On Thursday 22 March 2007 15:33, Jed Rothwell wrote: > I believe I have heard of several cases in which > a cylinder produced significant excess heat. Here > is the latest. Unfortunately, Zhang et al. tell > me they have not yet written a paper, but here is the Abstract: > > 9:36AM A31.00009 Heat Produced During Electrolysis with a Tubular Pd > Cathode, > > WU-SHOU ZHANG, JOHN DASH, QIONGSHU WANG, Low > Energy Nuclear Laboratory, Portland State > University, Portland, OR 97207-0751 An > explosion occurred during electrolysis of heavy > water with a tubular Pd cathode1 A Pd tube from > the same batch was used as the cathode during > electrolysis in a Seebeck envelope calorimeter > which is capable of accurate heat measurements. > Data was obtained first from a three cm length of > the tube on one end, and then from a three cm > length on the opposite end. There were no > explosions, but both ends of the tube produced > continuous excess thermal power (356 mW +/- 11 mW > maximum). In addition there were 39 heat bursts > (1.1 W maximum) from the first end during 201 > hours of electrolysis and 58 heat bursts (1 W > maximum) during 443 hours of electrolysis from > the opposite end of the tube. The period of the > heat bursts ranged from a few minutes to 3.3 > hours. Data on the topography and microchemical > composition of the tube surface before and after > electrolysis will also be presented. > > > - Jed
Jed, it is like nobody saw or read this! Is'nt anybody going to answer this post? The guy is claiming a watt from three centimeters of wire for cryin our loud. If true this is really good news. Instead folks are seemingly more interested in some 'scam'. The word 'reproducibility' has cropped up here as well, and that makes it more interesting. If Gene were around, he surely would be interested. Standing Bear
