Hi, Peter-in-the-grave :) Since CF is a surface effect, how about plating just a few microns of Pd onto some cheaper metal?
2010/3/26 Peter Gluck <[email protected]>: > Nice to hear from you, Terry. The trouble is that 0.1 mm is too thin, Pd > overheats, melts- losses, problems etc. Can you calculate the surface > temperature of the metal at a heat release of 100 Watts per square > centimenter? > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Peter Gluck <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> A bit of realistic sci-fi.. >> January 6, 2028- my grandson who was educated in the spirit >> of new energy, cold fusion is wonderful - has succeeded to >> work out the perfectly reproducible energy generating method. >> In the frame of a Pd - D2O system. >> He is a respected citizen and as it is almost compulsory in >> the New Moneytheistic society- a billionaire. He calls the >> Chief Economist of his company: >> "Mark, please buy the reserves of palladium any gram you >> can we are going to conquer the world of energy, to replace >> any dirty fossil fuel.. you see itis winter and it is so warm... >> In two weeks the economist succeeds to buy 150 tonnes >> of palladium. a real wizard. >> My grandson's system releases 100 W per 1 sq.cm >> of palladium, which is in the form of a thin layer of >> 0.2 millimetres i.e 1 x 0.02 x 12 = 0.24 grams. >> It is now simple to calculate that if >> 0.24 g. give a power of 100 W, 200,000,000 g. >> will give- 8.4 10 exp 10 W or 8.4 10 exp 7 kW. in a >> more pragmatical language 84 millions of kWatts >> Or 84,000 MWatts. (US consumes now appr. >> 270,000 MWatts electricity) >> Next step- how many kWatts is Mankind consuming. >> Oh not so much, we are clever and are back at the value >> of 2008. But this value is a bit greater-than what can CF give >> He concludes: >> the CF system can contribute but cannot conquer the market >> of energy. >> He visits my grave and has a long imaginary discussion >> with me. I ask him to do better mathematics and >> use the best data. Can you help him? Thanks! > >
