Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: Can someone please describe how they are measuring output power? > > > > Where is the evidence of gain? >
It is basically a temperature comparison, which is not the best method, but the temperature difference is large. Look at the full sized slides here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/267085905/New-Result-on-Anomalous-Heat-Production-in-Hydrogen-loaded In Fig. 1, you see thermocouples T1, T2 and T3. T1 is sandwiched between the resistance heater and the cell. T2 is between the outer cell and the inner cell. T3 is inside, touching the powder. Unfortunately, T3 stopped working, so it is out of the picture. Evidence for excess heat is found because T2 is much hotter than T1. T2 is touching the resistance heater, which should be the hottest place in the system. Granted, not much hotter, because it is all metal, which conducts heat easily. However, T1 is not hotter. Jiang writes: "The T2 temperature placed on the outer surface of the fuel cell is about 405 deg C greater than the T1 temperature, T1 is placed on the outer surface of the reaction chamber and near the heater." 405 deg C is a huge difference. Assuming the thermocouples are working correctly, this indicates that much of the heat originates from inside the cell rather than the resistance heater. It is hard to judge how much heat there is. The resistance heater supplies 780 W. T2 is a K-type thermocouple that maxes out at 1372 deg C. The temperature might have been higher than that. Figure 7b shows the T2 reaching it is maximum reading and then making a straight line. I think it would be difficult to estimate power, but on the other hand I think it is clear that much of the heat originates from inside the cell. - Jed
