Bob, Excellent observation. And one that makes perfect sense. Daniel, Isn't the measured dimension of the reactor wafer 20cm x 20cm x 6cm including the shielding (2.4 litres)? How do you account for the fact that the density of lithium perchlorate is 2.4times the density of water. How is the flow of oxygen and fuel regulated? It would be a great feat of engineering to put a store of volatile hydrocarbon next to a 600C metal fire and not have it lead to an explosion in short order. Wouldn't the exhaust for the combustion gasses be clearly evident? Your scenario requires some clarification.
> Subject: RE: [Vo]:How to simulate the four-hour heat after death event in > your kitchen > Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:32:35 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Since the E-cat was leaking, it is likely that the insulation was > saturated with water by the end of the experiment. Could that account > for the gain in weight? > > Bob Higgins > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Alexander Hollins > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 5:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Vo]:How to simulate the four-hour heat after death event > in your kitchen > > it would also explain the false starts. the solidox might have started > burning, then gone out on its own from cooling too much. > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Daniel Rocha <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Jed, how about this: > > > > 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. >
