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Although the scenario was discussed, this is "the cake recipe", as people say here, on how to fake one. 2011/10/11 Rich Murray <[email protected]> > Hello Daniel Rocha, > > Obviously, this scenario has to be discussed fairly and fully, before > excess heat can be proclaimed to be irrefutable... > > How can we locate this post on ecatnews.com ? > > Thanks, Rich Murray > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Daniel Rocha <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From ecatnews.com > > ********** > > John Dlouhy > > October 11, 2011 - 3:08 pm | Permalink > > > > Enrico Billi tells us that they weighed the E-Cat before and after, but > not > > why it mysteriously gained a kilogram of weight. I can offer a plausible > > explanation. > > > > On the bottom of the E-Cat housing sits a relatively large volume > enclosure, > > the reactor module, which we are told houses a small reactor core and > large > > amounts of lead shielding. This volume was not opened so its contents > were > > not revealed. In fact, neither were its dimensions given and must be > > inferred from a photograph and a few other measurements. It is safe to > say > > that it is at least 10 liters and could be as much as 20 liters. > > > > Enrico says that there were no smells of anything burning, but one of the > > best candidates for a hidden fuel would be and alcohol like methanol or > > ethanol. These are very pure chemicals that burn to produce mostly steam > and > > a small amount of carbon dioxide. Their combustion is odorless. Their > > combustion products could easily have been emitted through the reactor > > output hose and never be detected. CO2 is odorless. > > > > Of course the obvious question is how would it receive oxygen. The not so > > obvious answer is a relatively unknown, but actually ubiquitous > technology > > called a chemical oxygen generator. Referred to in the industry as an > oxygen > > candle, it consists of a mixture of a strong oxidizer and a powdered > metal. > > When ignited at about 600C, it smolders slowly, giving off heat and > copious > > amounts of excess oxygen. This is the same process that provides the > > emergency oxygen in commercial aircraft. Its used in mining, emergency > > operations, any place a very compact and stable form of oxygen is > required. > > Its storage density, in the case of a Lithium Perchlorate formulation, > > equals that of liquid oxygen! > > > > About 2 liters of propanol, and 2 liters of a Li Perchlorate formulation > > could provide more enthalpy than was measured in the Oct. 6 > demonstration. > > The propanol, which boils at 98C would have started to emit vapor just > > before the water came to a boil during its warm up phase. A resistance > > heater would ignite the oxy candle and the two gasses would meet at the > top > > of the housing, which is the underside of the heat exchange fins. That > > surface would be plated with nickel or platinum to catalytically help > > combust the two gasses, just as occurs in an inexpensive camping heater. > > > > This would burn for several hours, at which time a covert signal would > tell > > Rossi its time to shut down the reactor, hence his need to be present. > > During the time the reactor is allowed to cool, small openings would > allow > > water to seep into the reactor module case and make up the weight of the > > lost fuel and oxidizer, possibly the same openings which vented the > > combustion products. This would not be an exact process, hence the > > requirement of weighing with inaccurate scales, and the need to overlook > a 1 > > kilogram weight gain. > > > > This example accounts for all of the observations that were reported, as > > well as the electrical and plumbing connections that were seen. It > explains > > the mysterious weight gain, the need for such a prolonged warm up phase, > and > > the need to stop the demonstration after just 4 hours. > >
