Let us not underestimate Rossi. The account of how Rossi loaded the fuel into the alumina tubes told by the TPR2 report does not sound like Rossi when through a complicated time consuming and/or involved alumina sealing process to protect against hydrogen leakage.
An excerpt from the Lugano report: "A thermocouple probe, inserted into one of the caps, allows the control system to manage power supply to the resistors by measuring the internal temperature of the reactor. The hole for the thermocouple probe is also the only access point for the fuel charge. The thermocouple probe cable is inserted in an alumina cement cylinder, which acts as a bushing and perfectly fits the hole, about 4 mm in diameter. When charging the reactor, the bushing is pulled out, and the charge is inserted. After the thermocouple probe has been lodged back in place, the bushing is sealed and secured with alumina cement. To extract the charge, pliers are used to open the seal." These recent tests by MFMP indicate that sealing alumina from hydrogen leakage is a challenge. But the Rossi Hot Cat did run for weeks without apparent loss of hydrogen. Rossi has come up with a way to effectively seal alumina. How could have Rossi made the alumina tube resistant to hydrogen leakage? Could Rossi have used a self sealing fuel additive included in the fuel mix that entered the pores of the alumina after the reactor was started to minimize hydrogen exfiltration? There was a large amount of carbon in the element analysis of the fuel load. Could it be that Rossi used a organic sealant to stop hydrogen leakage? An excerpt from the Lugano report: "Sample 2 was the fuel used to charge the E-Cat. It’s in the form of a very fine powder. Besides the analyzed elements it has been found that the fuel also contains rather high concentrations of C, Ca, Cl, Fe, Mg, Mn and these are not found in the ash." Where did all those rather high concentrations of elements go? Could it be that the C, Ca, Cl, Fe, Mg, and Mn were nano particles used to seal the fuel including hydrogen by blocking the pores of the alumina in a self anodizing process in the initial stages during reactor startup? Carbon is a well know hydrogen blocker. For example, reposted here for your convenience... http://luratia.com/graphene/graphene-is-impermeable Graphene is impermeable to all gases including hydrogen but it will let water through like it was not even there, http://phys.org/news/2012-01-graphene-supermaterial-superpermeable.html I segest a surface coating of nano Graphene produced by an application of nano powdered Graphene on the inside surface of the Alumina tube to keep the hydrogen in. The GO membrain http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1112/1112.3488.pdf I believe this use of Nano Graphene to make the inside surface of the alumina impermeable to gas exfiltration was the reason why large amounts of carbon was found in the fuel load of Rossi's Hot Cat. As a design alternative, the stainless steal outer shell could be treated to produce a Graphene inter layer to make this shell hydrogen tight. On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 4:02 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: > But a counter to this argument is the simplicity of the sealing that was > done with the Rossi Hotcat during the latest third party test. I find it > very difficult to believe that he was able to achieve a long lasting > hydrogen seal with his system. The scientists were there when it was done > and they made no mention of anything of special note. I am inclined to > believe that the high pressure hydrogen is not that important. > > Of course, if his fuel is designed to absorb the freed hydrogen by some > process then the problem become less difficult to resolve. > > In his recent blog entry he made it clear that he had little incentive to > help the MFMP guys with their choice of fuel. I find it difficult to agree > with his position especially if there is nothing to his special sauce than > what has already been tried. We are clearly missing something that he > retains as a trade secret. > > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Axil Axil <[email protected]> > To: vortex-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Jan 3, 2015 3:45 pm > Subject: Re: [Vo]:Dog Bone and other coupling ideas for Li-7--Ni reaction-- > > Remember in the latest Dog Bone test, all the hydrogen leaked out before > the LENR reaction had a chance to take hold. The assumption is that there > needs to be enough freed high pressure hydrogen produced to catalyze the > LENR reaction. >
