Drat #14 of "Deflation Fusion" now includes a new section starting on
page 20, and Figure 5.
THERMAL CYCLING AND HIGH TEMPERATURE ALLOYS
A powerful means of orbital stressing is cooling a loaded lattice.
The lattice contracts and applies enormous pressure on the loaded
hydrogen atoms. This approach to orbital stressing has limited
utility for electrolysis loaded cells. However, it may be a great
utility when applied to high temperature cells, which are better
suited for high efficiency energy generation. See Figure 5.
Operating in high temperature gas mode opens up a vast set of
possible cathode materials which are incapable of use at electrolysis
temperatures. High temperature hydrogen adsorption is feasible using
high strength iron, tungsten, molybdenum or other metals or alloys.
Hot operating alloys can also be designed to maximize bond strength,
annealing ability, operating temperature range, and hydrogen loading
as well as helium de-loading characteristics in differing temperature
ranges. This is the probable path for practical cold fusion
development.
High temperature cells are loaded in gas phase, by high voltage DC
with a high voltage high frequency signal, or microwaves, applied as
well for ionization purposes. The lattice temperature is cycled from
hot, for loading, to less hot, for high stressing heat generation.
Before returning to the hot loading phase, various temperature cycles
might be used to facilitate helium de-loading, and annealing of cracks.
A simple version of this cell type could merely consist of a hot wire
used as a cathode for gas phase loading and thermal cycling.
Control circuitry would be required to prevent cascade driven current
runaways due to the high electron emission from a hot cathode. A
higher DC voltage can be used in the cold hydrogen compressing phase.
Using a design similar to Figure 5, the lattice material could be
fully melted between some thermal cycles, possibly with loading
starting in the liquid metal.
As in Figure 2, a triode configuration can be used to simultaneously
achieve DC loading while applying AC to the lattice to increase
tunneling rates. The AC capability also has use for heating the
lattice for annealing, loading, or other purposes. Similarly to
Figure 2, front side loading and cross-lattice diffusion can be
accomplished using high pressure hydrogen or high voltage gas loading
in a front side compartment, but this limits annealing or melting
possibilities. The source of heat for annealing or melting could be
through the ceramic compartment walls instead of supplied by electrodes.
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
