The LockTherm testing is certainly interesting, but it is not clear to me that it has any advantage over Parkhomov. I have seen no additional videos, nor have I heard that they achieved excess heat.
An interesting phase of this whole Parkhomov/Rossi fuel is what is happening in the 700-1100ºC range. By 700ºC, both aluminum and LiH are melted. LiH is an ionic hydride with the hydrogen as an H- anion. At temps of 900-1000ºC, the LiH is reported to dissociate. However, high ambient H2 pressure may keep the LiH from dissociating until higher temperatures. I think the high temperature molten LiH + Al in contact with the Ni is a very interesting place to find LENR. However, in the LockTherm case with only 5 bar of H2, the lower pressure may allow the dissociation of the LiH in the 900ºC range, and the opportunity for LENR may not exist until the temp reaches 700ºC where the LiH and AL have melted. This would perhaps leave a lesser, narrower temp range where LENR could occur with their use of only 5 bar of H2 pressure. On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 8:30 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > Interesting note from Quantum Heat/Hunt/MFMP/. > > Quote: LockTherm LLC representatives did not say if they had seen excess > heat in these tests… they demonstrated a video where, with 5 atmospheres > of pressure put into a used tube, they could see light… > > Does anyone have a citation for that video or is it this one which turned > up on YT? > > *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e1dhVnWupY* > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e1dhVnWupY> > > There seems to be a direct link between light emission (incandescence) and > thermal gain. This seems to indicated that SPP are the operative mechanism. > > BTW – it looks now like “LockTherm LLC” is a major player in the race to > understand this phenomenon. > > Jones >
