Jones writes: "Here is a sanitized version of the story cleansed by LTI, but the true grit is worse than this sounds. Bottom of Page 5 is where it gets interesting:"
http://dodfuelcell.cecer.army.mil/library_items/Thermo%282004%29.pdf Frankly, I'd prefer to read the unsanitized 'true grit'! Its usually much more interesting and entertaining! In the interest of fairness, I think we should put the text from that report here and let the readers decide for themselves... My reading of the text below is that its about as antiseptic as it gets! It indicates that the New Hampshire facility, which was set up by LTI and CTC (people in the USA) and under their control, had the same kinds of manufacturing problems as occurred at the Italian manufacturer. Perhaps its because Rossi hadn't given them the proper recipe for making the TE devices? Did LTI 'sanitize' the Report to save face with the DoD because their decision to work with Rossi turned sour and didn't produce anything of value??? Only the LTI Execs and Rossi know the answer to that Q. I do wonder why LTI/DoD didn't take the TE devices that were generating 20% efficiencies and sacrifice one in order to perform XRD and other forensic analyses on it to determine if they had the right 'recipe'... It also wouldn't surprise me if the fire in Rossi's lab was caused by an early prototype of the E-Cat going into a run-away condition and Rossi not being able to stop it in time.. Or it happening at night when no one was there! -Mark ========== EXCERPT FROM DOD REPORT ================== Leonardo Technologies, Inc. LTI was incorporated as a response to the thermoelectric power generation research by Dr. Andre Rossi. Dr. Rossi indicated that his devices would produce 20 percent efficiencies, a vast increase from the current science of 4 percent conversion of waste heat to electrical power. Dr. Rossi believed that he could increase the physical size of the TE Devices and maintain superior power generation. In furtherance of his research, in early 2000, LTI had tests conducted at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), Durham, NH, using a small scale LTI TE Device. Over a period of 7 days, the UNH power plant staff recorded voltage and amperage readings every 1/2 hr. The TE Device produced approximately 100 volts and 1 ampere of current, providing 100 watts of power. After this initial success, and a fire that destroyed his Manchester, NH location, Dr. Rossi returned to Italy to continue the manufacture of the TE Devices. In Italy, Dr. Rossi believed that LTI could manufacture more cost-effective TE generating devices with lower labor and assembly costs. Accordingly, Dr. Rossi engaged a subcontractor to fulfill the requirements of manufacturing and assembly. Unfortunately, the Italian subcontractor was unable to provide second-generation TE Devices with satisfactory power generation. Nineteen of 27 TE devices shipped to CTC, Johnstown, PA, were incapable of generating electricity for a variety of reasons, from mechanical failure to poor workmanship. The remaining eight produced less than 1 watt of power each, significantly less than the expected 800-1000 watts each. Appendix C documents TE Device testing. In an effort to determine, and possibly correct the reasons for TE Device failures, LTI personnel traveled to the Italian laboratory. The common theme that began to emerge was the inability to upgrade from small-scale TE modules to large scale multiple module TE Devices with large footprints. The most fundamental reason for the LTI second-generation TE Devices' failure was the complex thermal expansion interplay among the various components. Contributing to the TE Device failure were the large number of soldered electrical connections (over 80), the inability to match the thermal expansion rates of the mono-block cooling tanks to the circuit boards and to the semiconductor materials, all within the clamp pressure or the retaining hardware in the grip of high temperature adhesives. After a month of research and observation at the Italian laboratory, it was determined that the best way to proceed would be to develop an independent laboratory in New Hampshire so that two development facilities could work at the problems from two separate locations and viewpoints. During this period of time, the Italian laboratory continued to deliver TE materials, but none that exceed the current science of TE power generation. LTI Develops New Hampshire Laboratory Beginning in mid-2002, the LTI-NH laboratory was designed with the technical assistance of CTC personnel. By September, TE materials were being manufactured. The final piece of equipment, the Directional Fusion Machine, was installed by December of 2002, at which time ingot manufacture was possible. As in Italy, the New Hampshire laboratory encountered manufacturing challenges. Outside experts were engaged and were able to assist laboratory personnel in working through the roadblocks. The New Hampshire laboratory equipment was designed to allow for adjustments of almost every parameter in the TE manufacturing process, including, but not limited to: . various metals and their proportional blends . times and depths of both the vacuum and backfilling with inert gases . times, temperatures, and oscillation speeds for melting, compounding, and recompounding . size of P- and N-type semiconductors, varying both diameters and thickness of the wafers . size of TE Devices based on semiconductor geometry. =============================================================
