thomas malloy wrote:
thomas malloy wrote:
Ed Storms responded'
Once again, we are being treated to one more example of exaggeration and BS. The Taleyarkhan cavitation work is hot fusion occurring in bubbles, not cold fusion.
I don't understand how hot fusion in bubbles differs from what the other LERN researchers are doing,
LENR describes nuclear reactions made to occur under conditions that conflict with all conventional experience and theory, while hot fusion in bubbles is normal high-energy fusion.
I've always assumed that any induced nuclear reaction, other than lasers in a plasma, was an LENR. Particularly if it involved bubbles in a liquid, which I assume was water.
Because of the Coulomb barrier, all nuclear reactions, excluding LENR and neutron reactions, require high energy. The discovery that such reactions can be initiated without high energy is the unique aspect of LENR.
The rates are very low and the method would not work if power output were at commercial levels, yet this work gets attention. In contrast, Stringham has caused cold fusion to occur at near commercial levels in metals by applying deuterium to the metal using cavitation, yet this work is ignored.
It is regrettable that the physics establishment ignores this research. OTOH, once commercially feasible amount of energy are produced, things will change.
Unfortunately, commercial amounts of energy are impossible using this technique. The amount of energy generated by each bubble is just too small.
Interesting observation. I've heard about inducing reactions by sonic stimulation of water. You're saying that the energy output for a reactions induced by what ever stimulation he was using will never go over unity, since you've studied it and I haven't, I'll take your word for it.
I've been reading about the Yuri Popatov's Yusmar machine, which AFAIK, produces LENR's in an aquas solution by means of a vortex. Heat is a big item with Russians, and electricity costs something there too. The fact that he has lots of orders for the machines, should tell you something.
The Yusmar machine has been tested several times, once at LANL under the direction of Popatov, and none of the tests showed excess energy. However, as a method to convert electric energy to heat energy, it is very practical because it is simple and does not require maintenance. Russian water is frequently impure so that using a resistor for conversion results in build up of deposit that requires removal. This is the major reason the method is popular in Russia.
Regards, Ed
We are not being treated to dreams, but to nightmares.
Ever the pessimist
Guilty. In my defense, some times are more consistent with pessimism than others. This happens to be one of those times.
Regards,
Ed
I know what you mean.
