Thought this might be of interest to the group, http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/get_press_release.cfm?ReleaseNumber=mr20050419-00
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 19, 2005 � Zhiyu Hu believes it is possible to match nature's highly efficient method to convert chemicals into thermal energy at room temperature, and he has data and a published paper to support his theory. In a paper scheduled to appear in the May 18 print issue of the American Chemical Society's Energy & Fuels, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Hu describes a novel method to achieve spontaneous ignition and sustained combustion at room temperature. "This wasn't research that was funded, so I worked evenings and weekends to try to understand why and how this happened," Hu said.
