From: Jed Rothwell * https://gsvit.wordpress.com/2015/03/02/tpr2-calorimetry-of-hot-cat-performed-by-means-of-ir-camera-2/
TPR2 – Calorimetry of Hot-Cat performed by means of IR camera ------------------------------------------------------------------ Conclusions: The MFMP experimental data are in agreement with those reported in the literature and confirm that the procedure and the Emissivity values used by [Levi] for measurements by the thermal imager, are incorrect… This kind of error can lead to a significant overestimation of the surface temperature and to an overestimation of thermal Power by a factor 2 or more. Commentary: Yes, there was significant overestimation of gain by Levi – just as many of us predicted months ago, due to the emissivity error… yet, even so - there is still the possibility of modest gain in the range of COP = 1.5. However, no one can claim gain here, least of all Levi - since the error was severe, but it seems unlikely that there was no gain, based simply on dozens of prior results going back to 1990. If so, then Rossi’s HT result, like his wet steam result, is now in keeping with what can be called “the new normal” for Li-H reactions going back 24 years. https://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l%40eskimo.com/msg72857.html To cut to the chase, the new normal is 1> COP <2 … which is non-nuclear thermal gain, and probably related to fractional hydrogen f/H. Many well-done Ni-H experiments, from these researchers have this same modest level of COP going back to 1990: 1) Thermacore 2) Mills/BLP 3) Niedra 4) Noninski 5) Haldeman (MIT) 6) Focardi 7) Celani 8) Piantelli 9) Ahern 10) Kitamura 11) Takahashi 12) Cravens, and many others The good news is that there is real thermal gain in Ni-H - which does violate CoE … but the bad news (or the not-so-bad news, depending…) it is low level gain - remarkably consistent long-term low level gain. In other words, the new normal for LENR appears to be 1> COP <2 Which still will deliver a terrible blow to mainstream physics… if and when all of the pieces fall into place.
