See Mats hands at 7:46 that is the dimension of the reactor: short: http://goo.gl/T86ek long: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF8ifZZ_iVo&feature=player_detailpage#t=460s
mic 2011/10/18 Jouni Valkonen <jounivalko...@gmail.com>: > Bob, excellent idea, this leaking could easily explain the excess heat gain. > > === > > > Daniel, I think that skeptics are never assuming that there is > deliberate hoax, but it is just a measurement errors. They have some > sort of fixation to that that it is always measurement error and never > deliberate hoax. Therefore they never have considered possibility of > hidden power source. > > I think the reason why they are so eager to think it is measurement > error, because they want to promote their-selves intellectually into > higher level while showing that those who did the demonstration were > just scientifically incompetent. > > However, 2 liters is not enough ethanol, because it does not consider > heat losses and other measurement errors that may contribute up to 50% > error and too low value to that what was measured. Total output could > be something like 150 MJ ± 30 MJ. This means it could be as high as > 180 MJ. > > I wonder if it is possible to burn thermite in controlled manner (it > certainly burns in uncontrolled manner!). This should be easiest way > to deliver hidden power source, because it does not require external > oxygen, it's mass does not change while burning and thus it produces > little exhaust fumes. However I am not sure about the odors and is it > possible keep them in closed container, > > Thermite delivers 14 MJ per liter (4 MJ/kg) heat, so it could easily > be fitted enough thermite into 20 liter container. > > –Jouni > > > > 2011/10/19 Daniel Rocha <danieldi...@gmail.com>: >> 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. > >
