that arises out of the mix that coordinates the activity. Non linear systems occasionally tend to generate peaks that far exceed any expected by linear vector additions and rouge ocean waves appear to exhibit this type of behavior. Yes. This could be the central issue. The reported extreme magnetic fields of the DGT device could be the agent that scrambles and then coordinates the resonance you describe. I suspect that the particles would be pushed and pulled by such a field. Could be. I am trying do a rough calculation on nanorings at the moment. My favorite type of coordinating mechanism is one that exhibits positive feedback. In that case, the effect you seek causes a change to a variable that reinforces the original agent of change. In this manner the field and effect build together to a value that far exceeds any that would be observed by the interaction of the relatively minor early stages. If the system only depended upon the initial levels, the effect would be buried within the noise. My model of Rossi's ECAT works in a manner somewhat consistent with that description. If the ECAT did not exhibit positive feedback by thermal means, the controlled power output would be much less. He appears to be fortunate in finding a control means that allows his device to operate with a COP greater than 6. In a sense, the current ramp that builds a magnetic field, stores far more energy into the field than in simple electron motion. You might regard it as the field feeding back on the voltage source. It makes defining kinetic energy in nanostructures difficult. See, for example, How Much of Magnetic Energy Is Kinetic Energy? http://www.physics.princeton.edu/~mcdonald/examples/kinetic.pdf If we delve into the world of oscillators, some ideas might arise that reveal important clues. The large magnetic field seen by DGT likely is a result of a large flow of charged particles within the device. Assuming that there is no significant magnetic field before LENR takes over, I immediately would conclude that there is some form of feedback involving the local magnetic field level and the fusion reaction. Furthermore, the fusion reactions that arise as a result of the local field must somehow cause that field to increase in magnitude. Perhaps we should look for a mechanism that ejects electrons or other charged particles in sync with the current magnetic field at each location. If these suspect charged particles are randomly emitted, then they would not tend to reinforce the original control field. This search for a process appears to be an excellent project. Sounds reasonable. -- LP Dave -Original Message- From: pagnucco pagnu...@htdconnect.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sat, Jan 18, 2014 3:34 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:The photo reactor David, Here is an very simplified view of how colliding oppositely charged plasmon waves might look when two adjacent metallic nanoparticles are subjected to a large voltage gradient. Surface electrons and protons (or +ions) quickly flow to opposite sides and the nanoparticles collide with assistance of the local coulomb field. The positive and negative charges at the collision point receive large additional energy kicks from like-charges behind them and opposite-charges in front. The additional collectively supplied energy/momentum can be very large - and analogous to how the atom at an arrow's tip borrows energy from the arrow body to penetrate a target it would bounce off of if it was a separate atom. | (+) (-) | | -- VOLTAGE
Re: [Vo]:The photo reactor
David,
Here is an very simplified view of how colliding oppositely charged
plasmon waves might look when two adjacent metallic nanoparticles are
subjected to a large voltage gradient.
Surface electrons and protons (or +ions) quickly flow to opposite sides
and the nanoparticles collide with assistance of the local coulomb field.
The positive and negative charges at the collision point receive
large additional energy kicks from like-charges behind them and
opposite-charges in front. The additional collectively supplied
energy/momentum can be very large - and analogous to how the atom
at an arrow's tip borrows energy from the arrow body to penetrate
a target it would bounce off of if it was a separate atom.
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David Roberson wrote:
Axil,
How does quantum mechanics explain this phenomenon? Is this new physics
of some type or just super heating of the region where the IR contacts the
particles?
The IR must induce an extremely large electron current flow on the surface
of the metal which of course leads to a strong magnetic field. Is it this
field that lowers the threshold required to fuse? One of my favorite
concepts is that the electric field induced by the rapidly changing
magnetic field could accelerate protons so that they fuse. This would be
a form of hot fusion if active.
What is your opinion as to the mechanism?
Dave
-Original Message-
From: Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com
To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Sat, Jan 18, 2014 2:09 pm
Subject: [Vo]:The photo reactor
Beside neutrons, there is another less traveled road to the initiation of
nuclear reactions that has been under the radar in the nuclear community.
Many years ago, it was shown that high energy lasers could induce fission
and fusion if the power of the laser pulse was strong enough
http://physics.aps.org/story/v5/st3
Photo induced nuclear reactions begin to occur when the power density of
the infrared light reached just under 10^^20 W/cm2.
Since the time of unaided photo nuclear reactions were demonstrated at the
turn of this century, it has been shown that gold nano-particles used as
nano-lenses can amplify and concentrate infrared light by 9 orders of
magnitudes. This is experimentally verified performance that comes out of
the science of Nanoplasmonics.
Now with gold Nano-particles, it is logical to expect nuclear reactions
will occur when laser light with an intensity of 10^^10 W/cm2 to 10^^12
W/cm2 will occur. If you are interested, experimental results have been
published as verification. That is 9 orders of magnitude less than unaided
photo irradiation. Experiments using gold nano-particles in water
suspension irradiated by laser light of this reduced level of intensity do
in fact occur.
Since then, experimentally verified light amplification by nano-structures
has been observed to reach a top end of 10 to the 15 power.
The idea is that if more and more nano-particle infrared photo
concentration is applied to a system, then less and less infrared photon
input energy will produce a nuclear reaction.
In current photo reactors under development, with additional tweaking of
more effective methods and materials, together with improved
nano-structure shapes and topology, it is not unreasonable to expect that
10 to the 20th power concentration or more of photo application might be
reached.
In current photo based nuclear reactors, that means that it is reasonable
to assume that nuclear reactions will occur if UNAPMLIFIED infrared light
were to interact with properly engineered nanostructures.
Increased infrared photo amplification is what has been done in the design
of the current crop of Nickel/Hydrogen reactors.
By the way, both the Mills reactor and the Santilli process are other
examples of photo reactors but these inventors just donât know it yet.
The Open Physical Chemistry Journal, 2013, 5, 17-27
Confirmations of Santilliâs Intermediate Controlled Nuclear Fusion of
Deuterium and Carbon Into Nitrogen Without Harmful Radiations
J. V. Kadeisvili, C. Lynch and Y. Yang
Abstract: We present five independent confirmations of the intermediate
controlled nuclear fusion of Nitrogen
[Vo]:OT - Neuro News Items
Controversial - Perhaps of interest to some -- Discovery of quantum vibrations in microtubules inside brain neurons corroborates controversial 20-year-old theory of consciousness http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/271350.php Boosting intelligence through embryo screening with sequencing analysis for intelligence genes would also increase economic output, reduce crime, unemployment and poverty in the next generation http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/01/boosting-intelligence-through.html Why Are Some People So Smart? The Answer Could Spawn a Generation of Superbabies http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/07/genetics-of-iq/
Re: [Vo]:Observation on a BLP (patent?) document
Eric, Axil, Jones, I just want to make a couple of brief remarks. First, there appear to be ways to greatly concentrate energy in cold environments, e.g., superfocusing of e-m waves by plasmons in nano- structures, various focusing phenomena, superoscillations, ... On the hot vs. cold distinction - I believe this is partly hard to define since kinetic energy is itself ambiguous. For example, read - How Much of Magnetic Energy Is Kinetic Energy? http://puhep1.princeton.edu/~mcdonald/examples/kinetic.pdf Let's not forget, too, that a slow compressed quantum wave function can possess more K.E. than a fast moving wide, smoothly varying one. On whether heavy electrons can split gammas - If I understand correctly, an electron becomes heavy in strong fields when it accrues a entourage (or dressing) of a swarm of photons of field energy/momentum. It's a really difficult QED problem to determine cross-sections and scattering probabilities. Try googling semi-bare electrons or two photon bremsstrahlung or multi-photon bremsstrahlung - electrons are not femto-billiards. -- LP Eric Walker wrote; On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 7:37 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: To be brutally honest, this makes no sense. You cannot have it both ways. The underlying reaction is either hot or it isn't. Plus, the larger problem: Boltzmann's tail (of the Maxwellian distribution). I think we agree more than may be apparent. I've probably used thermalization incorrectly, or at least in a confusing way. [...]
Re: [Vo]:Observation on a BLP (patent?) document
Axil wrote: On bottom of page 165 and the top page 166, is that a description of a Papp engine that I see? I thought that the Papp engine was open source. I don't think so. No mention of noble gases. On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 12:59 AM, pagnu...@htdconnect.com wrote: The BLP website is down as I write this, but yesterday the Whats New tab on their homepage led to this entry dated 1/14/14 - [...]
Re: [Vo]:Observation on a BLP (patent?) document
David Roberson wrote: It appears to me that they have most of the possible current levels covered. Why list ranges that include each other? Agreed. Highly redundant. Magnetic fields that are changing in magnitude or direction generate electric fields that can impart energy upon charged particles. A steady magnetic field is not able to supply energy to these charged objects, but can change their direction of motion. Yes. Once established the large current densities generate huge magnetic fields circulating the current flow, or equivalently a magnetic vector potential field pointing in current flow direction. If the current suddenly stops, oppositely charged particles oppositely moving in the plasma flow collide in energetic compressions. BTW, an interesting paper illustrating how powerful these fields can get in nanocircuits is - Optical generation of intense ultrashort magnetic pulses at the nanoscale http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.6072 It would be interesting to quantify the momentum/energy impulses charged particles around the currents receive. -- LP Dave [...]
Re: [Vo]:Observation on a BLP (patent?) document
Terry Blanton wrote: Does the relative mass of a hydrino increase with each reduced orbital radius due to the increase angular momentum of the orbiting electron? That seems to be the only conclusion possible. However, I do not know whether BLP's theory is correct or not, but I do not care. I hope their demo is a success. -- LP
Re: [Vo]:Observation on a BLP (patent?) document
David Roberson wrote: Actually, the mass of the hydrino should be reduced since it has less energy than zero level hydrogen. That energy and hence mass has been lost to the catalyst. Dave Well, yes - that should happen, if Mills' theory is correct. I guess I should retract a previous statement I made. Given the very weird nature of LENR, though, either unconventional physics explanations are correct, or many LENR researchers are consistently making errors. Better not to criticize new theories until definitive experiments rule them out. - LP
RE: [Vo]:Observation on a BLP (patent?) document
Jones, This sounds quite plausible. Experiments will decide. -- LP Jones Beene wrote: -Original Message- From: pagnu...@htdconnect.com BTW, an interesting paper illustrating how powerful these fields can get in nanocircuits is - Optical generation of intense ultrashort magnetic pulses at the nanoscale http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.6072 The underlying suggestion, which we have heard before in a different context, being the major part of the Letts/Cravens effect - is that coherent electric fields at the nanoscale can produce multi-Tesla level magnetic fields at the focal point. This paper is using laser light, but there is a more interesting possibility for LENR which came up several times in discussions wrt the HotCat. The near-coherence (aka superradiance) which is to be expected in the IR due to very narrow range emission from silicon carbide could be one of the secrets of the HotCat. Even though the photons of Terahertz IR carry far less energy per photon than an optical laser, there are far more of them with hot SiC, and they do not need to be focused. The energy per photon is perhaps 100 times lower but the intensity of narrow spectrum radiation is much larger. This gives Rossi the desirable magnetic field gradient in surface plasmons without the need of laser coherency or focusing and it gives a high level of control.
Re: [Vo]:Observation on a BLP (patent?) document
Eric Walker wrote: On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 8:55 AM, pagnu...@htdconnect.com wrote: Yes. Once established the large current densities generate huge magnetic fields circulating the current flow, or equivalently a magnetic vector potential field pointing in current flow direction. If the current suddenly stops, oppositely charged particles oppositely moving in the plasma flow collide in energetic compressions. ... Something along these lines is the horse I'm currently betting on. I would not be surprised if at the nano level you could get electric and magnetic fields that far surpass what we currently produce in the strongest accelerators, electromagnets and magnetic confinement fusion reactors. The absolute magnitudes may be minuscule, but the electric and magnetic fluxes could be off charts. For a little wisp of a thing like a proton, the forces could be sufficient to do whatever you want them to do. Eric, you might find it interesting that temperatures approaching those in stellar centers can be created with low laser energies impinging on nanowire arrays - in a small desktop experiment. See - Relativistic plasma nanophotonics for ultrahigh energy density physics http://www.nature.com/nphoton/journal/v7/n10/full/nphoton.2013.217.html -- which ends with the statement: We obtained extraordinarily high degrees of ionization (for example, 52 times ionized Au) and gigabar pressures only exceeded in the central hot spot of highly compressed thermonuclear fusion plasmas. Scaling to higher laser intensities promises to create plasmas with temperatures and pressures approaching those in the centre of the Sun. This experiment generates immense electric field gradients. Also see - Hairy metal laser show produces bright X-Rays -- Setting metallic wires on fire creates a bright X-Ray glow http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/11/hairy-metal-laser-show-produces-bright-x-rays/ Plasma from 'hairy' target releases high-energy x rays http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/news/news-picks/plasma-from--hairy--target-releases-high-energy-x-rays-a-news-pick-post My graphic is alluding to what you're getting at: http://i.imgur.com/PoRGR7G.png Yes. You might want to include the magnetic vector potential in your graphic which points in the same direction as the current density vector I - it is proportional to the field momentum each unit charge will acquire when the current is interrupted. Note that the momenta will be in opposite direction for positive vs. negative charges - forcing collisions, or compressions between them. In this case, there's a momentary compression of protons within a lattice defect as a spark crosses a gap between two electrically insulated grains in the metal. The magnetic field confines them to the axis of travel of the spark, and they migrate under the influence of a very strong potential towards the far end of the lattice defect, where they clump up. If there are deuterons in there, you could get 3He. But even if there are none, the protons could be compressed into the lattice sites themselves, provided the whole thing happens faster than a dislocation. It would be interesting to quantify the momentum/energy impulses charged particles around the currents receive. I would love to see some back-of-the-envelope calculations for the forces that could be generated. I want to do that for the nanoring example of the paper - Optical generation of intense ultrashort magnetic pulses at the nanoscale http://arxiv.org/pdf/1303.6072v1.pdf The math for a nanoring is simpler than for a straight current arc since it is a complete circuit, and doesn't require too many approximations. -- LP
[Vo]:Observation on a BLP (patent?) document
The BLP website is down as I write this, but yesterday the Whats New tab on their homepage led to this entry dated 1/14/14 - Patent Application Power Generation Systems and Methods Regarding Same. http://www.blacklightpower.com/wp-content/uploads/presentations/Power%20Generation%20Systems%20and%20Methods%20Patent%20Application.pdf I am unsure whether this untitled 324 page document is an existing patent application, one just submitted, or is pending submission. What I found especially interesting is that it credits the anomalous energy generation, and hydrino formation to an extremely wide range of plasma currents, and current pulse widths. For example, on p.107, the following excerpt appears - The current density may be in the range of at least one of 100A/cm^2 to 1,000,000 A/cm^2, 1000 A/cm^2 to 100,000 A/cm^2, [...] The pulse time may be in at least one range chosen from about 10^-6 s to 10s, 10^-5s to 1s, 10^-4s to 0.1s, and 10^-3s to 0.01s. [...] The magnetic flux may be in the range of about 10 G to 10 T, 100 G to 5 T, or 1 kG to 1 T. The huge current densities and sharp rise/fall times should create very large magnetic forces that, if focused, impart huge momenta and energies to charged particles that are in, or impacted, by the plasma current filaments. Possibly, BLP's upcoming demo will be a more systemic version of the 1922 Wendt-Irion experiment that vindicates W-I's conclusions? -- Lou Pagnucco
Re: [Vo]:Energy sector employment and cold fusion
Alain Sepeda wrote: cold fusion will give buying power to people globally[...] Hopefully so. Maybe low cost fusion (Lockheed 'Skunkworks'), aneutronic fusion (LPP), or thorium reactors will also play a role. the problem is only if - money stay in a closed community... it happened with oil, with concentrated wealth... Yes. This is a real concern. Spreading the wealth dilutes the influence of the uber-rich. Power usually does not like sharing. the problem is that in France school and professional training is very sick... and people are used with static career... anyway things are changing... BTW, I requested an audio copy of a Sunday Morning radio show on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC,circa 1995) on which a well-known French 'think tank' spokesman explicitly stated that their goal was to deceive Frenchmen into believing the EU was an unmixed blessing for France, while admitting that it destroyed French sovereignty, and surrendered economic control. I wanted to send it to some anti-EU organizations in Paris, but apparently the CBC had been directed to expunge these embarrassing remarks. The CBC repeatedly sent me previous unrelated interviews of this fellow --- This show was 'disappeared'. France seems to be controlled by unaccountable oligarchs. [...]
[Vo]:Forbes brief article on $10M ARPA-E fund
DOE Mentions Technology Behind The Home Nuclear Reactor In Funding Opportunity http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2014/01/04/doe-mentions-technology-behind-the-home-nuclear-reactor-in-funding-opportunity/
Re: [Vo]:North American Palladium
Jones, This sounds risky. What industries will benefit most if energy prices plummet? -- for whatever reason. The shipping companies seem like a good bet, but they have already shot up in the stock markets. What about transportation, battery, electric motor, rare earth metals, etc.? -- LP Jones Beene wrote: North American Palladium is one of two palladium producers in North America, and its stock has dropped below $1 share. It is currently unprofitable, but moving in the right direction - having sold its gold mines at top dollar before gold tanked. This article has a lot of good info on palladium mining and prices. http://seekingalpha.com/article/1925841-north-american-palladium-likely-a-mu lti-bagger?source=email_authors_alertsifp=0 The average ore has only 4.5 grams per ton of rock. No wonder the average price is expected to be $710/oz in 2014 but it could go over $900 by some estimates. In actual testing of hydrogen loading - Ahern found that an alloy of 5% Pd in 95%nickel loads considerably more hydrogen than pure palladium (greater than 1:1). However, with hydrogen (as opposed to deuterium) there was NOT a good correlation between loading and excess heat. With deuterium and palladium there is apparently an excellent correlation between D loading and excess heat. Once again, this is a strong clue that leads to the inescapable conclusion that there are several gainful reactions going-on in hydrogen loaded metals, and the gainful reactions of hydrogen are very different from that of deuterium. Jones
Re: [Vo]:U.S. Department of Energy Invites Submission of LENR Proposals
Here is the URL for the full document - ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY ENERGY (ARPA-E) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OPEN INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT IN ENERGY-RELATED APPLIED SCIENCE (OPEN IDEAS) Announcement Type: Initial Announcement Funding Opportunity No. DE-FOA-0001002 CFDA Number 81.135 http://www.floridaenergy.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/DE-FOA-0001002-FOA-IDEAS.pdf PREFACE This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is intended to provide rapid support to revolutionary applied energy research (Studies) that may lead to new ARPA-E programs to develop transformational and disruptive energy technologies. Studies are defined as single-phase efforts of durations less than 12 months and cost less than $500,000. Awards will be issued through Grants Jed Rothwell wrote: See: https://news.newenergytimes.net/2014/01/03/u-s-department-of-energy-invites-submission-of-lenr-proposals/
Re: [Vo]:U.S. Department of Energy Invites Submission of LENR Proposals
Jed, I think the phrase low-energy nuclear reactions must have been inspired by current claims. On p.5, under the PROGRAM OVERVIEW, it states - This announcement is purposely broad in scope to encourage the submission of the most innovative, out-of-the-box ideas in energy technology. Since the first law of thermodynamics states that energy is always conserved, i.e. it can never be created or destroyed, our principal concern is with the conversion of energy into useful energy or maximizing usable energy (exergy). Useful energy can take many forms including: radiant energy from lights, electrical energy for appliances, thermal energy to heat homes, mechanical energy for transportation, chemical energy in the form of food, and energy used to make products. From the second law of thermodynamics, the entropy of a system cannot decrease when converting energy from one form to another (¦¤S ¡Ý 0), the end effect being that all useful energy humans consume ultimately results in the production of heat that is radiated into space, except for a few exceptions such as the energy embedded in products. It is therefore our endeavor to identify technologies that enable the efficient and cost-effective conversion between or within the various different forms of energy (Figure 2) while minimizing exergy destruction. Within this general framework, ARPA-E seeks transformative ideas that enable the most efficient, economical, sustainable, and environmentally benign conversion of energy while minimizing exergy destruction. On p.8, item 3 of section AREAS SPECIFICALLY NOT OF INTEREST excludes - (Projects which)Are not based on sound scientific principles (e.g., violates a law of thermodynamics) Most current LENR theories do not violate the conservation laws. So, I believe they are eligible under these criteria. Hopefully, the submissions will be made public, along with the reasons for the awards or denials. -- LP Jed Rothwell wrote: It is a little hard to find the actual reference. It says low-energy nuclear reactions on page 7, Figure 3, item 3.6. Here is the URL for the full document - ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY ¨C ENERGY (ARPA-E) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OPEN INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT IN ENERGY-RELATED APPLIED SCIENCE (OPEN IDEAS) Announcement Type: Initial Announcement Funding Opportunity No. DE-FOA-0001002 CFDA Number 81.135 http://www.floridaenergy.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/DE-FOA-0001002-FOA-IDEAS.pdf
[Vo]:LPP aggressive plan to commercial aneutronic fusion
Lawrenceville Plasma Physics Latest Update and Plans to Demonstrate Net Gain Nuclear Fusion in 2014 and a commercial reactor in 2018 http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/01/lawrenceville-plasma-physics-latest.html LPP Dec 10-11, 2013 Focus Fusion Presentation Slides (Slide #38 - Commercial Prototype by 2015-2016) http://fire.pppl.gov/FPA13_Lerner_plasma_focus.pdf
Re: [Vo]:Branly's Effect
Blaze and Tim, Excellent references - both the paper and the patent. I also wonder whether the Branly Effect occurs in nanoparticle colloids or in macro-sized metal wires with a complex fractal crystalline structure, or other nano-sized domain structure. If so, LENR energy peaks could correlate with transient current/resistance fluctuations. It could explain the extreme sensitivity of LENR to material preparation. -- Lou Pagnucco Blaze and Tim wrote: the guys at yale are trying to give the hot fusion guys a nudge with: The results reported in this paper predict that Dþ tunneling through MeV Coulombic barriers could be induced by *sequences of low-energy electron impact ionization pulses* Look, yale is doing LENR! :D http://www.chem.yale.edu/~batista/molphys.pdf On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 12:24 AM, Blaze Spinnaker blazespinna...@gmail.comwrote: http://www.google.com/patents/WO2013076378A2?cl=en [0033] Regarding the penetration of the Coulomb barrier around the atom nucleus, resonance of a wave function of a particle in a quantum well [...]
Re: [Vo]:PESN: S.Korean manufacturer licenses Brillouin LENR
Brillouin is offering to let Sterling Allan to observe and report on their prototype. Godes has offered access to critics before as well. I would suggest to Brillouin to also invite someone like Mark Gibbs and a few non-hostile scientific critics. Positive reports would generate a big splash. -- Lou Pagnucco Jed Rothwell wrote: The article says they are getting $750,000 for a license. That's a small amount, but you have to start somewhere. Once they gain credibility by doing this they can change much more to other customers. I hope these Korean people really have done due diligence correctly, and the effect is real. The article says: What Bob is most keen to secure by contract is a stranded asset power plant in the range of 5-10 MW willing to beta test their HHT system as a retrofit solution to replace their coal-, or biomass-, or other polluting source that has had to be shut down due to environmental regulations. [...]
Re: [Vo]:Godes patent application and rejection
Jed, Based on the list of patents this reviewer has approved, he appears to specialize in semiconductor physics - not nuclear, or particle physics. Here are a few quotes for the rejection indicating the reviewer followed established rules in dismissing LENR - ...The Declaration does not provide such evidence as is necessary to render credible low energy nuclear reactions, in particular fusion reactions, given the overwhelming body of experimental data and theoretical arguments against fusion under circumstances well below the Coulomb barrier. ... The finding of lack of utility and enablement may be overcome if an independent committee of peers in the pertinent fields, such as a third peer review by the U.S. Department of Energy, were to conclude that cold fusion or low energy nuclear reactions were shown by the basic research continued after the latest Review by the U.S. Department of Energy (December 1, 2004...) to be reproducible and thus to have utility. Applicant could have his invention tested by such organizations as the U.S. Department of Energy or NIST. The reviewer then goes on to question Godes' electron-capture hypothesis. He could similarly argue that all LENR theories are wrong since all violate conventional beliefs. So, I wonder whether USDE or NIST would agree to test a device unless it worked predictably and uniformly all of time. Probably, Brillouin's claims will not be accepted until they agree to open tests by scientists who are not known believers. -- Lou Pagnucco Jed Rothwell wrote: Application: http://www.google.com.au/patents/US20110122984 Final rejection: http://coldfusionnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Godes-US-patent-office-final-rejection-SN-12911586-14-May-121.pdf
[Vo]:Branly's Effect
An interesting paper just appeared on Arxiv.org entitled - Understanding Branly's effect through Induced Tunnelling arxiv.org/abs/1312.7464 The Branly effect occurs when a small electromagnetic wave induces a very large current flow in granular medium of metallic microparticles. It is very sensitive to the grain-grain separation, the grain surface and to phase and amplitude of the excitation wave. An extremely finicky phenomenon. Several similarities to some LENR experiments are apparent. So I googled the string Branly fusion OR LENR - and found that someone had already noticed the parallels. See the posting at - Thread: Cold Fusion and Branly effect www.thescienceforum.com/physics/19671-cold-fusion-branly-effect.html The Branly effect could explain low-energy tunneling effects when the particle pairs involved receive a properly timed e-m momentum kick while in a common collective phase of oscillation. It may complement, rather than contradict, some current theories. If anyone is interested, the abstract and an extract from the above paper are below, along with related references. Comments are welcome. -- Lou Pagnucco ABSTRACT: At the end of the nineteenth century Edouard Branly discovered that the electrical resistance of a granular metallic conductor could drop by several orders of magnitude when excited by the electromagnetic field emitted by a distant electrical spark. Despite the fact that this effect was used to detect radio waves in the early days of wireless telegraphy and more recently, studied in the field of granular materials, no satisfactory explanation of the physical origin of the effect has been proposed. In this contribution, we relate the Branly effect to the induced tunnelling effect first described by Francois Bardou and Dominique Boose. EXTRACT: In a work published in 2001, Bardou and Boose established theoretically that the probability of a particle tunnelling through a barrier of potential could be increased significantly by gently striking the particle at the time when the centroid of its wave packet is reflecting on the barrier... These authors have shown that the excitation of the particle at the time of its reflection on a barrier of potential increases it transmission probability by several orders of magnitude. Related - Understanding the Branly effect http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0703495 A quantum evaporation effect - Bardou, Boose http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0103095 ABSTRACT: A small momentum transfer to a particle interacting with a steep potential barrier gives rise to a quantum evaporation effect which increases the transmission appreciably. This effect results from the unexpectedly large population of quantum states with energies above the height of the barrier. Its characteristic properties are studied and an example of physical system in which it may be observed is given.
[Vo]:PESN: S.Korean manufacturer licenses Brillouin LENR
S. Korean manufacturing company signs license with Brillouin (LENR technology) http://pesn.com/2013/12/30/9602416_S-Korean-manufacturing-company_signs_license_with_Brillouin-LENR-technology/
Re: [Vo]:Toyota Replicates Mitsubishi LENR Transmutation Experiment
Pardon if this was already posted, but did the presentation include more details than revealed in his recent patent application below? Excess enthalpy upon pressurization of dispersed palladium with hydrogen or deuterium - US 20130316897 A1 Abstract Disclosed herein is a method for producing excess enthalpy by (a) either dispersing atomic metal ions or clusters on a support and reacting the metal ions with a chelating ligand or dispersing chelated atomic metal ions on a support and (b) pressurizing with hydrogen or deuterium to reduce the metal ion to a metal atom resulting in the growth of dispersed metal particles less than 2 nm in diameter on the support. During the particle growth, there is a growth period during which a critical particle size is reached and excess enthalpy is produced. The growth period is typically several days long. https://www.google.com/patents/US20130316897 Ruby wrote: Cold Fusion Now took video of Kidwell's presentation at ICF-18, but we did not get permission to upload publicly. He did not want his picture taken at all. I complied with his wishes. [...]
[Vo]:Lattice Energy - Nagaokas 1920s Gold Experiments
New presentation on past reports of transmutations Lattice Energy LLC - Mystery of Nagaokas 1920s Gold Experiments - Why Did Work Stop by 1930 - Dec 27 2013 http://lide.com/www.slideshare.net/lewisglarsen/lattice-energy-llc-mystery-of-nagaokas-1920s-gold-experiments-why-did-work-stop-by-1930-dec-27-2013
Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:What the Japanese Governm ent Isnt Saying About F**ushima
Hopefully the proverb that - No good deed ever goes unpunished - will eventually be disproved. Bad publicity for the nuclear industry - unless (mostly) ignored by The Media. Mark Gibbs wrote: Follow-up to the sailors affected by radiation poisoning on the USS Ronald Reagan: US Sailors Lawsuit Dismissed in Fukushima Radiation Exposure Case ... http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/12/us-sailors-lawsuit-dismissed-in-fukushima-radiation-exposure-case/ [m] On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Alan Fletcher a...@well.com wrote: I just noticed that this is exactly a year old ... I don't know why the Post picked it up again. Paul C. Garner | LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-c-garner/8/366/536 We will be filing our second amended complaint against Tepco before January 6, 2014 ... Seems to be up to 150 sailors. Sailor on USS Reagan ill from radiation By Jed Boal on 14 August 2013 for KSL.com http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2013/12/uss-ronald-reagan-fukushima.html ... Attorney Paul C. Garner, representing 150 former sailors and Marines, has sued the Japanese power company and is seeking $3 billion to be set up in a fund to help victims. ..
Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:What the Japanese Government Isnât Saying About F**ushima
If the item below is correct, many others will be affected as well - Wave of Radiation from Fukushima Will Be 10 Times Bigger than All of the Radiation from Nuclear Tests Combined http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/12/fukushima.html I just noticed that this is exactly a year old ... I don't know why the Post picked it up again. Paul C. Garner | LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-c-garner/8/366/536 We will be filing our second amended complaint against Tepco before January 6, 2014 ... Seems to be up to 150 sailors. Sailor on USS Reagan ill from radiation By Jed Boal on 14 August 2013 for KSL.com http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2013/12/uss-ronald-reagan-fukushima.html ... Attorney Paul C. Garner, representing 150 former sailors and Marines, has sued the Japanese power company and is seeking $3 billion to be set up in a fund to help victims. ..
RE: [Vo]:Another new Kalman-Keszthelyi paper
Arnaud, The author's (Kalman's) email address is on p.1 of this paper. Why not email the questions to him? I have emailed several authors, and always receive a reply. I believe there are several seemingly successful LENR experiments that this theory might explain. -- Lou Pagnucco Arnaud Kodeck wrote: It's a very interesting paper. Shame it didn't take also the reaction e + d + d - e' + He4 (+ Q). Is there a reason why it is not possible to do it? It would be nice also to do it with reaction e + p + p - e' +... and e + p + d - e' +... Arnaud -Original Message- From: pagnu...@htdconnect.com [mailto:pagnu...@htdconnect.com] Sent: lundi 23 décembre 2013 03:13 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]:Another new Kalman-Keszthelyi paper Electron assisted dd reactions in metals - Peter Kalman, Tamas Keszthelyi (Submitted on 20 Dec 2013) ABSTRACT: The electron assisted low energy dd reactions in deuterized metals are investigated. It is shown that if a metal is irradiated with slow, free deuterons then the e+d+d¨eÂÅ+p+t and e+d+d ¨ eÂÅ+n+3He electron assisted dd processes have measurable probabilities even in the case of slow deuterons. The cross sections and the yields in an irradiated sample are determined. The results are connected with the so called anomalous screening effect. It is concluded that the electron dd processes have to be taken into account when evaluating the experimental data of low energy fusion reactions in metals. http://arxiv.org/abs/1312.5835
[Vo]:Possible conditions where deuteron wave functions overlap
A new Arxiv paper perhaps related to LENR - Macroscopic nuclear states http://arxiv.org/pdf/1312.6561v1.pdf ABSTRACT The internal structure of deuterons weakly influences a motion of their centers of mass (macroscopic motion) when the separation R between deuterons is much larger than the nuclear radius. The scenario can be different when a pair of deuterons has a complex angular momentum resulting in a singularity on some axis in space. The singularity is smeared out within a cylinder of the deuteron radius around this axis. Inside the cylinder macroscopic and nuclear coordinates are connected. A continuous superposition of states with various directions of those axes forms a smooth wave function in a macroscopic (much larger than the nuclear size) region of space. This function cannot be described by only inter-nuclear coordinates R. Internal nuclear degrees of freedom are involved. A motion of nuclei in the macroscopic region becomes completely different compared to the usual expectation based on point charge approach. Slow moving (at large distances) nuclei can overcome the Coulomb barrier due to hybridization with internal nuclear states of high energy. EXTRACT ...For example, two conical deuteron fluxes can meet each other at the nuclear region with 100% probability regardless of their energy. It can be even of room temperature value. One can put a question about macroscopic nuclear states of atoms and more general systems. In this paper we do not analyze experimental conditions for creation of macroscopic nuclear state.
Re: [Vo]:RE: More on the Kalman paper
Frank, First, pardon my lack of knowledge on your theory. My question may be naïve. The Diosi-Penrose model of quantum collapse merges QM with gravitational force. See, for example - Newton force from wave function collapse: speculation and test http://arxiv.org/abs/1312.6404 Gravity-related wave function collapse: Is superfluid He exceptional? http://arxiv.org/abs/1302.5364 Is your theory similar in any way to the above? -- Lou Pagnucco Frank Z wrote: The same will be true for the many math based quantum mechanical versions of reality. That is why LENR is so important. It can be used to select the proper mathematical interpretation of reality. I agree. I noted a velocity in cold fusion and gravitational experiments. 1,094,000 meters per second. I assumed it was the velocity of a longitudinal mechanical wave in the nucleus. When I set this velocity equal to the velocity of light in the electronic structure of the atom; the quantum condition emerged. Planck's constant emerged from this classical analysis. To date no one cares but I am sure that someday they will. Frank Z -Original Message- From: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com Sent: Sun, Dec 22, 2013 3:37 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:RE: More on the Kalman paper On Dec 22, 2013, at 1:30 PM, Axil Axil wrote: Extra dimensions are a way to make the math work in string theory. But no one is able or willing to make this math world match up with the real world. Math guys do not have very active imaginations. It took some time of Einstein's general equations to be mapped onto a valid view of the universe. For example, black holes are a projection of the math onto a physical reality that turned out to be real. I would say this differently, Axil. Black holes are a logical and necessary consequence of gravity interacting with mass-energy. The equations are only another way to describe this necessary event. The same will be true for the many math based quantum mechanical versions of reality. That is why LENR is so important. It can be used to select the proper mathematical interpretation of reality. I agree. Ed Storms On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Stefan Israelsson Tampe stefan.ita...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Yes, if 4 don't work, try 5. If 5 fail, try 50. As they say, with enough variables, all data can be fit. It never occurs to these people that their basic model may be wrong. They just keep adding variables and complexity until all the points fall on a line. Ed Storms I always wanted to know what theoretical physicists have to say about that argument. I just saw in the swedish television a nice program that was a filosofical discussion about science in general, and that question came out. The feeling of the expert was that it was too much things that fell on place that they argue that the theory should be pretty much correct and that the theory predicted things that was shown correct. But then when I take my statistical and mathematical hat on I just see to much opportunity to add variables that are fitted in experiments and then the whole thing matches a theory of a certain order, that should by some expansion fit to a more conventional albeit perhaps a bit more nonlinear model. Then of cause the high dimensional theory would predict the right things if what is probed is for example the second order effects of the model. Another pet peeve of mine is the popular argument that because we live it must be true argument, which is fine if one also supply alternative arguments. As an example take the realization that if the physical constants was just a little of, then the universe would not allow us to live and because we live, the parameters are as they are assuming a multiverse. Another argument is that the model of all things have really fewer parameters and hence that the parameters really are dependant. But you never hear that possibility in the TV shows, which shows a good piece if overconfidence of what we have today. Cheers! /Stefan
[Vo]:Another new Kalman-Keszthelyi paper
Electron assisted dd reactions in metals - Peter Kalman, Tamas Keszthelyi (Submitted on 20 Dec 2013) ABSTRACT: The electron assisted low energy dd reactions in deuterized metals are investigated. It is shown that if a metal is irradiated with slow, free deuterons then the e+d+d¨e+p+t and e+d+d ¨ e+n+3He electron assisted dd processes have measurable probabilities even in the case of slow deuterons. The cross sections and the yields in an irradiated sample are determined. The results are connected with the so called anomalous screening effect. It is concluded that the electron dd processes have to be taken into account when evaluating the experimental data of low energy fusion reactions in metals. http://arxiv.org/abs/1312.5835
[Vo]:Electron assisted neutron exchange in solid state
Perhaps of interest: Electron assisted neutron exchange process in solid state environment http://arxiv.org/pdf/1312.5498v1.pdf
Re: [Vo]:Electron assisted neutron exchange in solid state
In case they were not cited in Vortex earlier, the two authors have a number of papers on Arxiv that may be relevant to LENR - at URL: http://arxiv.org/find/nucl-th/1/au:+Keszthelyi_T/0/1/0/all/0/1 One of these is - Nuclear processes in solids: basic 2nd-order processes http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.1078 ABSTRACT Nuclear processes in solid environment are investigated. It is shown that if a slow, quasi-free heavy particle of positive charge interacts with a free electron of a metallic host, it can obtain such a great magnitude of momentum in its intermediate state that the probability of its nuclear reaction with an other positively charged, slow, heavy particle can significantly increase. It is also shown that if a quasi-free heavy particle of positive charge of intermediately low energy interacts with a heavy particle of positive charge of the solid host, it can obtain much greater momentum relative to the former case in the intermediate state and consequently, the probability of a nuclear reaction with a positively charged, heavy particle can even more increase. This mechanism opens the door to a great variety of nuclear processes which up till know are thought to have negligible rate at low energies. Low energy nuclear reactions allowed by the Coulomb assistance of heavy charged particles is partly overviewed. Nuclear pd and dd reactions are investigated numerically. It was found that the leading channel in all the discussed charged particle assisted dd reactions is the electron assisted d+d¨ 4He process. Perhaps of interest: Electron assisted neutron exchange process in solid state environment http://arxiv.org/pdf/1312.5498v1.pdf
[Vo]:Maxwell's demon turns quantum information into work
Maxwell's demon can use quantum information to generate work http://phys.org/news/2013-12-maxwell-demon-quantum.html Heat engine driven by purely quantum information http://arxiv.org/pdf/1302.3011v2.pdf
Re: [Vo]:New Advisor John Podesta
This clearly shows why the U.S. is a plutocracy. But more disclosure would be good - even if it will be ignored by Establishment Media. Kader wrote: May be this is good for the future of LENR too? http://inthecapital.streetwise.co/2013/12/16/the-center-for-american-progress-is-funded-by-big-corporations-and-lobbyists/ http://www.americanprogressaction.org/about/our-supporters/ John Podesta also advocates for disclosure, as far as I know.
[Vo]:What the Japanese Government Isnt Saying About F**ushima
(Video) What the Japanese Government Isnt Saying About Fukushima http://fairewinds.org/media/fairewinds-videos/japanese-government-isnt-saying-fukushima Is this a concern for investors in Japanese stocks? -- LP
Re: [Vo]:possible explanation with illustrations
Eric, et al, The momentum/energy kick exerted on a charged particle can be calculated using the formula provided by Feynman (vol. 3, equation (21.16)), or by Barbieri, et al (p.6, equation (27)) - It is the time integral of the induced electric field E = -dA/dt = the time derivative of the magnetic vector potential caused when current/magnetic field strength changes. (integrated over the time interval of the change) As Feynman notes - The electric field is enormous if the flux is changing rapidly, and it gives a force on the particle. [1] Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. 3, Ch. 21 http://www.peaceone.net/basic/Feynman/V3%20Ch21.pdf [2] An educational path for the magnetic vector potential and its physical implications http://arxiv.org/pdf/1303.5619.pdf In some nano-circuits and plasma arcs, a huge field is generated. - LP Eric Walker wrote: On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 6:01 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: -Original Message- From: Nigel Dyer I'm intrigued by the 'fusion observed in the vicinity of transformers' comment. ... Nigel This could be a reference to nuclear transmutation associated with high voltage power lines. ... Yes, that sounds right -- thanks Jones. I didn't remember that detail veryaccurately. In my head the concepts high voltage power line and transmutation became transformer and fusion. I would not have made a very good journalist. Eric
[Vo]:Ultrafast (sub-picosec) heating of water
Ultrafast heating of water: This pot boils faster than you can watch it Scientists from the Hamburg Center for Free-Electron Laser Science have devised a novel way to boil water in less than a trillionth of a second. The theoretical concept, which has not yet been demonstrated in practice, could heat a small amount of water by as much as 600 degrees Celsius in just half a picosecond (a trillionth of a second). That is much less than the proverbial blink of an eye: one picosecond is to a second what one second is to almost 32 millennia. This would make the technique the fastest water-heating method on Earth... http://phys.org/news/2013-12-ultrafast-pot-faster.html Ultrafast energy transfer to liquid water by sub-picosecond high-intensity terahertz pulses: An ab initio molecular dynamics study Liquid water is the most common environment for chemical and biological processes. Most of them occur as a consequence of thermal random fluctuations of the environment, which every once in a while create the conditions for a chemical reaction to occur. Therefore, bringing a large amount of energy to liquid water in a as short as possible time can open new avenues for the controlled exploration of thermally activated chemical reactions in liquids. In this work we address the sub-picosecond response of liquid water to an intense and ultrashort THz pulse as those that can be generated at X-FELs and on state-of-the-art table top setups. The main questions that we try to answer are: how does energy get transferred from the THz pulse to different vibrational modes of liquid water? How does the structure of water evolve as a function of time under the effect of the pulse? We address these questions through ab-initio molecular dynamics simulations of liquid water interacting with a one-cycle THz pulse of intensity 10^10 W/cm2, 100 cm-1 (~3 THz) photon energy and a pulse duration of about 250 fs. We find that after a very rapid disruption of the hydrogen bonding structure of the liquid, the water molecules start to violently move against each other. In a time-scale of about 500 fs, the temperature jump from 300 to about 900 K is completed and about 25 THz photons per water molecule have been absorbed. The energy flows from inter- to intra-molecular modes and a quasi-equilibrium state is reached within 1 ps. Dramatic structural changes can be seen in the modification of the O-O and O-H radial distribution functions. A substantial modification of the time resolved X-ray diffraction (TR-XRD) pattern from double to single peaked during the THz pulse is a consequence of such ultrafast rearrangements (See Figure). The properties as a matrix for chemical processes of the transiently hot and structureless phase of water at the density of the liquid will be the subject of future explorations. https://desy.cfel.de/cfel_theory_division/highlights/ultrafast_energy_transfer_to_liquid_water_by_sub_picosecond_high_intensity_terahertz_pulses_an_ab_initio_molecular_dynamics_study/
Re: [Vo]:Will aneutronic fusion preempt LENR?
(Audio Interview) Eric Lerner on 'TheSpaceShow.com' on 12-15-2013 Lerner discusses aneutronic fusion at Lawrenceville Plasma Physics. http://www.portaltotheuniverse.org/podcasts/eps/view/298553/ A new item - December 13, 2013 Senior Fusion researchers give major endorsement to Lawrenceville Plasma Physics Dense Plasma Focus Fusion Work and say they expect feasibility will be shown within two years with adequate funding. In a major endorsement of the fusion energy research and development program of start-up Lawrenceville Plasma Physics (LPP), a committee of senior fusion researchers, led by a former head of the US fusion program, has concluded that the innovative effort deserves a much higher level of investment based on their considerable progress to date. The report concludes that In the committees view [LPPs] approach to fusion power is worthy of a considerable expansion of effort. Lawrenceville Plasma Physics has been developing an extremely low-cost approach to fusion power based on a device called the dense plasma focus (DPF). In contrast to the giant tokamak machines that have been the recipients of most fusion funding, a DPF can fit in a small room. LPPs final feasibility experiments and planned commercial generators will use hydrogen-boron fuel, which produces no radioactive waste and promises extremely economical clean energy. http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/12/senior-fusion-researchers-give-major.html Lawrenceville Plasma Physics - Homepage: http://lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com/
Re: [Vo]:Will aneutronic fusion preempt LENR?
Axil, Are the officials who recommend increased funding really that naive? Do you have the expertise to make such assertions? - of course, designing any large scale fusion reactor is a challenge. Here is another recent paper on another approach - Fusion reactions initiated by laser-accelerated particle beams in a laser-produced plasma http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/131008/ncomms3506/full/ncomms3506.html Or, preprint - http://arxiv.org/pdf/1310.2002v1.pdf LPP is asking for two years and a modest budget. Hopefully both LPP and LENR are funded and succeed. Any success will lift the economy. -- LP Axil wrote: Boron fusion is 1000 times more difficult to get to than deuterium fusion. The energy capture device that they want to use assumes boron fusion. The x-ray capture device will not work in my opinion and deuterium fusion will destroy the reactor. A commercial reactor is very difficult to build. On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 4:34 PM, pagnu...@htdconnect.com wrote: An new item - December 13, 2013 Senior Fusion researchers give major endorsement to Lawrenceville Plasma Physics Dense Plasma Focus Fusion Work and say they expect feasibility will be shown within two years with adequate funding. In a major endorsement of the fusion energy research and development program of start-up Lawrenceville Plasma Physics (LPP), a committee of senior fusion researchers, led by a former head of the US fusion program, has concluded that the innovative effort deserves a much higher level of investment based on their considerable progress to date. The report concludes that In the committees view [LPPs] approach to fusion power is worthy of a considerable expansion of effort. Lawrenceville Plasma Physics has been developing an extremely low-cost approach to fusion power based on a device called the dense plasma focus (DPF). In contrast to the giant tokamak machines that have been the recipients of most fusion funding, a DPF can fit in a small room. LPPs final feasibility experiments and planned commercial generators will use hydrogen-boron fuel, which produces no radioactive waste and promises extremely economical clean energy. http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/12/senior-fusion-researchers-give-major.html Lawrenceville Plasma Physics - Homepage: http://lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com/
Re: [Vo]: What is Faraday Efficiency?
Jed, You might want to review his 2001 patent application: Cold nuclear fusion under non-equilibrium condition - CA 2400084 A1 https://www.google.com/patents/CA2400084A1 - LP Jed Rothwell wrote: Foks0904 . foks0...@gmail.com wrote: To be fair Jed, it is my understanding that Steve has now accepted excess heat, but still does not subscribe to a nuclear hypothesis. The last I heard from him he said the heat is real but it is all caused by recombination. That was a long time ago. Maybe he has changed his mind. To add a serious comment: yes of course recombination was ruled out long ago, and no, people have not spent hundreds of millions on this research. - Jed
Re: [Vo]: What is Faraday Efficiency?
Axil, A good reference. It lead me to a couple other related papers: Nuclear processes initiated by electrons http://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0036024413060277 (Click on 'Look Inside icon for first two pages.) Laser-induced synthesis and decay of Tritium under exposure of solid targets in heavy water http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1306/1306.0830.pdf -- LP Axil wrote: Experimentation with gold nano-particles show LENR+ reaction with 100% repeatability. These simple, straight forward, and uncomplicated experiments show that the Nanoplasmonic mechanism is unambiguously capable of producing nuclear reactions. I consider that Nanoplasmonics is the quintessential expression of the electrochemists art, a science conceived and brought into being by progenitor and paterfamilias of LENR, Martin Fleischmann himself back in 1974. An experiment not related to the E-Cat shows how light under the mediation of nanoparticles (provides topological order of the spin net liquid) can produce a nuclear reaction. Laser light alone does not produce the nuclear effect. http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/0911/0911.5495.pdf *Initiation of nuclear reactions under laser irradiation of Au nanoparticles in the aqueous solution of Uranium salt* It is clearly shown that Neutrons are not required to initiate fission. Abstract Laser exposure of suspension of either gold or palladium nanoparticles in aqueous solutions of UO2Cl2 of natural isotope abundance was experimentally studied. Picosecond Nd:YAG lasers at peak power of 1011 -1013 W/cm2 at the wavelength of 1.06 â 0.355 ïm were used as well as a visible-range Cu vapor laser at peak power of 1010 W/cm2. The composition of colloidal solutions before and after laser exposure was analyzed using atomic absorption and gamma spectroscopy in 0.06 â 1 MeV range of photon energy. A real-time gamma-spectroscopy was used to characterize the kinetics of nuclear reactions during laser exposure. It was found that laser exposure initiated nuclear reactions involving both 238U and 235U nuclei via different channels in H2O and D2O. The influence of saturation of both the liquid and nanoparticles by gaseous H2 and D2 on the kinetics of nuclear transformations was found. Possible mechanisms of observed processes are discussed. Here is another paper: I have referenced papers here to show how the nanoplasmonic mechanism can change the half-life of U232 from 69 years to 6 microseconds. It also causes thorium to fission. See references: http://www.google.com/url?sa=trct=jq=esrc=sfrm=1source=webcd=1cad=rjasqi=2ved=0CC4QFjAAurl=http%3A%2F%2Farxiv.org%2Fpdf%2F1112.6276ei=nI6UUeG1Fq-N0QGypIAgusg=AFQjCNFB59F1wkDv-NzeYg5TpnyZV1kpKQsig2=fhdWJ_enNKlLA4HboFBTUAbvm=bv.46471029,d.dmQ I have been looking for a theory that supports the Nanoplasmonic underpinnings of LENR. Composite fermions look good so far. For one thing, LENR is rooted in topology. These experiments are conclusive for me. These Nanoplasmonic experiments with uranium can be done inexpensively, why are they not replicated? On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Foks0904 . foks0...@gmail.com wrote: *The major reaction in the Ni/H reaction is the fission reaction. You are wallowing in a morass of invalid information. Learn about the fractional quantum hall effect to get onto the right track.* Actually Axil, we don't know what it is. You're entitled to your interpretation but that's all it is. Not enough data exists to support your assertions no matter how well thought out they are. As to John Franks' antagonistic demands for a definitive experiment (presumably for evidence of excess heat), those demands had been met many times already by 1994 (McKubre, Storms, Oriani, Huggins, Arata, Bockris, etc.). If he had cared to look back on the history of the field + the archived technical papers he could have answered his own questions before coming in here for the most basic of information. Faraday efficiency has to do with recombination. Recombination has been ruled out many times over in LENR experiments. Mr. Franks, do you honestly think highly trained electrochemists did not understand that rudimentary recombination might be a factor worth ruling out early on? Even though progress has been made, we still don't know what the mechanism is. So what? Experiment is king in science, and it sometimes takes a generation or more to discover what the exact mechanism for a new phenomenon is. Discounting a discovery for the reason that it does not fit into current theory totally flips scientific protocol on its head and is an amateurish understanding of scientific method at best. We are dealing with a messy, complex, chemical system, not highly controllable 2 body nuclear interactions in a vacuum like most physicists are used to. Unreasonable demands for high repeatability make no sense for these types of complex, highly non-linear
Re: [Vo]:More versatile Maxwell's demons
John, Thanks for pointing this out. I printed the first paper. There are a number of papers looking at ways to beat (at least the conventional form of) the 2nd law. It is very impossible to keep up with all of them. Many, and maybe all, could be mistaken due to incomplete system modeling. Only a working device will convince anyone. -- Lou Pagnucco John Franks wrote: Hi vortex, I found this which says it is a Maxwell Demon, http://vixra.org/abs/1311.0077 http://vixra.org/abs/1311.0078 Regards, John.
[Vo]:Will aneutronic fusion preempt LENR?
An new item - December 13, 2013 Senior Fusion researchers give major endorsement to Lawrenceville Plasma Physics Dense Plasma Focus Fusion Work and say they expect feasibility will be shown within two years with adequate funding. In a major endorsement of the fusion energy research and development program of start-up Lawrenceville Plasma Physics (LPP), a committee of senior fusion researchers, led by a former head of the US fusion program, has concluded that the innovative effort deserves a much higher level of investment based on their considerable progress to date. The report concludes that In the committees view [LPPs] approach to fusion power is worthy of a considerable expansion of effort. Lawrenceville Plasma Physics has been developing an extremely low-cost approach to fusion power based on a device called the dense plasma focus (DPF). In contrast to the giant tokamak machines that have been the recipients of most fusion funding, a DPF can fit in a small room. LPPs final feasibility experiments and planned commercial generators will use hydrogen-boron fuel, which produces no radioactive waste and promises extremely economical clean energy. http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/12/senior-fusion-researchers-give-major.html Lawrenceville Plasma Physics - Homepage: http://lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com/
Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Scientists Discover Quick Recipe for Producing Hydrogen
Perhaps also of interest - Driving self-assembly and emergent dynamics in colloidal suspensions by time-dependent magnetic fields http://iopscience.iop.org/0034-4885/76/12/126601 Axil wrote: The Ni/H reactor builds nano-cavities on-the-fly and in real time as a dynamic process. Here is how it is done http://physics.aps.org/articles/v6/134 These nano-cavities are continually created by dynamic forses and distroyed by the LENR reactions. This dynamic micro/nano particle building process is why the Ni/H reactor is a puled power based device; Rossi uses heat pulses and DGT uses spark pulses. Each new input power pulse generates fresh particle aggregates. The Brillouin Energy system also uses pulsed power. And finally, the Papp engine uses spark pulsation. As a general principle, power pulsation of various forms is used to create small mobile particles that aggregate together to create the billions of nuclear active environments. As a power amplification mechanism, the large nickel particles in the Ni/H reactor are only used to transfer plasmonic power to these smaller dynamically forming particle aggregates. On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Roarty, Francis X francis.x.roa...@lmco.com wrote: Axil, we are in agreement over the value of cavitation bubbles which by constant recreation avoid the need for persistent geometry and may even provide a control feature for the reaction. I even agree that it is CURRENTLY naïve to think persistent geometry will long withstand the pressures and temperatures involved but your arguments begs a follow up question.. Do you consider the powder to be changing geometry inside the Rossi reactor or are you counting the plasma as geometry in a kind of Papp or sonofusion sort of way? Historically both Patterson beads and MAHG are examples of destruction in both type of cells with persistent geometry, the issue so far is that the bubbles have not released near as much energy are you suggesting the Rossi plasma inside the fixed geometry formed by powder is a form of cavitation? Fran *From:* Axil Axil [mailto:janap...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, December 12, 2013 11:03 AM *To:* vortex-l *Subject:* EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Scientists Discover Quick Recipe for Producing Hydrogen In fact there may not even be such a thing as a WET anomalous cell at the nano scale I am suggesting that at the scale of the these anomalous environments the catalytic confinement powering these reactions result in gas and plasma reactions. The lesser claims related to wet cell electrolysis may be only a function of higher heat sinking by nearby liquids. This posit would make electrolytic phenomena like bubble fusion and sonoluminescence harder to exploit but much more robust in terms of independence from persistent geometry. Regarding persistent geometry Nano-engineers are developing cavitation bubble based technology to produce industrial 10 micron diamonds out of graphite. This amazing transformation process from graphite to diamond just takes nanoseconds at tremendous pressures and temperatures. http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/pt/diamond/pdf/drm17-931.pdf Based on your posit, it is really naive to think that the fixed cavity based active nuclear environment will long withstand such pressures and temperatures on the surface of the electrodes in an electrolytic cell.
RE: [Vo]:New generator creates electricity directly from heat
The fourth comment following the recent posting - 'New generator creates electricity directly from heat' http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/dec/09/new-generator-creates-electricity-directly-from-heat COMMENT: 'maximum Carnot efficiency' A 40% efficiency is nice, but over 90% is only possible by using multiphase coils to increase pressure thereby temperature and consequently, the overall efficiency ç=1-(TC/TH). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRZ---y5E2c - asserts that much higher efficiency is possible, but appears oriented to higher temperatures, and possibly appropriate for aneutronic fusion and rocket thrusters. See 'MULTIPHASE THERMOELECTRIC CONVERTER' http://www.crossfirefusion.com/thermal-to-electrical/multiphase-thermoelectric-converter.html Climeon is working on low temp conversion - http://www.climeon.com/ Hopefully, both are economically viable approaches. -- LP Jones and Alain wrote: Geeze. looks like they have reinvented the triode. From: Alain Sepeda it looks interesting (for some time I thought Climeon was working on that, but it was just a COR/organic rankine) but one problem with thermionic is that it require huge temperatures, like 700-1700C... 700C is acessible to gas+powder LENR today, but not much more... 2013/12/9 pagnu...@htdconnect.com New generator creates electricity directly from heat A new type of thermionic generator that turns heat or light into electrical energy has been developed by researchers in Germany and the US. The new design overcomes the space-charge problem that has plagued previous attempts at developing practical devices. The device is about four times more efficient than previous generators and the new technology could find use in a range of applications including solar power and the harvesting of waste heat. Thermionic generators convert heat or light into an electric current by using the temperature difference between two metallic plates that are separated by a vacuum... http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/dec/09/new-generator-creates-e lectricity-directly-from-heat Also see previous related post - [Vo]:New patent appl for LENR heat-to-electricity coversion https://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l@eskimo.com/msg87485.html
Re: [Vo]:New generator creates electricity directly from heat
Axil, Could you clarify what the center of the reaction is? Hopefully Defkalion is real. -- LP Axil wrote: DGT has revealed that their reactor produces a 1.0 to 1.6 tesla magnetic field at 20 cms from the center of the reaction. A nano-scaled electrical conversion process that utilizes changes in this magnetic field to produce electron flow holds promise to provide a highly efficient source of electrical power. Rather than using heat to move electrons, a pulsating magnetic field will move those electrons around far more efficiently. On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 1:57 PM, pagnu...@htdconnect.com wrote: The fourth comment following the recent posting - 'New generator creates electricity directly from heat' http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/dec/09/new-generator-creates-electricity-directly-from-heat COMMENT: 'maximum Carnot efficiency' A 40% efficiency is nice, but over 90% is only possible by using multiphase coils to increase pressure thereby temperature and consequently, the overall efficiency ç=1-(TC/TH). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRZ---y5E2c - asserts that much higher efficiency is possible, but appears oriented to higher temperatures, and possibly appropriate for aneutronic fusion and rocket thrusters. See 'MULTIPHASE THERMOELECTRIC CONVERTER' http://www.crossfirefusion.com/thermal-to-electrical/multiphase-thermoelectric-converter.html Climeon is working on low temp conversion - http://www.climeon.com/ Hopefully, both are economically viable approaches. -- LP Jones and Alain wrote: Geeze. looks like they have reinvented the triode. From: Alain Sepeda it looks interesting (for some time I thought Climeon was working on that, but it was just a COR/organic rankine) but one problem with thermionic is that it require huge temperatures, like 700-1700C... 700C is acessible to gas+powder LENR today, but not much more... 2013/12/9 pagnu...@htdconnect.com New generator creates electricity directly from heat A new type of thermionic generator that turns heat or light into electrical energy has been developed by researchers in Germany and the US. The new design overcomes the space-charge problem that has plagued previous attempts at developing practical devices. The device is about four times more efficient than previous generators and the new technology could find use in a range of applications including solar power and the harvesting of waste heat. Thermionic generators convert heat or light into an electric current by using the temperature difference between two metallic plates that are separated by a vacuum... http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/dec/09/new-generator-creates-e lectricity-directly-from-heat Also see previous related post - [Vo]:New patent appl for LENR heat-to-electricity coversion https://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l@eskimo.com/msg87485.html
[Vo]:New generator creates electricity directly from heat
New generator creates electricity directly from heat A new type of thermionic generator that turns heat or light into electrical energy has been developed by researchers in Germany and the US. The new design overcomes the space-charge problem that has plagued previous attempts at developing practical devices. The device is about four times more efficient than previous generators and the new technology could find use in a range of applications including solar power and the harvesting of waste heat. Thermionic generators convert heat or light into an electric current by using the temperature difference between two metallic plates that are separated by a vacuum... http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/dec/09/new-generator-creates-electricity-directly-from-heat Also see previous related post - [Vo]:New patent appl for LENR heat-to-electricity coversion https://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l@eskimo.com/msg87485.html
Re: EXTERNAL: [Vo]:More versatile Maxwell's demons
Fran and ChemE, I wish I could add some explanations, but all I can add are more examples of (real or apparent?) anomalies and paradoxes seemingly related to physical interactions and boundary effects. Perhaps of interest: Mystery of neutron-lifetime discrepancy deepens http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/dec/04/mystery-of-neutron-lifetime-discrepancy-deepens (Oscillating) non-exponential decays of unstable states http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.1896 Radioactive Decay Anomaly Finally Explained (Maybe) - A long-standing puzzle over periodic oscillations in the decay of some elements may have finally been solved, say physicists http://www.technologyreview.com/view/425731/radioactive-decay-anomaly-finally-explained-maybe/ And, I'm still not convinced that the explanations offered so far really account for the fact that chiral molecules, like ammonia, insist on staying in either their right-handed (|R) or left-handed (|L) states rather than decaying to their lowest energy symmetric state (superposition |R+|L, normalized, of course.) Somehow, the universe finds the superposition a bit abhorrent. -- Lou Pagnucco ChemE wrote: Fran, What I am really trying to say is that if you hang around close to the surface/horizon of vacuum/black hole/zpe/dark matter (whatever you want to call it) expect more radiation/decay, which ionizes you at a faster rate - like catalysis that speeds up reactions that you are describing and I agree with. If you can protect yourself from the radiation/flux then yes, you will age slower (the surface/shields of your ship will have to protect you...) But I think that is the same on Earth. If we can protect ourselves from ionizing radiation around us, we will all age slower. Problem is, our gravitational flux (of entropy to the Earth's center) and due to weather(vacuum) disturbances they are aging all of us at a similar rate over 80 or so obits...and we decay. Human's half life is around 24 years or so (actually probably less but our bodies replace damaged cells all of the time or we would all be dead quicker). Best way I can explain it. Trying to separate all of the fusion/fission reactions occurring near the surface of the quantum vacuum foam is like separating gnat shit from pepper...:) But it is important and I agree with the overall direction of the discussion. If the core of the Earth, Sun, Gas Giant Planets, ETC. are curled up vacuum orbifolds with decaying firewalls and our weather disturbances are vacuum and that cosmic string I think was photographed from ISON on Thanksgiving day is vacuum then DUDES, WE ARE THE 5% IMMERSED IN THE 95% QUANTUM VACUUM FOAM made up of vacuum branes and strings all around us. Stewart Darkmattersalot.com [...]
Re: EXTERNAL: [Vo]:More versatile Maxwell's demons
Axil, This is a perplexing issue. The environment seems to hate many entangled states, and tries to destroy them, even when they are in a deeper energy well than the disentangled states they generate. Maybe sometimes the energy to disentangle them does come from vacuum energy. I wish I knew for sure. -- LP Axil wrote: More... There is every indication that the Ni/H reactor remains entangled when in the process of energy production. These indications include gamma ray thermalization using entangled superatoms and super-fluidic heat transfer. Is it true to say that an entangled thermodynamic system will extract energy from the vacuum? [...]
Re: [Vo]:Inverse Double Slit Experiment
Dave, I'm not sure this is what you are asking for, but there are several ways to implement (unitary) multi-path interferometers for photons or particles with spin. These are non-trivial papers, but see for example -- A physical system which can be forced to execute an arbitrary unitary transformation, and its use to perform arbitrary tests (I cannot supply the URL, but you can get the two page PDF by searching for the exact title string and the author name Elihu Lubkin) Universal Programmable Quantum Circuit Schemes to Emulate an Operator http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.3600 -- LP David Roberson wrote: I was wondering if anyone has seen an experiment somewhat like a double slit experiment with photons that excludes them from passing through a combination of blocked slits while allowing them to pass around most of the apparatus? If this is possible to perform, then instead of trying to figure out which of the two slits the photon passes through, there would be a very large number of possibilities. This type of experiment if possible might help shed light upon the particle/wave duality. I assume that an interference pattern will be generated that is inverse to the normal one. A wave model should have no problem describing the expected pattern at the output and I wonder if the same would be true for a particle. Give it some thought and write down your ideas as this might be an interesting endeavor. Dave
RE: EXTERNAL: [Vo]:More versatile Maxwell's demons
Fran, An interesting perspective. Perhaps related to a paper in my stack (which I have yet only perused)? - Quantum Measurement Information as a key to Energy Release from Local Vacuums - Masahiro Hotta http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.2272 (His other papers at arxiv.org/find/quant-ph/1/au:+Hotta_M/0/1/0/all/0/1) Still a contentious topic, but, hopefully, vacuum energy can be extracted. -- Lou Pagnucco Roarty, Francis X wrote: Lou, I have ben positing this with respect to DCE, the change in casimir geometry and therefore the restriction of virtual particle sizes is just such a Maxwellian demon. Powered by change in geometry it creates boundaries that react asymmetrically to atoms vs molecules. It doesn't sort hot from cold but it sets the stage for discounting the disassociation level of molecules while ignoring atoms. If the area is heated such that the molecules approach disassociation this asymmetrical opposition to molecules will discount the threshold opening the door to over unity at the cost of geometry. I am convinced more heat can be released upon reassociation then the discounted value achieved by geometry and random motion of gas. You are essentially putting the random motion of gas in opposition to these geometrical boundaries. Fran -Original Message- From: pagnu...@htdconnect.com [mailto:pagnu...@htdconnect.com] Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 11:53 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: EXTERNAL: [Vo]:More versatile Maxwell's demons Those interested in thermodynamics may find the following worthwhile: Some recent papers showing that Maxwell's demon may not require energy - Single-reservoir heat engine: Controlling the spin http://fqmt.fzu.cz/13/pdfabstracts/605_1f.pdf Beyond Landauer Erasure http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/11/4956 The latter is part of the journal 'Entropy' - Special Issue Maxwell's Demon 2013 http://www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy/special_issues/maxwells_demon2013 The following paper shows that computation needs no energy - if reversible. The Connection between Reversibility and Heat Generation http://people.ccmr.cornell.edu/~clh/p562/TPH/Bohn_TP.pdf Whether a spin (or other conserved quantity) reservoir can be created (or discovered) for less than the thermodynamic energy it returns in a novel engine is an intriguing question - and, also whether such engines can be scaled to macroscopic size. -- Lou Pagnucco
[Vo]:More versatile Maxwell's demons
Those interested in thermodynamics may find the following worthwhile: Some recent papers showing that Maxwell's demon may not require energy - Single-reservoir heat engine: Controlling the spin http://fqmt.fzu.cz/13/pdfabstracts/605_1f.pdf Beyond Landauer Erasure http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/11/4956 The latter is part of the journal 'Entropy' - Special Issue Maxwells Demon 2013 http://www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy/special_issues/maxwells_demon2013 The following paper shows that computation needs no energy - if reversible. The Connection between Reversibility and Heat Generation http://people.ccmr.cornell.edu/~clh/p562/TPH/Bohn_TP.pdf Whether a spin (or other conserved quantity) reservoir can be created (or discovered) for less than the thermodynamic energy it returns in a novel engine is an intriguing question - and, also whether such engines can be scaled to macroscopic size. -- Lou Pagnucco
[Vo]:Dec 2013 - J. of Condensed Matter Nuclear Science
URL for - JOURNAL OF CONDENSED MATTER NUCLEAR SCIENCE Volume 12, December 2013 http://www.iscmns.org/CMNS/JCMNS-Vol12.pdf
[Vo]:New Lattice Energy Presentation - Overview of W-L Theory
Lattice Energy LLC - LENRs and the Future of Energy - Nov 27 2013 http://www.slideshare.net/lewisglarsen/lattice-energy-llc-lenrs-and-the-future-of-energy-nov-27-2013
[Vo]:New patent appl for LENR heat-to-electricity coversion
Method and system for high efficiency electricity generation using low energy thermal heat generation and thermionic devices - WO 2013170244 A2 ABSTRACT: A system and method are provided for generating electric power from relatively low temperature energy sources at efficiency levels not previously available. The present system and method employ recent advances in low energy nuclear reaction technology and thermionic/thermotunneling device technology first to generate heat and then to convert a substantial portion of the heat generated to usable electrical power. Heat may be generated by a LENR system employing nuclear reactions that occur in readily available materials at ambient temperatures without a high energy input requirement and do not produce radioactive byproducts. The heat generated by the LENR system may be transferred through one or more thermionic converter devices in heat transfer relationship with the LENR system to generate electric power. https://www.google.com/patents/WO2013170244A2 Here is a paper presumably co-authored by one of the inventors: Observation of quantum interference effect in solids http://scitation.aip.org/content/avs/journal/jvstb/24/3/10.1116/1.2198856 - also available in preprint from Arxiv URL - http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/0807/0807.2747.pdf
[Vo]:ECAT 1MW plant is now available
The ECAT 1MW plant is now available on the market. http://ecat.com/ecat-products/ecat-1-mw Is this site official? Is this offer new? Also, see story -- Andrea Rossi and his company are taking pre-orders for the 1 megawatt LENR Energy Catalyzer http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/11/andrea-rossi-and-his-company-are-taking.html
[Vo]:New patent application from George Miley
Originally found by poster 'tip' on e-catworld.com --- Power units based on dislocation site techniques US 20130295512 A1 ABSTRACT A distributed energy system includes a gas-loaded heat generator capable of producing a thermal energy. The system includes a gas source to provide one or more isotopes of hydrogen, a plurality of metallic micro-structures, a gas loading chamber containing the plurality of metallic micro-structures. The gas loading chamber is structured to receive the one or more isotopes of hydrogen from the gas source. The system also includes a gas loading system capable of providing a gas loading pressure to the gas loading chamber containing the plurality of metallic micro-structures with an amount of one or more isotopes of hydrogen to form hydrogen clusters. In one form, the system further includes a thermal transducer capable of converting a first portion of the thermal energy. In still another form, the system additionally includes a waste heat recovery device capable of applying a second portion of the thermal energy. http://www.google.com/patents/US20130295512
[Vo]:Laser beam on Ni-nanowire array
An interesting experiment. Probably not producing any LENR effects, but still a good data point. Laser beam fooused on - a target that consisted of fine nickel hairs just 55nm wide and up to five micrometers long. The spacing between the hairs was on the order of 130nm [] They found that the typical target had so many electrons ripped away (26 in total) that the nickel atom was left with just two electrons (like helium). When they tried the same experiments with gold, they were able to remove 52 of gold's 79 electrons, which is a very large number. Immense electric fields must have been generated. References: Hairy metal laser show produces bright X-Rays -- Setting metallic wires on fire creates a bright X-Ray glow http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/11/hairy-metal-laser-show-produces-bright-x-rays/ Plasma from hairy target releases high-energy x rays http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/news/news-picks/plasma-from--hairy--target-releases-high-energy-x-rays-a-news-pick-post
Re: [Vo]:LENR through light
Robin, I can quickly suggest a couple of examples where e-m field momentum is concentrated - in a very counter-intuitive way. First, look at the references in the recent Vortex thread - [Vo]:Momentum superkicks from monochromatic e-m fields http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l@eskimo.com/msg87201.html Second, look at section 21-3 (Two kinds of momentum) of Vol.3 of Feynman's Physics Lectures at URL: http://www.peaceone.net/basic/Feynman/V3%20Ch21.pdf Also, you might want to google superoscillations. One good reference is - Yield--Optimized Superoscillations http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.6572 I hope to revisit this topic next week if time permits. Regards, Lou Pagnucco Robin van Spaandonk wrote: Hi, Please suggest such an effect. [snip] While the information you suggest acquiring is valuable, I think the important issue is not bulk energy absorption, but how hot hot spots can get - that is, how energy can be super-focused to LENR levels. Collective effects could occur when oppositely charged particles collide in strong localized currents or plasmon e-m fields, and result in surprisingly high energy concentrations. -- Lou Pagnucco Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
Re: [Vo]:LENR through light
Robin van Spaandonk wrote:
In reply to Axil Axil's message of Wed, 13 Nov 2013 13:21:02 -0500:
Hi,
[snip]
Light intensity at 10^^12 (watts/cm2) produces a strong Electric field at
(10^^9) Volts/meter.
Over a distance of 1 nm (10 Angstrom) this is just 1 Volt.
[...]
This is correct, but it only shows that a localized electron can only
attain 1eV when crossing that gap unobstructed.
For an electron, 1[eV] corresponds to an approximate momentum of
4 * 10^(-25) [N*sec] {'N' = Newton}
However, if an electron is trapped in that field, i.e., the mean position
of its wave function is fixed, for a time T instead of accelerating thru
collision-free, it gains a momentum impulse
= T[sec] * e[C] * 10^9[Volt/meter] {where 'e' = electron charge[Coulomb]}
= T[sec] * (1.6^10^(-19)[C]) * 10^9 [N/C]
= T * 1.6^10^(-10) [N*sec]
So, in the latter case, the electron gains T*(10^14) times more momentum.
('T' measured in seconds.)
Possibly, this happens when the electron collides with a particle of
equal and opposite momentum.
In quantum mechanics, a highly localized or oscillatory wave functions
can posses high momentum (or kinetic energy) even when not moving much.
Also, an electron is a fermion, so it really needs to be represented by
a 4-component spinor in the Dirac equation. It can undergo more
oscillation within the spinor.
-- Lou Pagnucco
Re: [Vo]:LENR through light
Robin van Spaandonk wrote: In reply to Axil Axil's message of Wed, 13 Nov 2013 16:20:35 -0500: Hi, [snip] If the energy of the light wave where compressed into a soliton of 1 nanometer in diameter carrying a power density of 100 terawatts/cm2(highest observed nanoplasmonic hot spot power density) would that not compress the electric field of the light wave localized in the hot spot. I suggest you take another look at the experiment you are quoting, and extract the actual energy in the laser pulse, and the area over which it was spread. That will give you an energy flux. Since you know what the material is, you can make a guess at how many atoms absorbed the energy, and determine very roughly how much each one got. You can also calculate how much each electron would get if the pulse were absorbed by electrons [...] Robin, While the information you suggest acquiring is valuable, I think the important issue is not bulk energy absorption, but how hot hot spots can get - that is, how energy can be super-focused to LENR levels. Collective effects could occur when oppositely charged particles collide in strong localized currents or plasmon e-m fields, and result in surprisingly high energy concentrations. -- Lou Pagnucco
Re: [Vo]:LENR through light
Whoops! - I realize my analysis cannot be correct.
I should have replaced the classical constant force with a linear
potential, which should give a different answer. Needs to be reworked.
-- Lou Pagnucco
pagnu...@htdconnect.com wrote:
Robin van Spaandonk wrote:
In reply to Axil Axil's message of Wed, 13 Nov 2013 13:21:02 -0500:
Hi,
[snip]
Light intensity at 10^^12 (watts/cm2) produces a strong Electric field
at
(10^^9) Volts/meter.
Over a distance of 1 nm (10 Angstrom) this is just 1 Volt.
[...]
This is correct, but it only shows that a localized electron can only
attain 1eV when crossing that gap unobstructed.
For an electron, 1[eV] corresponds to an approximate momentum of
4 * 10^(-25) [N*sec] {'N' = Newton}
However, if an electron is trapped in that field, i.e., the mean position
of its wave function is fixed, for a time T instead of accelerating thru
collision-free, it gains a momentum impulse
= T[sec] * e[C] * 10^9[Volt/meter] {where 'e' = electron
charge[Coulomb]}
= T[sec] * (1.6^10^(-19)[C]) * 10^9 [N/C]
= T * 1.6^10^(-10) [N*sec]
So, in the latter case, the electron gains T*(10^14) times more momentum.
('T' measured in seconds.)
Possibly, this happens when the electron collides with a particle of
equal and opposite momentum.
In quantum mechanics, a highly localized or oscillatory wave functions
can posses high momentum (or kinetic energy) even when not moving much.
Also, an electron is a fermion, so it really needs to be represented by
a 4-component spinor in the Dirac equation. It can undergo more
oscillation within the spinor.
-- Lou Pagnucco
Re: [Vo]:Momentum superkicks from monochromatic e-m fields
Axil, First, if you use paragraphs, your posts will be much more readable. Second, your URL link is broken. The new one is - Structure Enhancement Factor Relationships in Single Gold Nanoantennas.. http://sites.weinberg.northwestern.edu/vanduyne/files/2013/01/2012_Kleinman_2.pdf A good, even if difficult to read, paper. The momentum superkick example I cited already includes the momentum a charged particle acquires at an optical vortex. As you note, the high local E-field can be enormous when amplified. It would be good to know how much momentum a charged particle can acquire in such a field. This is the calculation, I am interested in: Assume a static electrical field = E[V/m] lasting a duration time = T Then if two oppositely charged particles, with charges -e and +e (e = electron charge) and masses m and M, collide head-on both acquire equal, opposite impulses, or momentum kicks = TE/e The kinetic energy TE/e represents depends on m and M. (It can be waveform squeezing, as well as linear displacement speed. The transient colliding composite particle can have zero velocity.) So what amplitudes and durations must an e-m wave crest have to give charged particles kinetic energies sufficient to reach LENR levels? - e.g., for electron capture, pair-creation, etc. - And, perhaps it's worth noting that electron, protons, some nuclei are spin-1/2 fermions, so the Dirac equation, instead of the Schrodinger equation sometimes applies. This could involve the 'Klein paradox'. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_paradox) -- Lou Pagnucco Axil wrote: *Experimentally measuring hot spot energy concentration.* In a seminal Nanoplasmonics paper, the ability of hot spots to concentrate power is experimentally determined for the first time. http://www.google.com/url? [...]
[Vo]:(Video) Amazing Electric Fireball
Powerline Lights Neighborhood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yUCmNPLWE0 Anyone have a good explanation?
Re: [Vo]:(Video) Amazing Electric Fireball
Terry, This sounds pretty plausible. Probably correct. I am surprised, though, that the fireball did not destroy the wire it had already passed - looks like serious energy is dissipated. -- Lou Pagnucco Terry Blanton wrote: Reminds me of a Jacob's ladder. The initial ionization in this case is often a wet limb or an unfortunate rodent. On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 12:35 PM, pagnu...@htdconnect.com wrote: Powerline Lights Neighborhood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yUCmNPLWE0 Anyone have a good explanation?
[Vo]:When do plasma discharges produce nuclear effects?
New Arxiv paper - http://arxiv.org/abs/1311.2447 Analysis of an attempt at detection of neutrons produced in a plasma discharge electrolytic cell A. Widom, J. Swain, Y. N. Srivastava (Submitted on 11 Nov 2013) R. Faccini et al. [1] have attempted a replication of an earlier experiment by D. Cirillo et al. [2] in which neutrons [as well as nuclear transmutations] were observed in a modi ed Mizuno cell. No neutron production is observed in the recent experiment [1] and no evidence for microwave radiation or nuclear transmutations are reported. A careful analysis shows major technical di erences in the two experiments and we explore the underlying reasons for the lack of any nuclear activity in the newer experiment.
Re: [Vo]:Momentum superkicks from monochromatic e-m fields
Axil wrote (in two postings): Its a matter of simple proportions. A one nanometer nanoparticle that bends a infrared light wave whose wavelength is 1 mm into a spherical soliton would pack the optical energy of that infrared wave into that small soliton at an amplification of 1,000,000 times. [...] Axil, Show me the math, or a good reference. This sounds very wishful. By the way, that nanoparticle would convert that infrared wave into an x-ray. A charged particle receiving a momentum superkick (if they exist) would probably radiate higher frequency photon(s) when slowed by collisions, i.e., there would be some up-conversion. Maybe some small amount of x-rays. This should be testable. Maybe certain surfaces, cavities, or other geometries which reflect and refract a monochromatic beam correctly could set up standing optical vortices. -- Lou Pagnucco
Re: [Vo]:Momentum superkicks from monochromatic e-m fields
Harry, A reasonable analogy. Surprising that such energy/momentum foci occur in such fields. It would be interesting to know if materials can be engineered to create them near, or between, surfaces. -- Lou Pagnucco H Veeder wrote: Like a twig whipping around an eddy in a stream? Harry On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 6:49 PM, pagnu...@htdconnect.com wrote: Surprising, but a monochromatic field can impart momentum superkicks to charged particles much greater than the momentum of a field photon. Superkicks near optical vortices http://iopscience.iop.org/2040-8986/labtalk-article/55223 Superweak momentum transfer near optical vortices http://iopscience.iop.org/2040-8986/15/12/125701/pdf/2040-8986_15_12_125701.pdf Optical currents http://www.phy.bris.ac.uk/people/berry_mv/the_papers/Berry414.pdf Low mass particles, e.g. electrons, positrons, may acquire significant energy when present in an optical vortex. When the field is wide-band, my guess is that the effect is even greater. -- Lou Pagnucco
[Vo]:The 2014 Colloquium on CF/LANR at MIT
March 21-23, 2014 - The 2014 Colloquium on CF/LANR at MIT http://peswiki.com/index.php/Event:The_2014_Colloquium_on_CF/LANR_at_MIT_--_25th_Anniversary An impressive list of speakers.
[Vo]:Momentum superkicks from monochromatic e-m fields
Surprising, but a monochromatic field can impart momentum superkicks to charged particles much greater than the momentum of a field photon. Superkicks near optical vortices http://iopscience.iop.org/2040-8986/labtalk-article/55223 Superweak momentum transfer near optical vortices http://iopscience.iop.org/2040-8986/15/12/125701/pdf/2040-8986_15_12_125701.pdf Optical currents http://www.phy.bris.ac.uk/people/berry_mv/the_papers/Berry414.pdf Low mass particles, e.g. electrons, positrons, may acquire significant energy when present in an optical vortex. When the field is wide-band, my guess is that the effect is even greater. -- Lou Pagnucco
[Vo]:Suzuki's ominous warning on Fukushima
David Suzuki issues ominous warning for damaged Fukushima plant http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/david-suzuki-issues-ominous-warning-damaged-fukushima-plant-195522191.html David Suzuki has issued an ominous warning about the state of Fukushima's nuclear power plant. Fukushima is the most terrifying situation I can imagine, the environmental activist and host of the Nature of Things said last week at the University of Alberta's symposium Letting in the Light: Science to Guide Public Water Policy in the 21st Century. Three out of the four plants were destroyed in the earthquake and in the tsunami. The fourth one has been so badly damaged that the fear is, if there's another earthquake of a seven or above that, that building will go and then all hell breaks loose. And the probably of a seven or above earthquake in the next three years is over 95 per cent, Suzuki said. He added that a recent study found another earthquake could require evacuation of the entire North American coast and as for Japan bye bye, Suzuki said.
RE: [Vo]:Incredible Gen3 paper
Jones, I will be delighted if your, or any LENR, theory is proved. Hopefully, the experiments will be improved and repeated to the point where 'The Establishment' cannot ignore them - if this is possible. -- Lou Pagnucco Jones Beene wrote: In re-reading this thread, one other factor is worth mentioning wrt the oxygen connection to LENR. It does tie the Gen3 paper to Randell Mills via the Rydberg levels of hydrogen AND oxygen (when aligned and slightly unbalanced on the high side). It could easily be true that oxygen is desirable for promoting LENR, whether through contamination on not, and the emphasis should have been placed on Rydberg and its proximity in the sense of promoting a limited chain reaction. Oxygen (or O++) both have a beneficial energy hole at an exact Rydberg level of ionization potential - so as to make them ideal Mills' catalysts; and now we find that there could also be this coincidental relationship of UV resonance at a slightly more energetic ~ 19-20 nm. This photon would naturally downshift to 22.8 nm in the process of ionization of neutral catalysts - and that may be why the variance is need not be explained as being important. In fact, it may be beneficial !! IOW - for those who do not follow Mills' complex theory, the need for oxygen would be twofold - not only is it catalytic for ground state redundancy, BUT [...]
RE: [Vo]:Incredible Gen3 paper
Jones,
I also wish that other spectral anomalies were observed - besides the
broadband soft X-ray/EUV apparently due to hydrogen, but I believe that
the 19.29 nm line is due to the oxidized cathode/anode surfaces -
oxygen contamination.
However, I think this is a good experiment to repeat with higher voltages,
higher currents and densities, stronger confining magnetic fields, etc.
The Sternglass experiment could be repeated with minor modification.
Still, if my speculation that high-energy, non-stationary e-p collisions
generate the X-rays/EUV is correct, then perhaps a higher current/voltage,
continuous plasma channel version would also generate neutrons, as seen
by Sternglass.
-- Lou Pagnucco
Jones Beene wrote:
There are several possibilities for the UV, Lou - and your hat is now in
the
ring along with Randy Mills and a few others.
Cleary EUV and soft x-rays are involved. Clearly the values are not
falling
into the expected Rydberg levels. One value that stands out in this study
is
the 19.29 nm wavelength. It should be 22.8 nm for Mills - and the excuse
given does not ring true. There could be some kind of cut-off but I'm not
buying it - simply because the graph would not be so spiked.
I'm glad to see any well-considered suggestions to explain it. My
suggestion
is far-out as well (92 million miles out) but many heard have heard it
before and it is definitely a minority viewpoint. (so I take every
opportunity to radiate it).
Curiously 19.3 nm is a value that turns up often in solar astronomy.
http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=26419
There could be one or more mundane explanations for this. In the paper
above, the detector was designed to look for this value, but for a good
reason. The the sun was photographed in ultraviolet light at a wavelength
of
19.3 nanometers - 25 times shorter than wavelengths of visible light -
simply because it is characteristic of solar energy. That wavelength is
blocked by Earth's atmosphere, so to observe it astronomers must get above
the atmosphere.
To cut to the chase - this mass-energy value, 19.3 nm, appears to be the
expected energy release from solar RPF.
Solar RPF is a theory of reversible proton fusion. It is also known as
the
diproton reaction. But make no mistake - the so-called diproton is
helium
and NOT hydrogen, even though its lifetime is extremely short.
For every instance of real fusion on the sun there are about 10^20
instances
of transient diprotons, which are fusing for a few femtoseconds and then
reversing back to protons. This instant reversibility is due basically to
the Pauli exclusion principle. However, due the short instant of binding
there are energetic QCD color changes which take place in the six quarks.
In short, at least in this RPF hypothesis, nickel-hydrogen gain on earth,
is
based on the solar model of RPF and the relevant emission is EUV at 19.3
nm
and not Mills' Rydberg value.
-Original Message-
From: pagnu...@htdconnect.com
Jones,
A good find.
I have only read it quickly, but maybe a simpler explanation suffices.
Anomalous 'continuum' emissions occur only in proportion to hydrogen
present. This leads me to conjecture that:
Elliptical Rydberg H-atoms form and ionize, creating fairly intense (mixed
e-p) current filaments, along with (in the lab frame) a strong magnetic
vector potential ('A-field') pointing in the plasma flow direction.
Some of the ionizing e-p pairs form transient, non-stationary colliding
waveforms trapped in their own embracing coulomb potentials.
(Several QM texts cover the math of transient coulomb collisions.)
As the e-p collide, they slow dramatically. In their collision frame
the vector potential (A-field) suddenly shrinks, donating it's field
energy to the collision (to obey momentum conservation.)
By conventional physics (see Feynman ref[1] below), this must force e-p
wave function into highly localized, high kinetic energy, compressed
pairs - compressive collisions similar to colliding rubber balls, as
opposed to colliding billiards.
When the proton recaptures the electron, returning to a stationary state,
the K.E. borrowed from the A-field is radiated and observed.
The author rules out both bremsstrahlung and recombination.
My conjecture combines counter-intuitive elements of both.
If it's correct, no exothermic LENR occurs, but still a valuable
experiment.
-- Lou Pagnucco
[1] Feynman Lectures, v3, ch21, Schrodinger's equation in a magnetic
field
http://www.peaceone.net/basic/Feynman/V3%20Ch21.pdf
Pertinent extract (p.21-5) -
But remember what happens electrically when I suddenly turn on a flux.
During the short time that the flux is rising, there's an electric field
generated whose line integral is the rate of change of the flux with time:
E = - dA/dt(21.16)
That electric field is enormous if the flux is changing rapidly, and it
gives a force on the particle. The force
Re: [Vo]:Incredible Gen3 paper
Jones,
A good find.
I have only read it quickly, but maybe a simpler explanation suffices.
Anomalous 'continuum' emissions occur only in proportion to hydrogen
present. This leads me to conjecture that:
Elliptical Rydberg H-atoms form and ionize, creating fairly intense (mixed
e-p) current filaments, along with (in the lab frame) a strong magnetic
vector potential ('A-field') pointing in the plasma flow direction.
Some of the ionizing e-p pairs form transient, non-stationary colliding
waveforms trapped in their own embracing coulomb potentials.
(Several QM texts cover the math of transient coulomb collisions.)
As the e-p collide, they slow dramatically. In their collision frame
the vector potential (A-field) suddenly shrinks, donating it's field
energy to the collision (to obey momentum conservation.)
By conventional physics (see Feynman ref[1] below), this must force e-p
wave function into highly localized, high kinetic energy, compressed
pairs - compressive collisions similar to colliding rubber balls, as
opposed to colliding billiards.
When the proton recaptures the electron, returning to a stationary state,
the K.E. borrowed from the A-field is radiated and observed.
The author rules out both bremsstrahlung and recombination.
My conjecture combines counter-intuitive elements of both.
If it's correct, no exothermic LENR occurs, but still a valuable experiment.
-- Lou Pagnucco
[1] Feynman Lectures, v3, ch21, Schrodinger's equation in a magnetic field
http://www.peaceone.net/basic/Feynman/V3%20Ch21.pdf
Pertinent extract (p.21-5) -
But remember what happens electrically when I suddenly turn on a flux.
During the short time that the flux is rising, there's an electric field
generated whose line integral is the rate of change of the flux with time:
E = - dA/dt(21.16)
That electric field is enormous if the flux is changing rapidly, and it
gives a force on the particle. The force is the charge times the electric
field, and so during the build up of the flux the particle obtains a total
impulse (that is, a change in mv) equal to -qA. In other words, if you
suddenly turn on a vector potential at a charge, this charge immediately
picks up an 'mv' momentum equal to -qA.
Jones Beene wrote:
This paper was mentioned 18 months ago on vortex - but has almost been
ignored by the LENR community since then ... possibly due to some kind of
absurd jealousy over anything Millsean ... i.e. from Randell Mills
http://www.blacklightpower.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/GEN3_Harvard.pdf
Forget Randy - Read this paper in the context in Rossi-type LENR - instead
of Mills.
Pay close attention to detains in the nanometer geometry ! In my opinion
this paper supports LENR, instead of Mills! Look at those spikes on the
charts- clearly much more energy than chemical.
In fact the details actually seem to go against some of Mills
pronouncements
- and consequently they can be read as confirming LENR - but in a
non-exactly nuclear.
Maybe you can call it quasi-nuclear instead of supra-chemical but this
paper may be the very best and most informative thing out there to bolster
a
variety of LENR... while shifting the emphasis away from BLP and away
from
LENR.
Jones
Re: [Vo]:Re: LENR patent covering nanotubes
Mark, I agree with your observation - This might be a very simple experiment to replicate, but take some time. If it's real, it should be much easier to explore the experimental parameter space than with other approaches, and less expensive. Also, broadband incoherent e-m sources might be better at finding resonances and also provide higher amplitudes sporadically. Swept frequency sources and signals like Energetics' Superwave which provides superoscillation amplitudes might be worth trying. - Lou Pagnucco Mark Jurich wrote: I don't find the use of an incoherent light source that surprising. The Coherence Length of a Light Source is inversely proportional to its Bandwidth. A White Light Source with a UV Filter would have a Coherence Length in the vicinity of 0.5 microns or 500 nm; quite adequate when attempting to illuminate quasi-particles on a structure of the order of 10 to 50 nm. This also allows relaxed Energy Matching (coupling) to an excitation such as a Surface Plasmon-Polariton (I'm not pinning the quasi-particle excitation to Surface Plasmons; Carbon Nanotubes have exhibited a rich array of excitations) by illuminating the Nanotubes with Photons of a wide array of energies. For example, see: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/aop/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-49-13-2470 Sorry, I don't have a more direct link, right now. To efficiently couple to such a quasi-excitation, one must match the energy and momentum of the particular excitation. As noted in the patent, red laser light works but doesnât give as strong a response, which seems to fit this thinking... ... The heavy water (D2O) tipped at 45 degrees could act as a âprismâ and slow down the photons for proper momentum (wave vector) matching to the excitations; rotating ensures proper orientation of many more nanotubes than if it wasn't rotated... I suspect that in this patent/demonstration, one would have to use the highest power halogen light source available and illuminate the Rotating Glass Beaker for very long periods of time. This might be a very simple experiment to replicate, but take some time. [...]
[Vo]:Lattice Energy on Mitsubishi/Toyota LENR transmutations
Lattice Energy LLC - Toyota Confirms Mitsubishi Transmutation of Cs to Pr - Oct 31 2013 http://www.slideshare.net/lewisglarsen/lattice-energy-llc-toyota-confirms-mitsubishi-transmutation-of-cs-to-proct-31-2013
