> There is no indication that this is the best Rossi can do.
I think that want limits the COP of the E-Cat is controllablility. Rossi has been trading off contollability against power density for a long while now over many design iterations. This demo is the “weakest yet” per reactor core power density. I doubt that Rossi will ever figure out how his E-Cat really works. That theory of operation is central to controlling the E-Cat effectively. It will be up to others to form a theory of operations that will allow for a E-Cat core with good power density together with absolute controllability. IMHO, the E-Cat will improve going forward once the commercial possibilities of the E-Cat are generally accepted as realistic and supported widely by business through product development. On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > vorl bek <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> This was 1/50 of the 1MW assembly, so it should be putting out >> 20kw. 3.5kw is a disappointment. >> > > In what universe is that a "disappointment"? If any other cold fusion test > have produced 50.4 MJ in four hours with no input the researchers would > think they had died and gone to heaven. If you showed that test to Robert > Park I guarantee he would think he had died and gone to hell. > > Rossi announced previously that he would run the cell below the level it > will be at in the 1 MW reactor. I was hoping it would be somewhat higher but > 3.5 kW, measured in the secondary loop, is plenty high. > > > >> And so is the fact that it ran for only 4 hours, which may not >> rule out a chemical reaction. >> > > Only 4 hours? > > It does rule out a chemical reaction. That is more energy than you get from > 1 kg of gasoline (45 MJ), which also requires oxygen, which is not present > in the cell. After they open up the machine they will find that the cell is > small. The best possible chemical fuel is hydrogen and oxygen and you could > not begin to produce 50 MJ with a small cell. You could not store it or > ignite it. > > (Note that 1 kg of gasoline is considerably more than 1 L. I don't recall > how much, but gasoline is lighter than water.) > > > >> If that is the best Rossi can do I guess we will have to stick >> with Big Oil. >> > > There is no indication that this is the best Rossi can do. > > - Jed > >
