If the X cat operates like a vacuum tube, it may be possible to control what it does by applying voltage to various control grids. Heat vs, electricity and voltage vs. current could be controlled by a associated control grid. This tells us something about how the LENR reaction works. If a voltage on a control grid pulls out EMF from the core, the electric output goes up and the heat goes down. If a grid restricts the current, then the voltage goes up.
The charged particle that might be effected that is active in the LENR reaction might be muons. Pulling muons out of the core may slow down the reaction and keeping them inside the core may speed up the reaction. If I were Rossi, I would look for muon emissions coming out of his reactor. On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 1:12 AM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > The core is producing the electric power and is acting as the negative > cathode and the alumina the anode. Perhaps with a grid between for flow > control. A grid between might control the electric vs, heat output. > > On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *From:* Axil Axil >> >> Ø Alumina pulls in electrons rather than pushing them out, Is that >> correct? >> >> Technically alumina is a good electrical insulator, as seen in the white >> ceramic part of a spark plug. Beta-alumina however is different, and can >> be produced in such a way as to conduct only positive ions. As such >> those ions would “pull in” electrons after the ions moved through the >> alumina. This, in fact, is the way that some sodium batteries operate, >> using beta-alumina as a solid electrolyte (oversimplified). I do not >> think Rossi is doing this. >> >> The simplest way to get direct current, if one had a glow tube reactor, >> operating inside a larger metal vacuum tube, which functions as an anode, >> as you suggest – is to wind the tube with heater wire which also is a >> good thermionic emitter like tungsten, then that heater coil itself could >> also function as a cathode with a small change in the circuitry. In this >> case, it would be wise to use thoriated tungsten as the heater wire, >> which is known as a good emitter but needs to be in a vacuum as it is >> easily oxidized in air. >> >> In operation, electrons emitted from the heater coil would decrease the >> heat given to the fuel (the Edison effect is a cooling effect). Also, t >> hey would require emf to overcome the space charge inside the gap (like >> any vacuum tube). However, if the LENR fuel (by this time) has reached >> strong self-sustain mode, with its own ability to produce heat without >> electrical input, then this device could be made to function almost like >> a self-powered amplifier tube of old. It could possibly function without >> a grid accelerator, if enough light was being produced inside the glow tube >> (to provide emf and overcome space charge). >> >> This essentially means that a glow tube which has gone into self-powered >> mode (infinite OU) could indeed be arranged to produce electrical current >> flow as a side effect, when properly designed inside a vacuum, if the >> incandescent photons provide the emf. This is more likely what Rossi is >> doing. >> >> In fact, when net electrical current is being produced, that would be a >> STRONG indication that the tube has gone into self-powered mode. As >> such, this might even be a better approach then the Parkhomov type of >> replication if one has a good vacuum system and a proper Dewar. >> >> The $64 question is can he provide electrical output with no input for >> longer than a few minutes. The thermal inertia of a very hot system >> could allow tens of seconds, but not minutes. >> >> Jones >> > >
