in that answer http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=510&cpage=45#comment-180170
> - Andrea Rossi > February 4th, 2012 at 4:32 > PM<http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=510&cpage=45#comment-180170> > > Dear Rob: > 1- We use Nickel, not Zinc. > 2- The actual consume of matter is 1 g/ 23 x 10^6 kWh, all the rest is > recycled > Warm Regards, > A.R. > > A rossi give a number which is very suspect, i I'd like to have a comment 1gram of Ni produce 23e6 kWh, ie 23GWh, 82.8 TJ (8.28e13 J/g ) mass of nickel is about 58.69 g/mol thus this make 4.85 e15 J/mol (1mol = 6.02e23 atoms) 8.7e-9 J/atom (1 MeV = 1.602176487E-13 J) 50332 MeV/atom thus 50GeV produced by atom ? in widom-larsen slides, hot DD fusion is told to be around 20MeV and Windom-Larsen multi-stage Cycle is about 30Mev per He4 generated this mean that Rossi talk of Ni recycled 1-2000 times in widom-larsen cycle , or the the reactions is very very uncommon for nucleus... nearly as far from nuclear energy, than nuke is from chemical. moreover his numbers are very far from the one he gave, without recycling, and the one of defkalion http://www.defkalion-energy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5179#p5179 > Every charge of a Hyperion reactor (assuming a single reactor kernel) > requires approx 10gr of specially prepared Ni powder. As already mentioned > here, even though this amount is not "exhausted" within a six months > recharge period, we will replace it with "fresh". This recharge policy is > based on the existing maintenance protocols that we will follow at least > for the first Hyperions to enter the Greek market. > > The total energy that will be produced from such reactor during a six > months non-stop operation is 21600kWh... > ...(368496000btu/recharge of 50grNi every 6 months) > thus 50g -> 21600kWh =77.7GJ 1.55e9 J/g 91 e9J/mole 1,5e-13 J/atom 950keV/atom -> much more coherent, even if you multiply par the inverse of real consumption(5% consumption is thus realistic assuming WL cycle, or 20-50% assuming a simple 1-2 stage disintegration) of course rossi talk of recycling the powder, and defkalion not but it seems that only 1/1000th is consumed per year, and each atom produce unrealistic energy... did not rossi or someone says that after 6 month half the powder was transmuted ? even if it is 1%, this does not match... Maybe I miss a point, so please correct me... personally I think is is a mistake of 3 zero that he repeat frequently. I've seen the same 1000 factor mistakes in some article of his FAQ but not all... thanks in advance for your comments
