As noted, the gadget is reported as 20 kW in the Times of India. I think
Rossi said it is, and my guess is that it can put out 20 kW. It wasn't
running at full performance, and the calorimetry is probably missing a
lot of the heat, even though they wrapped insulation around the machine.
In his blog, Rossi told me that the 1 MW reactor will be 1 MW thermal
output. I do not know if it will be for process steam or electricity. My
guess is steam, because it would cost a whole lot more to make an
electric generator and you need high temperature, high pressure steam.
The thing is, I don't know who needs 1 MW of steam. The big
Hydrodynamics gadgets used in carpet factories in Georgia produce ~100
kW and that seems like a lot. I do not think they have 10 of those in
one factory but I wouldn't know.
As I said before, I think this plan is premature. I think that building
a 1 MW cold fusion reactor is a dangerous thing to do. I hope that
someone other than Rossi knows how to make the nickel catalyst. I fear
he may be hurt or killed operating such a large reactor. (I am serious.)
- Jed
