One more important thing which may be happening this week - "behind the scenes".
Defkalion has bought the rights to this device in Europe. It is possible that they did not agree to share with Rossi advances which they independently make. This could create a bit of friction in the future. Rossi is arrogant enough that he would have overlooked cross-licensing as being an important contractual detail. Plus if his substandard patent attorney is any indication - he is getting poor - no *disgraceful* professional advice in many important areas. Therefore, the bottom line of what could happen on Thursday is a first indication that this deal will not keep DGE from improving on the both the individual units and the system for their own benefit. Plus, it is possible if not likely - given the circumstances, that DGE have previously been able to enlist many top level power engineers, which Rossi does not have access to, basically because of his secrecy/paranoia/arrogance - and conversely, the high unemployment rate and other factors in Greece. Many of us are on record as seeing Rossi's breakthrough as largely serendipitous. He gives absolutely no indication of high level skills in many fields, and the entire scenario is consistent with a failed but persistent inventor having a large dose of good fortune and not much else. ERGO - it will not surprise me if Defkalion announces an advance, even a breakthrough, beyond what Rossi has done! Sweet. In fact, the earlier prediction that DGE have long-since moved-on beyond water as the heat transfer medium, is based on this kind of anticipation. Ditching water in favor of a dedicated heat transfer fluid is really a no-brainer for a good power engineer - ...and, yes, that alone tells us volumes about what Rossi "lacks". -----Original Message----- From: Jones Beene Well, to be honest - this entire wet-steam / dry-steam argument (and the massive bandwidth) could be little more than a diversion now, and is of historical importance only - if and when there is NO required input electricity. Thursday is the big day. To be precise, when the COP is infinite, so none of this matters very much. The real issues are how many E-Cats the purchaser will need, how much they will cost to amortize and the other expenses, especially refueling. IOW - no need to dwell on ancient history ... Defkalion's big problem is "how well do they stack up against solar?" Thursday will likely be the most important announcement since the Bologna demo, since this will be Defkalion's grand entrance to the Ball. They are fully cognizant of Greece's International debt problems, and methinks it will be staged as a grand entrance, maybe even milked by the Media for its PR value (even though the two events are unrelated). They have already been emphasizing the local resources of nickel. We know from Rossi that DGE have received hundreds of reactors already, and my guess is that they will show to the waiting World - months in advance of October - that when many of these share a common thermal reservoir with a low volatility heat transfer fluid (previously my guess was that it is the new version of "Therminol") ... then no electrical input is needed after startup. Heck it may be only 200 kW instead of a MW but who's quibbling? Consequently, and this cannot be emphasized too much - when the COP is infinite then nothing really matters about the steam quality in those the early demonstrations. Matter of fact, it could have all been choreographed to happen this way. (but I doubt it). Let's move on to the real issues - like cost/performance vs. other green energy sources, especially solar thermal. Jones
