On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint < [email protected]> wrote:
> ”There is nothing new in MOST of the posts in this string.”**** > > This forum is NOT a substitute for the ‘comment’ section of some > website. It is specifically meant to discuss the technical merits of > various fringe claims… this has been explained by others besides me. > By pure coincidence, just yesterday and today, someone who wishes to remain anonymous (LOL! ROTFWL!!!!) sent me some interesting links. They are in Italian but the illustration is clear and mathematics and modeling tends to transcend language. I want to stress that this is not my work. If anyone has questions about it, there is someone I can forward questions and issue to if I can't field them. The point of the work is to poopoo Jed's contention that the experimental results of October 6 require a nuclear source for the enthalpy/heat evolution measured in the output circuit. The links provide an artist's sketch of the device with labels which correspond to a mathematical model. The model's output reveals temperature vs time curves for the various locations on the diagram. It strongly suggests that all of the results could have been obtained if the device, instead of a nuclear reactor, contained a thermal mass made of steel. I think the assumed mass for the device is, overall, maybe a bit higher than Lewan et al measured but not by much. The image which includes the model's assumptions and output time vs temperature curves: http://imgur.com/o7soB The discussion, in Italian -- Google translate does its usual not so great job. For those not familiar, go to http://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wT , choose "detect language" or "italian" and paste the URL into the translate field. http://www.energeticambiente.it/sistemi-idrogeno-nikel/14728165-apparato-rossi-focardi-verita-o-bufala-135.html#post119275652 A short list of related skeptical threads about Rossi's work which I did not have time to review: http://www.energeticambiente.it/sistemi-idrogeno-nikel/ Bon appetit.
