Colin Hercus wrote:
If this excess energy over what is required to heat .9g/s of water to 124C is somehow stored in the eCAT (say, as thermal energy in a fairly well insulated block of steel) then it would be enough energy to possibly give the impression of a self sustaining reaction for at least 3 hours. So a scam is possible based on primary temperatures.
People here keep saying this but there are fundamental physical reasons why this is impossible:
1. Nearly all the heat added to the system clearly emerged from it before heat after death began. if that were not the case, the temperature would not have risen, and the cooling water would not have removed so much heat. you cannot have the same heat emerge from the system twice.
2. When the power is turned off the temperature declines rapidly as seen at 15:26 and again at the end of the run 19:43.
3. The temperature rises after the power is turned off. Stored heat cannot do this.
4. The temperature fluctuates. Stored heat can only decline at a fixed rate.
This is a physics form. If you are going to make assertions which are contrary to the known laws of physics you should at least acknowledge that, and try to explain why you believe this is an exception to the laws of physics. I also think it is appropriate to do this before you publish accusations of a scam.
The accusation that this is a scam should not get a free pass, and not be subject to a rigorous analysis based on the laws of physics.
Honestly, if you think that stored heat can act this way, I think it is incumbent upon you to perform an experiment to demonstrate it. I have asserted that laboratory grade handheld thermocouple meters can measure temperatures between zero and 100°C to within 1° reliably. I did not just assert this, I tested carefully many times, and I can upload sample data to show it. People who make these claims about stored heat should be willing to upload data showing how stored heat being released in a stable system with no changes to the flow rate or other conditions can suddenly increase the temperature.
- Jed
