Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-22 Thread Alan Fletcher
Lewan reports : 


* The water heated by the MW plant was circulating in a closed loop, and 
since the return temperature was varying, due to different load in the process 
of the customer, Rossi insisted that the energy corresponding to heating the 
inflowing cooled water (at about 60˚C) to boiling temperature would not be 
taken into account for calculating the thermal power produced by the MW plant. 
The ERV accepted. (This was conservative, decreasing the calculated thermal 
power. The main part of the calculated thermal power, however, derives from the 
water being evaporated when boiling). 
* He also insisted that an arbitrary chosen 10 percent should be subtracted 
in the power calculation, with no other reason than to be conservative. The ERV 
accepted. 
* The average flow of water was 36 cubic meters per day. 

http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l%40eskimo.com/msg109919.html 

[Vo]:Re: CMNS: CONTRIBUTION FROM V. VYSOTSKII, NEW DISPUTE GENERATOR LAUNCHED<, 


Daniel Rocha Mon, 16 May 2016 14:56:42 -0700 
The circulating water amounted to 36m^3/day, which gives ~0.41l/s, that's
410g/s. 

I just happen to have a dandy steam calculator handy. 

Let's see what happens if we put 1MW into it. 

Worst case, starting from cold. 
Input water 10C, 5 bars pressure : Wet steam at 151C steam quality 0.863 (ie 
mostly steam, some water droplets) 
http://lenr.qumbu.com/ecatcalc.php?plot=Plot=d=0=0=9=9=1=1=JM+worst+case+10C+inlet+5+bar=0=0=1=0.41=1000=0=1000=1=20=1=10=5=2
 


Nominal, return water 60C, pressure 2 bars : almost dry steam at 121C Quality 
0.993 
Note : a kettle boiler will give about 0.95 quality 

http://lenr.qumbu.com/ecatcalc.php?plot=Plot=d=0=0=9=9=1=1=JM+nominal+60C+inlet+2+bar=0=0=1=0.41=1000=0=1000=1=20=1=60=2=2
 

Best case : inlet 99C 1 bar : Superheated dry steam at 170C 
http://lenr.qumbu.com/ecatcalc.php?plot=Plot=d=0=0=9=9=1=1=JM+best++90C+inlet+1+bar=0=0=1=0.41=1000=0=1000=1=20=1=90=1=2
 

These are all consistent with the described industrial use. 



From: "Jed Rothwell" <jedrothw...@gmail.com> 
To: "vortex-l" <vortex-l@eskimo.com> 
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 4:53:15 PM 
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test 

Patrick Ellul < ellulpatr...@gmail.com > wrote: 




> The temperature was just over 100 deg C according to Rossi. 

Where did you get this quote from Rossi? 


You can compute that from what he told Lewan. See: 

[Vo]:Re: CMNS: CONTRIBUTION FROM V. VYSOTSKII, NEW DISPUTE GENERATOR LAUNCHED 

It is also shown directly in the sample calorimetry data I analyzed. 

- Jed 



Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
Patrick Ellul  wrote:

> > The temperature was just over 100 deg C according to Rossi.
>
> Where did you get this quote from Rossi?
>
You can compute that from what he told Lewan. See:

[Vo]:Re: CMNS: CONTRIBUTION FROM V. VYSOTSKII, NEW DISPUTE GENERATOR
LAUNCHED

It is also shown directly in the sample calorimetry data I analyzed.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-21 Thread Patrick Ellul
On 22 May 2016 1:04 AM, "Jed Rothwell"  wrote:

> The temperature was just over 100 deg C according to Rossi.

Where did you get this quote from Rossi?


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
a.ashfield  wrote:


> Whether the output is dry steam depends largely on the temperature, which
> is also easy to measure.  So if the temperature was say 120C, it would be
> dry.


The temperature was just over 100 deg C according to Rossi. Do the number
from the interview and that is what you come up with. That is also what his
data shows directly. Temperature may be easy to measure, but Rossi's
instruments and methods were ridiculous, it is likely his numbers are wrong.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread a.ashfield

Daniel.   "The link is not working!"

Try this 
http://supaflex-agencies.com/solutions/case-study-8--clyde-boilers-7-mws-at-london-bridge-city.html




Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Daniel Rocha
The link is not working!

2016-05-18 20:09 GMT-03:00 a.ashfield :

> EDIT: The fourth picture down this page shows 4.4MW's of boiler stuck in a
> basement, with a HVAC system smaller than found in a small (500 person)
> nightclub. Funny that.
>
> supaflex-agencies.com/solution…t-london-bridge-city.html
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene  wrote:

> JR: Why do you say that?
>
> It’s pretty obvious. Going back twenty years, Thermacore – a world class
> company in thermodynamics, saw 280 days of gain at COP of ~1.5 using nickel
> . . .
>
Nickel does not always work. Many people have tried it and got nothing. So
it cannot be "obvious" that Rossi succeeded. The only way to determine this
is to examine his calorimetry. I and everyone else I know who has done that
quickly reached the conclusion that this large reactor is not producing any
excess heat.

It is possible he got heat in the past, but not in this test.


> Chuck Haldeman head of Lincoln Lab at MIT visited Thermacore, copied
> their technique and found even greater gain. . . .
>
I know. But that proves nothing about Rossi's calorimetry in this test. The
fact Prof. X gets heat does not mean that Prof. Y will also get it. That is
no more true of Ni than it is of Pd.

It is disingenuous to suggest that Rossi could not duplicate this early
> work, even if you have doubts that he added anything new.
>
Why is it disingenuous? Rossi has never published any convincing proof that
he saw excess heat. His tests have all been sloppy and undocumented. This
test is just as bad. The only credible evidence for heat from Rossi was the
first Levi test, and that could be wrong. As far as anyone knows, Rossi has
never succeeded.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Axil Axil
The heat output from the Rssi reactor was transferred through the use of a
heat exchange with the excess not used by the customer being vented to the
outside of the building. The temperature of the return water may be
estimated through the projection of the efficiency of the heat exchanger
with a temperature of steam into the heat exchanger at 130C..

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 9:30 AM, a.ashfield  wrote:

> As I have said before, the facts are not known with certainty and we need
> to wait for more data before reaching a conclusion.
>
> Jed says he thinks it it impossible to measure the performance of a black
> box by measuring the input and output, without knowing how the heat is
> dissipated from the output.  That is clearly not true.
>
> Also, I have seen sufficient number of  reports of others finding
> anomalous heat to be persuaded LENR is real.   Others think so too. See
> www.lenrproof.com
>
>


RE: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread a.ashfield
Slad gave figures for the pipe sizes for the input of water and the exit 
of steam for the 1 MW plant.  It occurred to me that the pipe size is 
not critical if the system is really a closed loop.  The flow rate of 
water is easy to measure.  Whether the output is dry steam depends 
largely on the temperature, which is also easy to measure.  So if the 
temperature was say 120C, it would be dry.  So really the only unknown 
required to prove whether the 1 MW plant worked is that temperature, if 
it is high enough.


He also gives comments about the temperature in the E--Cat container 
that supports what I wrote earlier.
ref 
https://www.lenr-forum.com/forum/index.php/Thread/3232-To-discus-the-science-behind-the-dispute-between-Rossi-and-Industrial-Heat/?pageNo=14


"Slad
Yesterday, 11:41pm
@Tom P, interesting idea... Send steam out, get steam returned back, 
pretend you just boiled some water. The problem is the pipe diameters as 
seen in photos of the shipping container.


The outlet pipe looks to be about 125mm diameter. In order to send 1MW 
of steam down such a pipe, the steam velocity would be approx 25m/s. The 
return pipe looks to be about 25mm in diameter, a 25 times reduction in 
cross sectional area.


This means if this pipe contains steam, it's velocity would be approx. 
525m/s... 1.55x the speed of sound! (This would be a very bad thing from 
an engineering/safety perspective)


@Dewey Weaver... If you don't mind me saying, I think you should stick 
to what you are good at, namely venture capitalism, and trolling forums 
- not pontificating on thermodynamics. To reply to a post full of 
numbers with a sarcastic comment is pretty bad form anywhere, but 
particularly so on a science forum.


Sure, I didn't include all my workings as (a) it would have taken to 
long to type, (b) people don't want to read about Nusselt and Prandtl 
numbers, (c) anyone with the ability to check my workings will likely 
have their own spreadsheets or simulators if they want to check what I 
said is correct.


Really, you should be more grateful. I just saved you $1000's of dollars 
that you could of blown on having someone model this...


The thing is, thermodynamics isn't an art... it's a science. It's based 
100 year old theories and 'simple' calculations. Hence (unless the 
shipping container is crammed into a tiny little room) anyone you pay to 
do the calcs will get pretty much the same answers as I gave.


Unless you have some proper drawings for what's inside the 250kW ecats 
(i.e. insulation type(s) and thickness), it will be a useless exercise 
anyway... My calculations are only intended to show that it would be 
exceptionally easy to design a system that doesn't "boil your fish bowl" 
or whatever expression you wish to use... Between 10 to 50mm of 
bog-standard insulation is all that's necessary.


One little hint: When you are looking for your expert to do this 
supposed thermal modelling, make sure they have an engineering 
qualifications; Japanese language translators, who have once visited a 
ships engine room, are rarely up to the necessary calibre... Including 
have been running their own LENR library for years.


EDIT: The fourth picture down this page shows 4.4MW's of boiler stuck in 
a basement, with a HVAC system smaller than found in a small (500 
person) nightclub. Funny that.


supaflex-agencies.com/solution…t-london-bridge-city.html



RE: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Jones Beene
From: Jed Rothwell  
This leads us back to the Lawsuit. It is incomprehensible that Rossi does not 
also have some gain – in the range of COP~1.2-1.5.
JR: Why do you say that?

It’s pretty obvious. Going back twenty years, Thermacore – a world class 
company in thermodynamics, saw 280 days of gain at COP of ~1.5 using nickel, 
hydrogen and potassium catalyst. They patented this work but because of a 
change in ownership did not pursue it. 

Chuck Haldeman head of Lincoln Lab at MIT visited Thermacore, copied their 
technique and found even greater gain. MIT refused permission for him to 
publish, but this episode is well documented and will come out. Piantelli, 
Mills, and numerous others have seen the same level of gain but no one has been 
able to push it to higher COP. Rossi has said that he studied the prior patents 
and improved on them.

It is disingenuous to suggest that Rossi could not duplicate this early work, 
even if you have doubts that he added anything new. Bob Higgins who debunked 
the Lugano garbage, still thinks there was gain there. The informed opinion and 
the debate around Rossi, until recently - has always been the level of claimed 
gain, and not that there was no gain at all.

It should surprise no one that there was thermal gain at least at the level of 
Thermacore – but that it was less than the contract called for… thus the 
attempted scam.




Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene  wrote:


> This leads us back to the Lawsuit. It is incomprehensible that Rossi does
> not also have some gain – in the range of COP~1.2-1.5.
>

Why do you say that? Do you have some inside information? Based on what I
have seen, it is quite comprehensible there is no gain. It looks to me like
a COP in the cooling loop is below 1, because of waste heat losses from the
reactor, which is a poorly designed electric heater.

There is no indication of excess heat.


Let’s make it clear that IH is partly to blame.
>

Why?? They did all they could to persuade Rossi to do a proper test. He
refused. They demanded he show them the customer equipment. He refused. He
blocked them at every stage.



> If Rossi has any gain at all and demonstrated it, IH is then at fault for
> not admitting that there is some gain . . .
>

If he has any gain at all he should have installed proper instruments and
he should have done a test that demonstrates this heat. Even with his
present ridiculous configuration it is clear from his data there is no
excess heat.



> IH could hire competent engineers to reproduce slight gain- except this
> step would be seen as a partial admission that Rossi has something of value.
>

I.H. has superb engineers. They have confirmed there is no heat. They have
better, more complete information than I do, so they can be more certain of
this than I am.


The crux of the situation is that a low level of gain, whatever it is – is
> scientifically important in the big picture . . .
>

It would be important if it existed, but it doesn't, so it isn't.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
a.ashfield  wrote:

Jed.  I did not say it is impossible. Please do not put words in my mouth.
>
> AA. You said it was not possible to know if the 1 MW plant produced 1 MW
> without knowing where the output went
> This is just a variant of what I quoted you as saying.
>

You misunderstood. I meant that the calorimetry is so bad you could not
confirm 1 MW unless you saw the customer machine. Actually, every
indication is that there is no excess heat. So perhaps I should say, the
only possible remaining proof of 1 MW would be seeing the customer machine.

With properly done calorimetry, yes, it is possible to confirm 1 MW.
Although even with that you would still want to see the customer machine as
a reality check. You sure as heck would not accept a result when the fluid
goes out of the room in one pipe and comes in another, without seeing the
entire circuit! That is absurd.

No one would pay $89 million without doing every reasonable reality check
and method of verification.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread a.ashfield

Jed says he thinks it it impossible to measure the performance of a black
box by measuring the input and output, without knowing how the heat is
dissipated from the output.  That is clearly not true.



Jed.  I did not say it is impossible. Please do not put words in my mouth.

AA. You said it was not possible to know if the 1 MW plant produced 1 MW 
without knowing where the output went
This is just a variant of what I quoted you as saying.



Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Daniel Rocha
*try to reproduce

2016-05-18 12:39 GMT-03:00 Daniel Rocha :

> MFMP, Parkhomov, and the hundreds of tests reproduces
>

-- 
Daniel Rocha - RJ
danieldi...@gmail.com


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Daniel Rocha
I think Rossi is the best thing that happened to Cold Fusion since the
detection of He4, independently of him being right or not. Many people
became curious with it. Perhaps MFMP would not exist without him. I think
it will end well, as long as this soap opera with Rossi continues.

In any case, I just remembered that this 1MW test did not use the reactors
of related to the HotCat, which it is what MFMP, Parkhomov, and the
hundreds of tests reproduces. What happens inside the container is still a
mystery.

2016-05-18 12:15 GMT-03:00 Jones Beene :

>
> Although there are strong hints of an anomaly, the slight thermal gain is
> still in the noise level - and Alan makes no claim for COP>1. There was a
> single (likely) bremsstrahlung burst, which would be a “smoking gun” but
> that has not been reproduced. It is highly probable that there is indeed
> slight gain, as most of the attendees thought - but there is no scientific
> proof of it. This particular setup understates positive results, but it is
> wrong to suggest that MFMP has proved that gain exists….
>
>
>


RE: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Jones Beene
From: Daniel Rocha 

 

… some of them [MFMP] did yield COP>1, at least that's what I understand from 
Bob Higgins. And these are not perfect replications. 

 

 

Last Sunday there was a Bay Area Meetup group. Alan Goldwater presented his 
latest MFMP results. He is doing top quality work –superior in data to anything 
we have seen from Rossi or anyone else. Alan has another run planned after this 
one (ver 5.3). He is getting great assistance from Mark Jurich. 

 

Although there are strong hints of an anomaly, the slight thermal gain is still 
in the noise level - and Alan makes no claim for COP>1. There was a single 
(likely) bremsstrahlung burst, which would be a “smoking gun” but that has not 
been reproduced. It is highly probable that there is indeed slight gain, as 
most of the attendees thought - but there is no scientific proof of it. This 
particular setup understates positive results, but it is wrong to suggest that 
MFMP has proved that gain exists….

 

This leads us back to the Lawsuit. It is incomprehensible that Rossi does not 
also have some gain – in the range of COP~1.2-1.5. There is no evidence in 
anything he has done for more than that, and there is evidence of some gain at 
Lugano, despite the sloppiness of the Levi team. 

 

But that low level gain, and as important as it could be scientifically - is 
not tolerable for Rossi’s financial needs. Follow the bucks. This is where it 
turns ugly… and not just for Rossi.

 

Let’s make it clear that IH is partly to blame. If Rossi has any gain at all 
and demonstrated it, IH is then at fault for not admitting that there is some 
gain, instead of what they claim is no gain. That could be legal posturing, but 
their attitude affects the entire field – which is what we should be most 
concerned about on this forum – rather than who is scamming who. 

 

IH could hire competent engineers to reproduce slight gain- except this step 
would be seen as a partial admission that Rossi has something of value. The 
crux of the situation is that a low level of gain, whatever it is – is 
scientifically important in the big picture, but is far from enough to satisfy 
the megabucks terms of the contract – and thus Rossi did what he has always 
done – he cheated. 

 

This will not end well for Rossi or Penon, nor for IH. We can only hope that 
the episode will not kill off the entire field and the 27 years of slow 
progress. There is clearly valid technology in LENR, but the problem, as 
always, is that it is low gain, and it will remain that way until someone 
figures out why there is any gain at all.

 

 



Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha  wrote:

There is something to steal. You insisted that the test by the colonel
> yielded extra heat.
>

No, I said there was no proof and I have no idea what the colonel saw or
did.



> There were other occasions tooSo, there is something  there.
>

There may have been other occasions. There may have been something there at
some point. The first set of tests done by Levi were pretty good. They
would have to be repeated many times with better instruments before we can
be sure.

There may have been some excess heat at some point but there is not any
excess heat with this 1 MW device in Florida.

In every case that I know of, including this one, Rossi's methods have been
sloppy and unconvincing.



> And we don't know what he breached several times and why didn't they just
> cancel the whole thing only in the end.
>

I do not know what "breached" means here. You do not know why they did or
did not cancel. So what? That is irrelevant. It has no bearing on the
calorimetry.



> IH is not composed by stupid people, the technitian asked a question that
> was supposedly to be asked in the beginning.
>

It *was* asked at the beginning of the test!



> Were they being too generous after giving him 11 million?
>

The test in Florida was set up long after they gave him the $11 million.



> This is a big amount of money for a so dubious test.
>

Yes, it is. Finally we agree.



> So, I don't think so.
>

Rossi himself told you he did not allow people to look at the customer
equipment! He himself told you that I.H. insisted, but he refused. On what
possible basis can you "not think so"??? You have this information from
Rossi himself!



> I think that a discover of this magnitude could be just stolen or . . .
>

It is patented. If the technology works and the patent is properly written,
there is no need to steal it. Anyone can have it for free.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Daniel Rocha
There is something to steal. You insisted that the test by the colonel
yielded extra heat.  There were other occasions tooSo, there is something
 there.

And we don't know what he breached several times and why didn't they just
cancel the whole thing only in the end. IH is not composed by stupid
people, the technitian asked a question that was supposedly to be asked in
the beginning. Were they being too generous after giving him 11 million?
This is a big amount of money for a so dubious test. So, I don't think so.
I think that a discover of this magnitude could be just stolen or, what is
more likely, IH was not given what was its share part, which was nearly
everything, since they had the technology in their hands.

2016-05-18 11:25 GMT-03:00 Jed Rothwell :

> There is nothing to steal.
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha  wrote:

At the end of the test? That's cheating from IH. They should had required
> that before the test.
>

They required it at the beginning, the middle and the end, several times.
They made several other requirements clear. He did not fulfill a single one
of them. As they said in the press release, Rossi "repeatedly breached his
agreements."

Believe me, they made their views quite clear to Rossi. He only reported
this one example, but this dispute has been underway from the start.

That would not be "cheating" in any case. An expert should be given any
information he asks for at any stage in the investigation. There is no
justification for withholding access to the customer's 1 MW equipment.



> This kind of requirement goes to an endless loop of questions which ends
> in IH claiming something impossible to do.
>

For you to suggest that evaluating the customer's equipment is somehow
unreasonable, or part of an endless loop, is preposterous. You are
mesmerized by Rossi and his absurd claims.



> It's easier to suppose IH did steal tech from Rossi.
>

There is nothing to steal.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha  wrote:

So, you have seen a *sample*. Mats has data and he sees excess heat.
>

My guess is that he has the same sample I have. Rossi says it shows excess
heat, but I disagree. The people at I.H. also disagree with him. Anyone
experienced making these measurements would disagree.

I have made many mistakes doing calorimetry, such as the mistakes Mizuno
and I reported. I always report my errors and correct them, whereas Rossi
never corrects his, even when he almost kills people with a blocked hose.
The errors Mizuno and I made were somewhat subtle, and they were not
apparent until the reactor was recalibrated. Rossi's mistakes are blatantly
obvious to me and to I.H. Perhaps Mats does not see them, but I sure do.

The mistakes made by Defkalion were also blatantly obvious to Gamberale
once he was allowed to do a normal verification test. Rossi's 1 MW reactor
test is similar. I am not saying he made the same mistake. He made a whole
bunch of mistakes! But they are equally easy to discover once you do it
right.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Daniel Rocha
At the end of the test? That's cheating from IH. They should had required
that before the test. This kind of requirement goes to an endless loop of
questions which ends in IH claiming something impossible to do. It's easier
to suppose IH did steal tech from Rossi.

2016-05-18 10:58 GMT-03:00 Jed Rothwell :

> , "At the end of the test, an expert hired by IH"
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha  wrote:

And that was agreed by IH.
>

No, I.H. emphatically did not agree! As stated by Rossi himself, "At the
end of the test, an expert hired by IH, insisted that it was important to
know where the water came from and where it was used."

I.H. insisted. Rossi refused. What happened next will be part of the court
case, I expect.



> 2016-05-18 10:44 GMT-03:00 Jed Rothwell :
>
>>  so I am sure he had all the access he wanted.
>>
>>
- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
a.ashfield  wrote:


> Jed says he thinks it it impossible to measure the performance of a black
> box by measuring the input and output, without knowing how the heat is
> dissipated from the output.  That is clearly not true.
>

I did not say it is impossible. Please do not put words in my mouth. I said
that when you do not have access to a 1 MW plant you cannot be sure it is
real. I said that Rossi's data is a god-awful mess and it needs to be
confirmed. I said that no one would pay $89 million without confirming
there is 1 MW factory equipment in operation.

The fact that Rossi did not allow anyone in to see the factory equipment is
extremely suspicious, to say the least. It makes me think there was no
factory. There are several other reasons to think there was no factory;
i.e., apparently no one was in there, there was no noise, there is no
chimney, etc.



> Also, I have seen sufficient number of  reports of others finding
> anomalous heat to be persuaded LENR is real.   Others think so too. See
> www.lenrproof.com


LENR is real. Rossi's 1 MW reactor is not. Some of his previous devices may
have been producing excess heat. It is difficult to judge because his
methods are so sloppy.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
Craig Haynie  wrote:


> However, if Rossi believed he had something real, then there were valid
> reasons not to allow IH to analyze their own data, or get too involved with
> the validation of the device, at the stage which occurred last year in the
> process, when the agreement was signed.


This does not make any sense. Anyone can analyze the data. You walk in the
door, look at the instruments, and do the math. An experienced HVAC
engineer can tell the glance whether there is excess heat from flow
calorimetry. I can figure it out in ten minutes even without going there.

A mistake in calorimetry does not come from numbers themselves. It is about
how accurate they are, and what they mean. That is, the choice of
instruments, the placement, configuration, calibration methods,
verification methods and so on. Look at the mistakes in calorimetry made by
Mizuno and I with his setup, or the mistakes made at Lugano and by others
in various reports. The numbers are right; the methods and interpretations
were wrong.



> The primary reason before the test, to prevent IH from doing their own
> evaluation . . .


You cannot help but do your own evaluation. The answer is right in front of
you.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Daniel Rocha
And that was agreed by IH.

2016-05-18 10:44 GMT-03:00 Jed Rothwell :

>  so I am sure he had all the access he wanted.
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
Eric Walker  wrote:


> Is the suggestion that Penon was in control and that he did not allow
> Leonardo access to the customer installation either?
>

Rossi had the keys and he was often seen going into the secret facility.
His lawyer set up the company, so I am sure he had all the access he wanted.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Daniel Rocha
So, you have seen a *sample*. Mats has data and he sees excess heat.

2016-05-18 10:41 GMT-03:00 Jed Rothwell :

> I have seen a sample of the data and I agree there is no excess heat.
>
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jack Cole  wrote:


> IH  was supposedly given everything they needed to replicate, and they
> were unable to.
>

I do not know whether they attempted to replicate. I have not heard about
this. The present dispute is not about a replication. It is about Rossi's
own tests, and his numbers. They do not agree with his analysis. They think
his data and instruments show no excess heat. I have seen a sample of the
data and I agree there is no excess heat.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Daniel Rocha
Mats has data on his hand and says COP>1. And I haven't seen any test that
included electric discharge,


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Jack Cole
Daniel,

Of the ones I mentioned, none exhibited COP > 1.  I will let MFMP speak to
whether they think they might have gotten COP>1, but I would say that they
have not convincingly.  Some of my early experiments looked promising, but
I must conclude them in error since I saw nothing when I improved my
instrumentation and methods.  Same for Brian Albiston.  There is no
convincing / repeatable demonstration to of COP > 1.  With respect to Bob,
this is really reaching and hoping.  IH  was supposedly given everything
they needed to replicate, and they were unable to.  The tests of Rossi's
devices fall into the same category with other purported positive
replications:  No convincing evidence of excess heat or not repeatable /
poor methodology / poor disclosure (e.g., Parkhomov, Songshen Jiang,
me356).  There has not been one high quality repeatable experiment
demonstrating excess heat.

If you have been following replication efforts, MFMP and Brian Albiston
have tried about every suggestion.

I'll not try to convince you further.  All the information is there for you
to make up your own mind.

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 8:10 AM Daniel Rocha  wrote:

> That is not the same as testing Rossi's devices. But some of them did
> yield COP>1, at least that's what I understand from Bob Higgins. And these
> are not perfect replications. Check his new patent out to know what you
> missed.
>
>
> 2016-05-18 10:02 GMT-03:00 Jack Cole :
>
>> Yes, of course.  I should have probably said at least a 100 instead of
>> 100s, although 100s would probably be valid as people often don't publish
>> negative results.
>>
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread a.ashfield
As I have said before, the facts are not known with certainty and we 
need to wait for more data before reaching a conclusion.


Jed says he thinks it it impossible to measure the performance of a 
black box by measuring the input and output, without knowing how the 
heat is dissipated from the output.  That is clearly not true.


Also, I have seen sufficient number of  reports of others finding 
anomalous heat to be persuaded LENR is real.   Others think so too. See 
www.lenrproof.com




Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Daniel Rocha
That is not the same as testing Rossi's devices. But some of them did yield
COP>1, at least that's what I understand from Bob Higgins. And these are
not perfect replications. Check his new patent out to know what you missed.

2016-05-18 10:02 GMT-03:00 Jack Cole :

> Yes, of course.  I should have probably said at least a 100 instead of
> 100s, although 100s would probably be valid as people often don't publish
> negative results.
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Jack Cole
Yes, of course.  I should have probably said at least a 100 instead of
100s, although 100s would probably be valid as people often don't publish
negative results.

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 7:58 AM Daniel Rocha  wrote:

> Are referring to replications?
>
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Daniel Rocha
Are referring to replications?


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Jack Cole
Personally, I have conducted ~30.  Ed Storms has conducted "dozens."  Budko
& Korshunov conducted 17.  Jeff Morris has conducted at least 3 in a
calorimeter.  JPB has conducted 20+.  How many has Brian Albiston conducted
now (20-40)?  Oh yes, almost forgot Brian Ahern, Mizzou, Lugano, MFMP.



On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 7:39 AM Daniel Rocha  wrote:

> How do you know that?
>
>
> 2016-05-18 9:30 GMT-03:00 Jack Cole :
>
>>   On the contrary, hundreds of experiments say it doesn't work at all.
>>
>>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Daniel Rocha
How do you know that?

2016-05-18 9:30 GMT-03:00 Jack Cole :

>   On the contrary, hundreds of experiments say it doesn't work at all.
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-18 Thread Jack Cole
Daniel Rocha wrote:
"My views on this matter are the same as they were one month ago. Still
waiting for new information. There is no new pattern here. "

There is no new pattern, but the previous patterns have been elucidated.
One too many cards were added to the house of cards, and now it is
falling.  No longer can one rationally attribute his behavior to being an
eccentric inventor.  If his reactors work, he need not be shy about
allowing any measurement instrument or test.  If his patent is accurate,
his IP is protected.  But as we have seen, there is no high quality or
repeatable evidence that his formula works at all based on the patent.  On
the contrary, hundreds of experiments say it doesn't work at all.  What is
more likely, that he is hiding some secret ingredient or method or that it
doesn't work?

Let's consider a scenario.  Say you come to my basement lab to see an
experimental device that I say is generating 10kw of electricity from 1kw
of input.  I show you a power meter on the output that reads 10kw.  While I
walk upstairs to get you a drink, you hook up your own meter and it shows
800w of output.  Which meter do you believe?

The best explanation is that his behavior is planned and intentional to
create the image he wants to project and prevent any objective analysis.
This can extend all the way down to salting comments on his blog (and other
blogs) to ask questions he wants to answer or to manipulate opinions.  It
is painfully obvious once you are looking for it.

It is a sad thing.  There are so many sincere people wishing for a good
outcome that could change the world.  I'm with them on that, but the
solution will not come from an electric heater locked up in Miami or an
inventor with devices that are shy about being measured.

Jack



On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 10:26 PM Jed Rothwell  wrote:

> Daniel Rocha  wrote:
>
> My views on this matter are the same as they were one month ago. Still
>> waiting for new information. There is no new pattern here. There's nothing
>>  that Rossi did in this test that he had not done before.
>>
>
> So, you have no problem with hiding the customer equipment? You would pay
> $89 million without confirming there is industrial equipment back there
> that uses 1 MW of process heat?
>
> And you say this is nothing new? Do I have that right?
>
>
>
>> What I think crazy it is that you are bashing Rossi with much more
>> emphasis than in the other occasion.
>>
>
> I never had such clear-cut proof that Rossi is either stupid or
> fraudulent. In previous tests, he did not allow anyone to take any data or
> look closely. In this test, he could not prevent the I.H. people from
> looking, although he did stop them from doing the most important test of
> all -- examining the customer's equipment.
>
>
>
>> A blind test is important to avoid cheats. Like using a thermometer too
>> close to the junction of hot water/close waterl. Steam quality and issues
>> related to its measurement. Measuring AC currents and hiding extra power in
>> the form of a DC form. Calibration of a IR camera and its lack of
>> sensibility where sign is stronger. Changing powder in a rather dubious
>> way. If both sides see each other as a black box, with arbiter agreed by
>> both sides, Penon, to check if they are reading the same power
>> output/input, the chance of cheating decreases, since neither won't be able
>> to know how the change parameter in order to change reading.
>>
>
> Do I take you are using this word-salad blather as justification for
> hiding the customer's machinery? Is that what you mean?
>
> - Jed
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Craig Haynie



On 05/17/2016 10:30 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:



Now that you know Rossi explicitly refused to allow an inspection of 
the customer's equipment, you should realize he has zero credibility, 
and you should not believe a word he says.




I've got to object to this statement; not that I believe, or disbelieve 
Rossi. If you've seen data, that's a world different than anything I've 
seen.


However, if Rossi believed he had something real, then there were valid 
reasons not to allow IH to analyze their own data, or get too involved 
with the validation of the device, at the stage which occurred last year 
in the process, when the agreement was signed. The primary reason before 
the test, to prevent IH from doing their own evaluation, was that it was 
going to take a year to go through the validation process, and  Rossi 
may have wanted something more than an opt-out clause for anyone he was 
doing business with. So they set-up the method by which this device 
would be determined to be valid, or not. They both chose a third party 
to make this determination. This eliminated second guessing, and 
counter-claims by IH by which they could try to opt-out -- and now that 
IH is in violation of the agreement, there is no way I would let anyone 
near the equipment if I were Rossi. The courts will decide this case, 
and if the courts work as I think they do, then the case won't revolve 
around whether the device works. If Rossi were to let someone see the 
equipment, or do anything else at this point, to allow them to draw any 
of their own conclusions, then this could only hurt Rossi's case in court.


Why Darden signed that document, is beyond me. It makes him look like a 
fool.


Craig



Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Daniel Rocha
If both parties are playing correctly, yes, that's what I mean. LHC has 2
independent detectors, ATLAS and CMS, with different methods for detection
and several different teams to treat the data. That's a way of reproducing
an experiment, without having to build new colliders.

As for the money, if 11 millions was given to Rossi with a short duration
test, 89 is no big deal for a year long test.

2016-05-18 0:26 GMT-03:00 Jed Rothwell :

> Do I take you are using this word-salad blather as justification for
> hiding the customer's machinery? Is that what you mean?
>
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha  wrote:

My views on this matter are the same as they were one month ago. Still
> waiting for new information. There is no new pattern here. There's nothing
>  that Rossi did in this test that he had not done before.
>

So, you have no problem with hiding the customer equipment? You would pay
$89 million without confirming there is industrial equipment back there
that uses 1 MW of process heat?

And you say this is nothing new? Do I have that right?



> What I think crazy it is that you are bashing Rossi with much more
> emphasis than in the other occasion.
>

I never had such clear-cut proof that Rossi is either stupid or fraudulent.
In previous tests, he did not allow anyone to take any data or look
closely. In this test, he could not prevent the I.H. people from looking,
although he did stop them from doing the most important test of all --
examining the customer's equipment.



> A blind test is important to avoid cheats. Like using a thermometer too
> close to the junction of hot water/close waterl. Steam quality and issues
> related to its measurement. Measuring AC currents and hiding extra power in
> the form of a DC form. Calibration of a IR camera and its lack of
> sensibility where sign is stronger. Changing powder in a rather dubious
> way. If both sides see each other as a black box, with arbiter agreed by
> both sides, Penon, to check if they are reading the same power
> output/input, the chance of cheating decreases, since neither won't be able
> to know how the change parameter in order to change reading.
>

Do I take you are using this word-salad blather as justification for hiding
the customer's machinery? Is that what you mean?

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Daniel Rocha
*as anything other than getting thints straight

2016-05-18 0:23 GMT-03:00 Daniel Rocha :

> That the company was a shell was known to both parties. So, I cannot see
> this as anything as IH and Rossi trying to get things straight. The only
> way I see sense out of this it is that the shell company hired people in an
> attempt of doing a double party test. The hired people would not know that
> they were working for a third party issue and neither that it was a cold
> fusion experiment.
>
> 2016-05-18 0:16 GMT-03:00 Eric Walker :
>
>>
>> Would it make sense for Penon to have had the ability to bar Leonardo's
>> access to the industrial installation of a shell company set up by Rossi's
>> lawyer to hide a genuine customer?
>>
>>


-- 
Daniel Rocha - RJ
danieldi...@gmail.com


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Daniel Rocha
That the company was a shell was known to both parties. So, I cannot see
this as anything as IH and Rossi trying to get things straight. The only
way I see sense out of this it is that the shell company hired people in an
attempt of doing a double party test. The hired people would not know that
they were working for a third party issue and neither that it was a cold
fusion experiment.

2016-05-18 0:16 GMT-03:00 Eric Walker :

>
> Would it make sense for Penon to have had the ability to bar Leonardo's
> access to the industrial installation of a shell company set up by Rossi's
> lawyer to hide a genuine customer?
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha  wrote:

That's your guess.
>

No, it is not my guess at all. You can ask Rossi. He will probably confirm
that he agrees with his puppet, and there is no need for anyone to see the
customer's machinery. Heck, people right here agree with that! Robert Dorr,
Axil Axil and others have said they agree. Mats Lewan raised no objection,
and asked no questions.

Even you agree with it, don't you? I don't recall your views on this
matter. How crazy are you? Are you blind true believer who goes along with
this final absurdity?



> IH agreed with the choice of Penon.
>

If they had known Penon would lock the customers door, I am pretty sure
they would not have agreed.



> That could well be IH avoiding Rossi to cheat.
>

Avoiding what? This sentence makes no sense.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote:

Yes, regrettably that is the case. As I said before, I heard they had
> disagreements, but I sincerely hoped they would iron out the problems and
> agree on the test results. But it is not possible to iron out this problem!
> If you are not allowed to do a thorough analysis of the customer's
> machinery . . .
>

I knew there were disagreements, but I had no idea things were that bad! I
would not have agreed to Lewan's symposium if I had known that Rossi was
blocking the door to the customer site.

I learned some time ago that the calorimetry was half-assed and godawful,
just as it was in previous Rossi tests. I was hoping the problems would be
fixed before the test ended. After all, if the thing actually produced
heat, it would be in Rossi's interest to fix the problems and convince I.H.
But unfortunately, on March 10, the I.H. press release said they had not
reached agreement, so I knew it was all over.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Daniel Rocha
That's your guess. IH agreed with the choice of Penon. That could well be
IH avoiding Rossi to cheat.

2016-05-17 23:32 GMT-03:00 Jed Rothwell :

>
> Penon is Rossi's puppet. It was Rossi's policy not to allow anyone into
> the customer site.
>
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha  wrote:


> I thought it was Penon who said there was no need for that.
>

Penon is Rossi's puppet. It was Rossi's policy not to allow anyone into the
customer site.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
David Roberson  wrote:

Jed,
>
> Do I understand that you have seen the actual test data and have
> determined that zero power in excess of the input is achieved?


Yes, as I have said several times, I have seen some data. Rossi's methods
are so bad, the data is a godawful mess, but there is no large excess heat.
1 MW is utterly ridiculous. Based on some common sense observations I doubt
there is any at all. People who have seen more data than me are sure there
is no heat.



>   This is a strong position that you are taking and should not be stated
> without absolute certainty.
>

Absolute certainty can only be established by examining the customer's
machinery, which Rossi did not allow. He did not allow other essential
observations and tests. Fortunately, I gather experts were finally able to
work around him and get the facts. I have not seen all the facts but I
trust those experts.

Now that you know Rossi explicitly refused to allow an inspection of the
customer's equipment, you should realize he has zero credibility, and you
should not believe a word he says.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Daniel Rocha
I thought it was Penon who said there was no need for that.

2016-05-17 23:03 GMT-03:00 David Roberson :

> Why should Rossi not allow the other parties to see how the heated water
> is used?


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Daniel Rocha
That's what "Jed says".

2016-05-17 22:32 GMT-03:00 Jed Rothwell :

> You know that I have seen the data,
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread David Roberson
I am in agreement with what you two are suggesting.  Why should Rossi not allow 
the other parties to see how the heated water is used?  This fact seems 
damning.  I would not accept this condition either.

Dave

 

 

 

-Original Message-
From: Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com>
To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com>
Sent: Tue, May 17, 2016 9:59 pm
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test




Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote:



It is a measure of Rossi's reality distortion field that people here are ok 
with Leonardo's and the ERV's having prevented access to IH to see the customer 
installation.  In any other context, it would be hard to imagine that this 
would have taken place or to assume that the ERV was impartial.



Yes. I am surprised that Rossi's supporters do not see this. I am especially 
surprised and disappointed in Lewan. He should have realized that not letting 
I.H. experts see the equipment is outrageous. It destroys Rossi and Penon's 
credibility.


 

It also shows how adversarial and calculating the relationship between Leonardo 
and IH had become by that point, as though two people were playing chess, 
without a mote of real trust between them.



Yes, regrettably that is the case. As I said before, I heard they had 
disagreements, but I sincerely hoped they would iron out the problems and agree 
on the test results. But it is not possible to iron out this problem! If you 
are not allowed to do a thorough analysis of the customer's machinery that is 
using the heat, it is game over. No one can evaluate a machine faced with that 
kind of intransigence.


- Jed







Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread David Roberson
Jed,

Do I understand that you have seen the actual test data and have determined 
that zero power in excess of the input is achieved?  This is a strong position 
that you are taking and should not be stated without absolute certainty.

I am waiting until I see the proof before drawing such a conclusion.  The 
evidence is looking bad for Rossi at the moment due to many of the facts you 
mention, but I need convincing.

Dave

 

 

 

-Original Message-
From: Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com>
To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com>
Sent: Tue, May 17, 2016 9:33 pm
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test




Daniel Rocha <danieldi...@gmail.com> wrote:


I think it is pretty much obvious that I don't believe you. Or any of the other 
people here.



You have no reason to doubt me. You know that I have seen the data, and that I 
am capable of doing ordinary, elementary calorimetry. You know that Rossi and 
Penon said they would not allow anyone to see the customer machinery, so 
obviously they are either world-class idiots or frauds. Anyone who say "I won't 
let you see the machinery that uses this heat" has zero credibility, to 5 
significant decimal places. People who believed Rossi before should instantly 
disbelieve him, based on that statement alone. You do not even need to see all 
the other idiotic mistakes he made.


You have no information from Rossi about the calorimetry, other than the 
statement that he says he will not let people see the most critical aspect of 
it, and the most obvious proof of his claim. You have no reason to believe 
anything he says.


- Jed







Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Eric Walker  wrote:

It is a measure of Rossi's reality distortion field
>  that people here
> are ok with Leonardo's and the ERV's having prevented access to IH to see
> the customer installation.  In any other context, it would be hard to
> imagine that this would have taken place or to assume that the ERV was
> impartial.
>

Yes. I am surprised that Rossi's supporters do not see this. I am
especially surprised and disappointed in Lewan. He should have realized
that not letting I.H. experts see the equipment is outrageous. It destroys
Rossi and Penon's credibility.



> It also shows how adversarial and calculating the relationship between
> Leonardo and IH had become by that point, as though two people were playing
> chess, without a mote of real trust between them.
>

Yes, regrettably that is the case. As I said before, I heard they had
disagreements, but I sincerely hoped they would iron out the problems and
agree on the test results. But it is not possible to iron out this problem!
If you are not allowed to do a thorough analysis of the customer's
machinery that is using the heat, it is game over. No one can evaluate a
machine faced with that kind of intransigence.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha  wrote:

I think it is pretty much obvious that I don't believe you. Or any of the
> other people here.
>

You have no reason to doubt me. You know that I have seen the data, and
that I am capable of doing ordinary, elementary calorimetry. You know that
Rossi and Penon said they would not allow anyone to see the customer
machinery, so obviously they are either world-class idiots or frauds.
Anyone who say "I won't let you see the machinery that uses this heat" has
zero credibility, to 5 significant decimal places. People who believed
Rossi before should instantly disbelieve him, based on that statement
alone. You do not even need to see all the other idiotic mistakes he made.

You have no information from Rossi about the calorimetry, other than the
statement that he says he will not let people see the most critical aspect
of it, and the most obvious proof of his claim. You have no reason to
believe anything he says.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha  wrote:

Well, CF is a nuclear reaction. The density, even in Pd/D is similar to
> that of a nuclear peable. It's just that it is tiny.
>

Yes, but this is not a cold fusion device. It is inert. No reaction is
occurring. As I said, if you put in sand instead of nickel powder, and air
instead of hydrogen, you would get the same result.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Daniel Rocha
I think it is pretty much obvious that I don't believe you. Or any of the
other people here.

2016-05-17 22:23 GMT-03:00 Jed Rothwell :

> It does not produce any excess heat.
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Daniel Rocha
Well, CF is a nuclear reaction. The density, even in Pd/D is similar to
that of a nuclear peable. It's just that it is tiny.


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha  wrote:

This is a problem. The design of a nuclea reactor is not quite the same as
> a boiler . . .
>

This is not a nuclear reactor. It does not produce any excess heat. The
nickel powder does nothing, any more than sand or rock would. The heat
balance shows there is only resistance heating.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha  wrote:

I common HVAC engineer might be able to measure an open circuit, but only a
> nuclear one would have an idea of how the internal parts would look like.
>

There is no need for anyone to know what the internal parts of the Rossi
reactor are like. They serve no purpose. Other than the resistance heaters,
the internal parts do nothing.

Any HVAC engineer can measure the heat balance. It is the same as the heat
balance you find with any conventional gas fired or electric boiler: there
is no excess heat. You do not need a nuclear engineer because there is no
nuclear reaction. There is only resistance heating. Any HVAC engineer can
confirm that in an hour.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Daniel Rocha
I common HVAC engineer might be able to measure an open circuit, but only a
nuclear one would have an idea of how the internal parts would look like.
Or maybe one that deals with cooling of powerful motors.


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Daniel Rocha
This is a problem. The design of a nuclea reactor is not quite the same as
a boiler, you have to pass running water fast and/or use vast volume of
water. A boiler has such format to make sure pressure is well distributed,
but a nuclear rector needs fast cooling, not necessarily high pressure.
This is not the same thing as a common boiler. The closet thing is the
combustion chamber of a a combustion engine, which in the cases of racing
cars may achieve 100s KW within a volume of a few liters.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Internal_combustion_engine_pistons_of_partial_cross-sectional_view.jpg

2016-05-17 20:57 GMT-03:00 Jed Rothwell :

> Stefan Israelsson Tampe  wrote:
>
> To me the dispute between Rossi and IH is very simple to resolve. If there
>> is any weaknesses
>> in the test one need to agree on a fair rerun of the test for a day or
>> two. There is abolutely no
>> sane argument for not doing such a test.
>>
>
> I agree.
>
> I think that the test should be done by a licensed HVAC engineer rather
> than a scientist.
>
>
>
>> Rossi has no arguments against doing that.
>>
>
> You would be surprised what arguments he has! As you saw in the Lewan
> interview, he objected to allowing anyone into the customer site. The
> expert sent by I.H. said that access was vitally important but Rossi and
> Penon said it was not necessary. That is a large difference of opinion.
>
>
> Why on earth
>> must a judge decide what's science, better rule that science decide.
>>
>
> In cases like this they let engineering decide, not science. The judge
> does not decide what is science. Expert witnesses are summoned and they
> decide. They are licensed professionals and recognized authorities.
> Problems arise when the experts disagree with one another, or when there is
> no recognized professional qualification. In this case, there is a licensed
> category of experts: HVAC engineers. Based on what I know, I am confident
> that all of them will agree with I.H. I am also confident that none of them
> would agree with Penon that is not necessary to see the equipment in the
> customer site.
>
> I expect it will be an open and shut case. But lawyers can be clever and
> perhaps they can find an expert witness who goes along with Rossi, or they
> can sow doubt some other way.
>
> - Jed
>
>


-- 
Daniel Rocha - RJ
danieldi...@gmail.com


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stefan Israelsson Tampe  wrote:

To me the dispute between Rossi and IH is very simple to resolve. If there
> is any weaknesses
> in the test one need to agree on a fair rerun of the test for a day or
> two. There is abolutely no
> sane argument for not doing such a test.
>

I agree.

I think that the test should be done by a licensed HVAC engineer rather
than a scientist.



> Rossi has no arguments against doing that.
>

You would be surprised what arguments he has! As you saw in the Lewan
interview, he objected to allowing anyone into the customer site. The
expert sent by I.H. said that access was vitally important but Rossi and
Penon said it was not necessary. That is a large difference of opinion.


Why on earth
> must a judge decide what's science, better rule that science decide.
>

In cases like this they let engineering decide, not science. The judge does
not decide what is science. Expert witnesses are summoned and they decide.
They are licensed professionals and recognized authorities. Problems arise
when the experts disagree with one another, or when there is no recognized
professional qualification. In this case, there is a licensed category of
experts: HVAC engineers. Based on what I know, I am confident that all of
them will agree with I.H. I am also confident that none of them would agree
with Penon that is not necessary to see the equipment in the customer site.

I expect it will be an open and shut case. But lawyers can be clever and
perhaps they can find an expert witness who goes along with Rossi, or they
can sow doubt some other way.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Stefan Israelsson Tampe
To me the dispute between Rossi and IH is very simple to resolve. If there
is any weaknesses
in the test one need to agree on a fair rerun of the test for a day or two.
There is abolutely no
sane argument for not doing such a test. Rossi has no arguments against
doing that. It's
peanuts compared to running it for one year. So conclude that the result is
unbelievable and
that there is more things that needs to be checked, show a few things that
are fishy and then
IH could just ask the judge to order Rossi to comply with a good test or
loose. Why on earth
must a judge decide what's science, better rule that science decide.

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 10:19 PM, a.ashfield  wrote:

> Daniel Rocha,
> The melting temperature of most types of glass is around 550C and the
> specific heat is 0.7J/gC. The latent heat of glass is 10kJ/mol, and on
> average, it has 60g/mol, so we have 166J/g. 1.5*10^6g*530*0.7J +
> 166*1.5*10^6J per day, that around 880MJ/day. If the exposition work lasted
> 8 hours a day, we have ~20KW."
>
> A classic example of how someone without experience can get things so
> wrong.   You are confusing the softening point with the temperature
> required to fine the glass - that is to say remove the smallest bubbles.
> Ordinary furnaces used to operate @ ~1500C in my day but some are now are
> over 1600C.
> The many furnaces I'm familiar with typically used 4 -5 million BTU per
> ton.  Some used as much as 7 million BTU.  Smaller furnaces use more.  This
> particular furnace was very unusual in that it operated as a cold top
> electric furnace but glass was only used from it 8 hours a day.  Of course
> it had to keep working 24/7 or the throat would freeze and it would lose
> the batch blanket - a design feature that made it different.  I don't have
> the actual figures for it but would be surprised if it were less than 5
> million BTU/ton.  Most furnaces that size would use about 10 million BTU/ton
>
> In passing, being familiar with measuring high temperatures was why I
> wondered why they didn't use type S thermocouples.  We would even use type
> B in places where long life was required as the rhodium tends to migrate to
> the platinum leg.
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread a.ashfield

Daniel Rocha,
The melting temperature of most types of glass is around 550C and the 
specific heat is 0.7J/gC. The latent heat of glass is 10kJ/mol, and on 
average, it has 60g/mol, so we have 166J/g. 1.5*10^6g*530*0.7J + 
166*1.5*10^6J per day, that around 880MJ/day. If the exposition work 
lasted 8 hours a day, we have ~20KW."


A classic example of how someone without experience can get things so 
wrong.   You are confusing the softening point with the temperature 
required to fine the glass - that is to say remove the smallest 
bubbles.  Ordinary furnaces used to operate @ ~1500C in my day but some 
are now are over 1600C.
The many furnaces I'm familiar with typically used 4 -5 million BTU per 
ton.  Some used as much as 7 million BTU.  Smaller furnaces use more.  
This particular furnace was very unusual in that it operated as a cold 
top electric furnace but glass was only used from it 8 hours a day.  Of 
course it had to keep working 24/7 or the throat would freeze and it 
would lose the batch blanket - a design feature that made it different.  
I don't have the actual figures for it but would be surprised if it were 
less than 5 million BTU/ton.  Most furnaces that size would use about 10 
million BTU/ton


In passing, being familiar with measuring high temperatures was why I 
wondered why they didn't use type S thermocouples.  We would even use 
type B in places where long life was required as the rhodium tends to 
migrate to the platinum leg.




Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
a.ashfield  wrote:

Jed
>
> "So, I am not speculating. I may be wrong but I am not speculating."
>
> No comment needed.
>

A comment is needed. What the hell do you mean? I am clearly not
speculating here when I cite what people told me, what the lawsuit said,
and what a photo shows.

Let's look at the definition of speculate:

"form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence."

As you see, I am not forming a theory or conjecture; I am telling you
facts. At least, they are facts as far as I know.

I do have firm evidence. A photo showing Rossi standing in a machine
similar to the one shown in the drawing is good evidence that his machine
has multiple units.

You can't just make up a new definition of "speculate" and pin it on me.
Language does not work that way.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread a.ashfield

Jed

"So, I am not speculating. I may be wrong but I am not speculating."

No comment needed.



Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha  wrote:


> And, please, provide the arguments that these HVAC people you talked to.
> Otherwise, it's only more hearsay!
>

As I recall --

A square shape has more surface area than a cylinder. The ideal boiler is a
large cylinder. These were small square boxes.

Because the boxes are small, there is little water between the heater and
the outside wall.

The nickel powder and electric heater are in contact with the bottom wall,
so heat will be conducted to the wall, whereas in the electric heater they
are usually thermally isolated some distance from the wall.

The path from the fluid inlet to the outlet should be as long as possible,
andconvoluted. With each box in this heater, the water goes in and comes
right out, in a short path. In a boiler the "fluid" is either the water you
want to heat, or in a fire tube boiler, it is the hot combustion product
gas. See:

http://www.spiraxsarco.com/Resources/Pages/Steam-Engineering-Tutorials/the-boiler-house/shell-boilers.aspx

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote:


> I am pretty sure the configuration is two 1-m fans mounted in the ceiling
> above the shipping container.  That's what I have heard from people who saw
> it.
>

Perhaps I should add that observers also told me that fans were often
turned off, yet the room was not particularly hot.

That and much else indicates the device was producing roughly 20 kW, which
is the input power, with no excess.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Daniel Rocha
The melting temperature of most types of glass is around 550C and the
specific heat is 0.7J/gC. The latent heat of glass is 10kJ/mol, and on
average, it has 60g/mol, so we have 166J/g. 1.5*10^6g*530*0.7J +
166*1.5*10^6J per day, that around 880MJ/day. If the exposition work lasted
8 hours a day, we have ~20KW.

Rossi worked within a 9*2.5*2.5m^3 ~56m^3. If the efficiency is 95%, and
the hot air is blow towards the inside the container instead of outside, he
had to deal with 50KW.

2016-05-17 14:25 GMT-03:00 Jed Rothwell :

>
>
> How much power did it use?
>
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
a.ashfield  wrote:

>

> AA.  You don’t know that.  You are speculating.  The drawing is a CAD
> speculation by one of Rossi’s licensees and you have no idea what is in it
> . . .
>

1. I do have some idea of what is in it.

2. The lawsuit says there are 52 units.

3. I have seen a photo of Rossi standing in box with equipment very similar
to the drawing.

So, I am not speculating. I may be wrong but I am not speculating.



> Jed.  What is the unit "t"?
>
>
> AA. It produced 1.5 tons of melted glass a day.
>

How much power did it use?


It looks to me that the only way the 1 MW plant didn’t work was if the ERV,
> Rossi and several others cheated.
>

I suppose they did. Not letting anyone to the customer site looks like
cheating to me.


As you don’t have proof they did it is malicious speculation to say they
> did.
>

I think Rossi's statement that no one was allowed into the customer site is
proof. If I had additional proof I would not reveal it here yet.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-17 Thread a.ashfield
Jed."Yes, a woman did, during a public demonstration when one of the 
boxes was sitting on a table. I have a video of it somewhere. This was 
an older generation box but similar according to Rossi."


AA.What makes you think that was rated at 250 kW  I think they were 
different.  Not only that, the insulation for the plant may have been 
different.


Jed.That was an older version of one of the 13 units which are now put 
together to form the 250 kW unit. See the drawing and lawsuit.


AA.You don’t know that.You are speculating.The drawing is a CAD 
speculation by one of Rossi’s licensees and you have no idea what is in 
it or how different it is to what was in the 1 MW plant.You may infer 
that adjacent units shared heat to enhance the SSM and that would reduce 
heat escaping from the reactor, but details are not known.


Jed."Actually he told me that. Several people who have visited him 
confirmed it."(that Rossi did not use a computer)


AA.So you are saying someone else writes his emails not only on his blog 
but to Cook with whom he is collaborating?


Jed.I am saying he does not use computers. He uses manual log books. 
That's what he told me, and others have told me.


AA.That he made a manual log book is no proof he doesn’t use 
computers.The data from the plant was apparently recorded by computer 
too.Otherwise there would not be millions of readings to go 
through.Rossi obviously does use computers so you are wrong.


AA.I designed an all electric glass melter that produces 1.5 t/day that 
is about the size of your desk.


Jed.What is the unit "t"?


AA. It produced 1.5 tons of melted glass a day.I designed it for Simon 
Pearce who designs and makes art glassware.The furnace was located by 
his restaurant and shop so visitors could see the glassware being blown.


It was a long time ago and it may well still be operating, I don’t know.

This is an example of using a large amount of heat in a small space and 
the environment was cool enough to have it next to a restaurant and 
guests could visit it.


Jed."All factory equipment of this nature must list such specifications 
by law. You have to show electric power consumption,..."


AA.Not so.  Said furnace had no name plate at all.

Jed.Commercial equipment all has name plates.

AA.As I sad, this didn’t.So you are wrong.

Jed.Did you put this machine in a closed room, in a factory that no one 
is allowed into? Did it have 1 or 2 1-meter fans (at most) to cool it?


AA.See above.

Jed.If you put a 1 MW machine in an open bay like a truck being tested, 
or a kiln or blast furnace, then of course you can fit it into a small 
space. If you have intense ventilation such as in a ship engine room, 
you can put a 108,920 HP (81 MW) motor in an enclosed space with people 
working in close proximity. Like this:


AA.It was in a room next to a restaurant.It was warm but not hot.

It looks to me that the only way the 1 MW plant didn’t work was if the 
ERV,Rossi and several others cheated.As you don’t have proof they did it 
is malicious speculation to say they did.




Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Patrick Ellul  wrote:

and there is no ventilation system in the reactor shipping container,
>> - Jed
>>
>> Perhaps you missed the part that said "There was also a ventilation
> system that conveyed the warm air toward the windows of the ceiling" He
> was definitely talking about the reactor container there.
>

I do not think so. I am pretty sure the configuration is two 1-m fans
mounted in the ceiling above the shipping container.  That's what I have
heard from people who saw it. The two fans blow air either into the crawl
space, or up to the vent shown at the top of the building. I don't know
which.

I think Rossi is saying the fans go directly up to the vents which you can
see in the Google overhead view. There is one in each tenant section. I
think when he says "windows in the ceiling" he means the vent. This is a
minor problem with Rossi's English. There are no skylight windows in this
building.

The overhead view is here:

https://www.google.com/maps/@25.8157611,-80.3250736,204m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Axil Axil
Read Matts post on this subject, Many of the points that you are spinning
are covered therein.

https://animpossibleinvention.com/2016/05/16/rossi-makes-offer-on-swedish-factory-building-plus-more-updates/

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 10:36 PM, Jed Rothwell 
wrote:

> Rossi wrote:
>
> There was also a ventilation system that conveyed the warm air toward the
>> windows of the ceiling. Normally we were not inside the E-Cat container,
>> where we had to go only in case of reparations or maintainance; here the
>> temperature was around 40°C.
>
>
> So, the water coming back into the reactor is at 60°C according to Rossi,
> and the reactor is producing 1 MW with very hot steam going out through the
> pipes, and there is no ventilation system in the reactor shipping
> container, yet somehow the temperature is 20°C cooler than the return
> water, not to mention the reactor cells and the steam pipes. I suppose
> because the door is open. Even at that, this is an extraordinarily good
> AFUE for a device with this geometry, according to HVAC people I have
> talked to.
>
> I doubt it!
>
> Since there was no excess heat as far as anyone (other than Rossi and
> Penon) can tell, it is perfectly plausible that the temperature was ~40°C.
>
> - Jed
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Patrick Ellul
>
> and there is no ventilation system in the reactor shipping container,
> - Jed
>
> Perhaps you missed the part that said "There was also a ventilation
system that conveyed the warm air toward the windows of the ceiling" He was
definitely talking about the reactor container there.


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Daniel Rocha
There is not many people other that can affirm otherwise!

And, please, provide the arguments that these HVAC people you talked to.
Otherwise, it's only more hearsay!

2016-05-16 23:36 GMT-03:00 Jed Rothwell :

> Since there was no excess heat as far as anyone (other than Rossi and
> Penon) can tell, it is perfectly plausible that the temperature was ~40°C.
>
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Eric Walker
It is a measure of Rossi's reality distortion field
 that people here
are ok with Leonardo's and the ERV's having prevented access to IH to see
the customer installation.  In any other context, it would be hard to
imagine that this would have taken place or to assume that the ERV was
impartial.  It also shows how adversarial and calculating the relationship
between Leonardo and IH had become by that point, as though two people were
playing chess, without a mote of real trust between them.

Rossi's lawyer may need to amend p. 21 to the license agreement, which lays
out the specs for the 1MW plant, to reflect the change that was introduced
with the switch to the four "tiger" modules, which, presumably will have
been implemented with the written consent of IH. [1]

Eric


[1]
http://www.sifferkoll.se/sifferkoll/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Rossi_et_al_v_Darden_et_al__flsdce-16-21199__0001.21.pdf


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Rossi wrote:

There was also a ventilation system that conveyed the warm air toward the
> windows of the ceiling. Normally we were not inside the E-Cat container,
> where we had to go only in case of reparations or maintainance; here the
> temperature was around 40°C.


So, the water coming back into the reactor is at 60°C according to Rossi,
and the reactor is producing 1 MW with very hot steam going out through the
pipes, and there is no ventilation system in the reactor shipping
container, yet somehow the temperature is 20°C cooler than the return
water, not to mention the reactor cells and the steam pipes. I suppose
because the door is open. Even at that, this is an extraordinarily good
AFUE for a device with this geometry, according to HVAC people I have
talked to.

I doubt it!

Since there was no excess heat as far as anyone (other than Rossi and
Penon) can tell, it is perfectly plausible that the temperature was ~40°C.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Axil Axil
   1. Frank Acland
   May 16, 2016 at 4:21 PM
   

   Dear Andrea,

   According to the contract published in the court documents, this is the
   way that the ERV was to perform the measurements in the Validation test:
   “To make this measurement the ERV will measure the flow of the heated fluid
   and the Delta T between the temperature of the fluid before and after the
   E-Cat reaction”.

   Is this the measurement system used in the ERV report?

   Many thanks,

   Frank Acland
   2. Andrea Rossi
   May 16, 2016 at 4:53 PM
   

   Frank Acland:
   I confirm that the ERV has made the measurements coherently with the
   protocol signed in the Agreement between the two parties.
   He made all the measurements with his own certified instrumentation and
   at the end of the test the RRV has himself disconnected and retrieved his
   instrumentetion, to send it to the manufacturers of every instrument to
   re-certify every instrument to be sure that during the test none of them
   has changed the margin of error.
   Warm Regards,
   A.R.


On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Jed Rothwell  wrote:

> Axil Axil  wrote:
>
>
>> The amount of heat used by the customer could have been determined by the
>> flow rate of water and its temperature of that water as it left the reactor
>> and re entered the reactor. Is that not the basis of heat
>>  production measurement?
>>
>
> Not, that is not the basis -- or not the only basis -- because Rossi has
> made huge mistakes again and again in his calorimetry. His measurements of
> these things is not to be trusted. He nearly killed Jim Dunn and the others
> with his mistakes.
>
> Even if you were inclined to believe Rossi, you would still need to
> confirm the output by examining the customer's equipment. You should also
> use some common sense. It is not possible to use up this much process heat
> in 6,500 sq. ft. You need to find out what is actually happening.
>
> - Jed
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Axil Axil
   1. Oystein Lande
   May 16, 2016 at 4:59 PM
   

   Dear mr. Rossi,

   You say you had 3KW HVAC coolest for the computer container.

   1. This is not the same as e-cat container?

   2. How much HVAC cooling did you supply to inside E-cat container to
   keep it at working conditions…?
   2. Andrea Rossi
   May 16, 2016 at 6:10 PM
   

   Oystein Lande:
   1- No, we had two containers, one with the control systems, one with the
   E-Cats
   2- In the E-Cat container there was no air conditioned, because inside
   that container the temperature was the same you have in any industrial
   thermic central.
   The temperature was warm obviously, but not too much, because all the
   hot parts were well insulated, also to conserve the energy. Reactors, steam
   pipes and water pipes were very well insulated.
   There was also a ventilation system that conveyed the warm air toward
   the windows of the ceiling. Normally we were not inside the E-Cat
   container, where we had to go only in case of reparations or maintainance;
   here the temperature was around 40°C.
   Warm Regards,
   A.R.


On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 5:13 PM, Jed Rothwell  wrote:

> Axil Axil  wrote:
>
> If the Reactor is radiating ten to hundreds of kilowatts of heat, then the
>> COP produced by the reactor is higher then that measured by the ERV using
>> water flow.
>>
>
> That is true. If it is radiating hundreds of kilowatts, the COP is higher.
> That is how calorimetry always works. You never capture all the heat in the
> flow. However, it is not radiating hundreds of kilowatts because if it
> were, Rossi WOULD BE DEAD. He would be cooked.
>
> Got it? Dead! Passed on! No more! Ceased to be! Expired and gone to meet
> 'is maker! Bereft of life. Rests in peace! His metabolic processes are now
> history! Kicked the bucket, Shuffled off his mortal coil.
>
>
>
>> Just this wasted heat could will put the reactor into gainful power
>> production status.
>>
>
> Yes if only this were real heat instead of imaginary heat, you could add
> it to the tally. Unfortunately, all of the real heat equals the input
> power, and nothing more.
>
> - Jed
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Axil Axil
Rossi's tem performed maintenance on the reactor for a few day during the
350+ day run.

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 9:44 PM, Daniel Rocha  wrote:

> Not if IH were the ones dealing with the machine. Mats said each party
> would have an independent padlock.
>
> 2016-05-16 22:40 GMT-03:00 Jed Rothwell :
>
>>
>> The cheating would be done by whoever set up the factory.
>>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Daniel Rocha
Not if IH were the ones dealing with the machine. Mats said each party
would have an independent padlock.

2016-05-16 22:40 GMT-03:00 Jed Rothwell :

>
> The cheating would be done by whoever set up the factory.
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Axil Axil
Rossi was on site in the container 18 hours a day.

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 9:40 PM, Jed Rothwell  wrote:

> Daniel Rocha  wrote:
>
> Not if the ERV makes sure Rossi doesn't know what is in the other room.
>>
>
> And how could he do that? The company is headed up by Rossi's personal
> lawyer. How could the ERV ensure the lawyer does not let Rossi in after
> hours?
>
> Besides, suppose Rossi gets in. How would that enhance Rossi's ability to
> cheat? The cheating would be done by whoever set up the factory. Who, as it
> happens, is Rossi's lawyer, as I said. If you knew Rossi's lawyer set up a
> factory the no one was allowed to go into, in a business which cannot
> possibly use 1 MW of process heat, in a closed space that cannot possibly
> use it, would that you give you confidence it is all the up and up, nothing
> to see here, keep moving folks? Or would you be suspicious?
>
> - Jed
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha  wrote:

Not if the ERV makes sure Rossi doesn't know what is in the other room.
>

And how could he do that? The company is headed up by Rossi's personal
lawyer. How could the ERV ensure the lawyer does not let Rossi in after
hours?

Besides, suppose Rossi gets in. How would that enhance Rossi's ability to
cheat? The cheating would be done by whoever set up the factory. Who, as it
happens, is Rossi's lawyer, as I said. If you knew Rossi's lawyer set up a
factory the no one was allowed to go into, in a business which cannot
possibly use 1 MW of process heat, in a closed space that cannot possibly
use it, would that you give you confidence it is all the up and up, nothing
to see here, keep moving folks? Or would you be suspicious?

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Axil Axil
   1. Frank Acland
   August 5th, 2015 at 4:55 PM
   

   Dear Andrea,

   Thank you for the explanation of the backup plan. Do you think in the
   future it might be easier and less complex to have one or more tigers as
   backups, rather than lots of smaller E-Cats?

   Kind regards,

   Frank Acland
   2. Andrea Rossi
   August 5th, 2015 at 5:01 PM
   

   Frank Acland:
   Yes, because they will be born in that perspective. Probably, from now
   on the industrial E-Cat will be made by 250 kW modules, as a consequence of
   the tests on course, provided the same tests will give positive results at
   the end of this 350 days cycle.
   Warm Regards,
   A.R.


On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 9:38 PM, Axil Axil  wrote:

>
>1. Frank Acland
>September 19th, 2015 at 9:31 PM
>
>
>Dear Andrea,
>
>Have you had to activate the small E-Cats that are standing by as a
>backup if the 250 kW units are offline for an extended time yet?
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Frank Acland
>2. Andrea Rossi
>September 19th, 2015 at 10:11 PM
>
>
>Frank Acland:
>Not yet.
>Warm Regards,
>A.R.
>
>
> On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 9:34 PM, Jed Rothwell 
> wrote:
>
>> Axil Axil  wrote:
>>
>> Could tou help with the reference?
>>>
>>>
>> Will do tomorrow. For some reason I cannot access the lawsuit stuff with
>> my Chromebook. I have printouts and notes on the lawsuit info. where I
>> noted this.
>>
>> The "drawing" I refer to is here:
>>
>> http://ecat.com/ecat-products/ecat-1-mw
>>
>> You see that each of the 4 large blocks on the 4 shelves has 6 red
>> controllers at the end, and I think 13 units in the block. I saw a fairly
>> recent photo of Rossi in a shipping container. The controllers looked like
>> this. I could not see the blocks as clearly but there a number of them on
>> the face of the unit.
>>
>> The drawing at ecat.com may not be exactly up to date, or it might show
>> a future version. I don't know. But the machine I saw in a photo looked a
>> lot like this. 4 units subdivided into 13 sections each.
>>
>> - Jed
>>
>>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Axil Axil
   1. Frank Acland
   September 19th, 2015 at 9:31 PM
   

   Dear Andrea,

   Have you had to activate the small E-Cats that are standing by as a
   backup if the 250 kW units are offline for an extended time yet?

   Many thanks,

   Frank Acland
   2. Andrea Rossi
   September 19th, 2015 at 10:11 PM
   

   Frank Acland:
   Not yet.
   Warm Regards,
   A.R.


On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 9:34 PM, Jed Rothwell  wrote:

> Axil Axil  wrote:
>
> Could tou help with the reference?
>>
>>
> Will do tomorrow. For some reason I cannot access the lawsuit stuff with
> my Chromebook. I have printouts and notes on the lawsuit info. where I
> noted this.
>
> The "drawing" I refer to is here:
>
> http://ecat.com/ecat-products/ecat-1-mw
>
> You see that each of the 4 large blocks on the 4 shelves has 6 red
> controllers at the end, and I think 13 units in the block. I saw a fairly
> recent photo of Rossi in a shipping container. The controllers looked like
> this. I could not see the blocks as clearly but there a number of them on
> the face of the unit.
>
> The drawing at ecat.com may not be exactly up to date, or it might show a
> future version. I don't know. But the machine I saw in a photo looked a lot
> like this. 4 units subdivided into 13 sections each.
>
> - Jed
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Axil Axil  wrote:

Could tou help with the reference?
>
>
Will do tomorrow. For some reason I cannot access the lawsuit stuff with my
Chromebook. I have printouts and notes on the lawsuit info. where I noted
this.

The "drawing" I refer to is here:

http://ecat.com/ecat-products/ecat-1-mw

You see that each of the 4 large blocks on the 4 shelves has 6 red
controllers at the end, and I think 13 units in the block. I saw a fairly
recent photo of Rossi in a shipping container. The controllers looked like
this. I could not see the blocks as clearly but there a number of them on
the face of the unit.

The drawing at ecat.com may not be exactly up to date, or it might show a
future version. I don't know. But the machine I saw in a photo looked a lot
like this. 4 units subdivided into 13 sections each.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Daniel Rocha
Not if the ERV makes sure Rossi doesn't know what is in the other room.

2016-05-16 22:16 GMT-03:00 Jed Rothwell :

>
>
> No, actually, it makes it much easier to cheat. In no way, shape or form
> does hiding the factory make it harder to cheat.
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Axil Axil
Could tou help with the reference?

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 9:14 PM, Jed Rothwell  wrote:

> Axil Axil  wrote:
>
>
>> I got this info from Rossi/s blog,
>>
>
> Look at the lawsuit instead.
>
> - Jed
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Jack Cole
When I put on my skeptic hat about this report from Mats, I think the
following.  This is speculation and opinion.

Rossi found out about Darden causing doubt among the Lugano scientists.
Scared that they may be convinced of the truth (as well as Mats), he
plotted a scheme to shore up his support.  He goes to Sweden  allegedly to
attempt to find a building for a factory and visits with the professors and
Mats while there.  The factory building is actually part of the scheme to
convince both Mats and the professors of just how serious Rossi is about
moving forward (who tries to buy a factory if he is only interested in
bilking 267 million dollars from IH?).  He's got to keep the Lugano profs
from jumping ship because he may lose the 11 M in addition to fatally
damaging his case were they to do the right thing and retract their paper.
Mats is a wildcard, because he could end up being objective despite having
invested so much time and effort in following Rossi.  Rossi can't risk
losing Mats' support, so a rare personal visit was in order.




On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 10:48 AM a.ashfield  wrote:

> This got left off my original post.
>
> Read Mats full report here.
>
>
> 
> https://animpossibleinvention.com/2016/05/16/rossi-makes-offer-on-swedish-factory-building-plus-more-updates/
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha  wrote:

As I said earlier, the "costumer" can merely use water to cool down the
> water and dump it on the sewer. Only Rossi's loop is closed. The other can
> be open.
>

No doubt that is true, but anyone verifying the performance of the Rossi
device should insist on seeing where the heat goes, and how much water it
takes to take it away.



> Another thing is that a blind test can be argued as a way to avoid
> cheating.
>

No, actually, it makes it much easier to cheat. In no way, shape or form
does hiding the factory make it harder to cheat.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Axil Axil  wrote:


> I got this info from Rossi/s blog,
>

Look at the lawsuit instead.

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
a.ashfield  wrote:


> "Yes, a woman did, during a public demonstration when one of the boxes was
> sitting on a table. I have a video of it somewhere. This was an older
> generation box but similar according to Rossi."
>
> What makes you think that was rated at 250 kW  I think they were
> different.  Not only that, the insulation for the plant may have been
> different.


That was an older version of one of the 13 units which are now put together
to form the 250 kW unit. See the drawing and lawsuit.




> "Actually he told me that. Several people who have visited him confirmed
> it."
>
> So you are saying someone else writes his emails not only on his blog but
> to Cook with whom he is collaborating?
>

I am saying he does not use computers. He uses manual log books. That's
what he told me, and others have told me.



> I designed an all ectric glass melter that produces 1.5 t/day that is
> about the size of your desk.
>

What is the unit "t"?



> "All factory equipment of this nature must list such specifications by
> law. You have to show electric power consumption,..."
>
> Not so.  Said furnace had no name plate at all.
>

Commercial equipment all has name plates.

Did you put this machine in a closed room, in a factory that no one is
allowed into? Did it have 1 or 2 1-meter fans (at most) to cool it?

If you put a 1 MW machine in an open bay like a truck being tested, or a
kiln or blast furnace, then of course you can fit it into a small space. If
you have intense ventilation such as in a ship engine room, you can put a
108,920 HP (81 MW) motor in an enclosed space with people working in close
proximity. Like this:

http://www.trucktrend.com/cool-trucks/1405-maersk-e-class-container-ships/#photo-04

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Daniel Rocha
As I said earlier, the "costumer" can merely use water to cool down the
water and dump it on the sewer. Only Rossi's loop is closed. The other can
be open.
Another thing is that a blind test can be argued as a way to avoid
cheating.


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Axil Axil
I got this info from Rossi/s blog,

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 8:33 PM, Jed Rothwell  wrote:

> Axil Axil  wrote:
>
> "There were not "52 boxes" there were just four units working."
>>
>> Rossi had two reactors in the test, a tiger that used 4 250 KW units . . .
>>
>
> As shown in the drawings and described in the court filing, each of those
> 4 250-kW units is made up of several small units.
>
> You don't believe me? Look it up!
>
> - Jed
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Craig Haynie 
wrote:



> This building is 10,800 sq. ft.
>>
>
> Not that it changes much, but according to Mats, the building was 1,000 sq
> meters, which converts to 10763.9 sq feet.
>

The space occupied by Rossi and the customer is 1,000 sq. meters, which --
as you say -- is 10,764 sq. feet.

I got that somewhat wrong by the way. The combined Rossi + customer space
is 10,763, but the entire building is bigger. I printed the Google map
display and used the 200 foot scale to measure the size of the whole
building. As I said, it is 347' by 152', total 52,744 sq. ft.

It takes about 216,000 BTU to heat the 10,764 sq. feet. That's 63 kW. The
whole building takes 1,054,880 BTU, 309 kW. So the Rossi gadget would be
good for 3 entire buildings of this size.

1 MW = 3,414,425 BTU

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
Axil Axil  wrote:

"There were not "52 boxes" there were just four units working."
>
> Rossi had two reactors in the test, a tiger that used 4 250 KW units . . .
>

As shown in the drawings and described in the court filing, each of those 4
250-kW units is made up of several small units.

You don't believe me? Look it up!

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Axil Axil
"There were not "52 boxes" there were just four units working."

Rossi had two reactors in the test, a tiger that used 4 250 KW units, and a
older design that served as backup that uses 48 smaller units. The backup
was never used.

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 6:32 PM, Jed Rothwell  wrote:

> a.ashfield  wrote:
>
>
>> There were not "52 boxes" there were just four units working.
>
>
> Look at the drawing and you will see that they are made up of multiple
> boxes, as described in the lawsuit. As I said, that means there are a lot
> of metal walls in close contact with the nickel and the heaters.
>
>
>
>> No one outside of Rossi's camp can have "brushed up against them"
>
>
> Yes, a woman did, during a public demonstration when one of the boxes was
> sitting on a table. I have a video of it somewhere. This was an older
> generation box but similar according to Rossi.
>
> Mats Lewan provided the video, as I recall. He was there.
>
> That box was also under insulation but it was pretty hot. Mats measured
> the surface temperature. I do not recall what it was, but it was hot.
>
>
> Rossi spent much of his time in the computer container that had a 3KW air
>> conditioner.  Where did you get the idea Rossi never used a computer?
>>
>
> Actually he told me that. Several people who have visited him confirmed it.
>
>
>
>> I agree with Robert Door that it should be possible to measure the
>> performance of the plant by measuring the flow rate of the water and
>> depending on the temperature of the output, if appreciably above 100C as
>> steam . . .
>
>
> Sure it would be possible. No one disputes that. However, to believe
> Rossi's instruments and flow rate without verification would be insane,
> given his track record for doing such measurements wrong. More to the
> point, not doing a reality check check by going next door and looking at
> the industrial equipment would be the very height of insanity and
> irresponsibility under these circumstances. Would you really pay $89
> million without doing that?
>
>
>
>> No one knows the JM Products process that could well have been
>> proprietary.
>
>
> Whatever process it may be, since it consumes 1 MW of process heat, I am
> quite sure you cannot fit it into 6,500 sq. ft.
>
>
>
>>   A specially made piece of equipment would be unlikely to have a name
>> plate giving the specifications.
>
>
> All factory equipment of this nature must list such specifications by law.
> You have to show electric power consumption, steam or process heat
> consumption both minimum and maximum, pressure ranges, etc. Look at the
> on-line specifications for dry cleaning steam equipment, kilns, building
> heaters, food processing equipment, etc.
>
> - Jed
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Craig Haynie

WHAT? Sorry, but this isn't what I quoted. Something is playing tricks.

Nevermind...

Craig



On 05/16/2016 07:03 PM, Craig Haynie wrote:


On 05/16/2016 06:46 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:



This building is 10,800 sq. ft.


Not that it changes much, but according to Mats, the building was 
1,000 sq meters, which converts to 10763.9 sq feet.


https://animpossibleinvention.com/2016/05/16/rossi-makes-offer-on-swedish-factory-building-plus-more-updates/ 



Craig





Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Lennart Thornros
Should have been 1 MW turbine.
On May 16, 2016 19:00, "Lennart Thornros"  wrote:

> I said to you, Jed,  that I think my suggested usage is as valid as yours.
> BTW I have a great deal of experience from this industry but not as an
> engineer/operator. Your very demeaning statements are followed by you very
> lose claim of expertise in all industrial processes.
> I know the temperature is off but a 1MW could sit in the area. You are
> just sending poorly substantiated 'truth' based on your experience for as
> to swallow although unlike Mats you are jnable to mention your source and
> how they convinced you.
> I do not understand your anger and demeanor. Not a sound exchange of
> argument. That is regardless if you are right or wrong.
> On May 16, 2016 18:47, "Jed Rothwell"  wrote:
>
> Lennart Thornros  wrote:
>
>> Jed, there is nobody saying the heat is consumed in the building.
>> If it was not Florida I could suggest that they used the heat to warm
>> residential buuldings. The size of such a 'machine' would easily fit (a few
>> pumps).
>>
> Ah ha. Okay. Would you like to do a reality check on that? Maybe think
> about it?
>
> This building is 10,800 sq. ft. Builders recommend 20 BTU per square foot.
> That's 63 kW. The heater supposedly produces 1000 kW, so it is enough for
> sixteen buildings of this size. Do you think there are pipes running out of
> the building in some kind of district heating scheme? Do you think the
> state of Florida would allow that without an investigation or precedent?
> Steam running in pipes suspended over the street perhaps?
>
>
> I do not speculate but it is at least as realistic as 100 steam cleaners.
>>
> On the other hand, you might spend some time reading about industrial
> equipment and how much process heat it takes. That is, if you would like to
> ground your assertions in reality.
>
> I am not speculating. I am telling you how things actually work here in
> the real world, and how much heat it takes to heat a building. You could
> have looked that up yourself.
>
>
> To put it another way --
>
> The customer's facility is 6,500 sq. ft. This is enough heat to heat
> 170,607 sq. ft (at 20 BTU/sq. ft.). When you use process heat, nearly all
> of the heat eventually comes out. Only a little is absorbed in whatever
> endothermic process you are doing. So this is how much heat you use for
> space heating in an area 26 times larger than this. Does anyone think that
> 2 exhaust fans would be sufficient to keep that area safe for human
> occupation? Have you ever been in a hot building?
>
> - Jed
>
>


Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Craig Haynie


On 05/16/2016 06:46 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:



This building is 10,800 sq. ft.


Not that it changes much, but according to Mats, the building was 1,000 
sq meters, which converts to 10763.9 sq feet.


https://animpossibleinvention.com/2016/05/16/rossi-makes-offer-on-swedish-factory-building-plus-more-updates/

Craig



Re: [Vo]:Validity of E-Cat 1 MW plant test

2016-05-16 Thread Lennart Thornros
I said to you, Jed,  that I think my suggested usage is as valid as yours.
BTW I have a great deal of experience from this industry but not as an
engineer/operator. Your very demeaning statements are followed by you very
lose claim of expertise in all industrial processes.
I know the temperature is off but a 1MW could sit in the area. You are just
sending poorly substantiated 'truth' based on your experience for as to
swallow although unlike Mats you are jnable to mention your source and how
they convinced you.
I do not understand your anger and demeanor. Not a sound exchange of
argument. That is regardless if you are right or wrong.
On May 16, 2016 18:47, "Jed Rothwell"  wrote:

Lennart Thornros  wrote:

> Jed, there is nobody saying the heat is consumed in the building.
> If it was not Florida I could suggest that they used the heat to warm
> residential buuldings. The size of such a 'machine' would easily fit (a few
> pumps).
>
Ah ha. Okay. Would you like to do a reality check on that? Maybe think
about it?

This building is 10,800 sq. ft. Builders recommend 20 BTU per square foot.
That's 63 kW. The heater supposedly produces 1000 kW, so it is enough for
sixteen buildings of this size. Do you think there are pipes running out of
the building in some kind of district heating scheme? Do you think the
state of Florida would allow that without an investigation or precedent?
Steam running in pipes suspended over the street perhaps?


I do not speculate but it is at least as realistic as 100 steam cleaners.
>
On the other hand, you might spend some time reading about industrial
equipment and how much process heat it takes. That is, if you would like to
ground your assertions in reality.

I am not speculating. I am telling you how things actually work here in the
real world, and how much heat it takes to heat a building. You could have
looked that up yourself.


To put it another way --

The customer's facility is 6,500 sq. ft. This is enough heat to heat
170,607 sq. ft (at 20 BTU/sq. ft.). When you use process heat, nearly all
of the heat eventually comes out. Only a little is absorbed in whatever
endothermic process you are doing. So this is how much heat you use for
space heating in an area 26 times larger than this. Does anyone think that
2 exhaust fans would be sufficient to keep that area safe for human
occupation? Have you ever been in a hot building?

- Jed


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