FYI- Piantelli's process is called: FASEC i.e. *"fusione anarmonica stimolata con emisione di calore."*
Peter On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Angela Kemmler > > > It was Piantelli who first talked about pulsating hydrogen pressure. It > was not Andrea Rossi. > > > Are you certain Piantelli was first for gas phase ? > > The more general topic of 'pulsation' in LENR goes back many years to > sonoluminescence (sonofusion). Perhaps before that. Of course, that was in > the liquid state. Then, there is definite audible levels in glow discharge > experiments. Much higher frequencies can be involved, but that is plasma > phase. > > I think it is important to determine the first instance of pulsation in gas > phase. It is probably not patentable due to prior art. Hagelstein, among > others, apparently has claimed that the pulsation is critical to success in > the Rossi device, and perhaps sine qua non. He is well positioned to know > this. > > BTW - this does not in any way mean that the inventor himself is aware of > it > - if the pulsation frequency is so high that it is far beyond audible, even > with lower harmonics. > > As to "how" ... pulsation can happen in a way that the inventor is unaware > or only mildly aware, and assuming that we are not bound to strict > definitions of "sound" - then the most likely mechanism is via phonons at > nano-geometry, i.e. IR (infrared) anomalous vibration excursion levels due > to nanopowder properties, or excitons. > > This may be a new instance of excitons in a thermal application. > > This too goes back a long way in itself. Often the descriptor which is used > is 'anharmonic vibration'. The effective pressure is much higher than what > is seen in sonoluminescence. > > Jones > > -- Dr. Peter Gluck Cluj, Romania http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com
