Hi Bastiaan and others, I'm currently a in a bit of a hurry in my job, so just a couple of lines of thinking:
1) I read this study A-study-of-a-sparkdischarge-in-hydrogen-at-atmospheric- ... which I found quite interesting. a) the setup allows good calorimetric measurements b) its is simple c) It produces about 3e19 H-atoms per second, which seems to be a good number and could be up to a distance of ca 40mm before recombining d) actually, due to the generating process, these must be mostly Ions (protons), because the pink light is is indicative of a plasma. e) at first I was sceptical wrt spark generation, but this one here serves a different purpose, more like ignition in a combustion motor, so it is easily controlled. 2) idea of a setup (proof of concept-type): a) use the basic setup for H-/proton generation b) use a planar layer of Nano-Nickel on the surface of the copper-block, which is used for calorimetry c) direct the Protons to the Nickel-layer via a moderate electrostatic field, say 100V/cm, which is easy. d) measure the amount of excess heat, if there is any e) use a heating coil to heat up the reactive side, where the Nickel is located to some 200-400deg Celsius. 3) Nickel-powder selection a) there are basically lots of suppliers, mostly Chinese b) particle-sizes offered are mostly in the sub-100nm region, which some here consider too small. I do 'nt know. c) a cheap way to get some compromise-size is this: http://www.ebay.de/itm/Nano-Nickel-Powder-1217g-N1-200-200nm-Ni-NanoNickel-/310248791616?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item483c44de40 200nm Nickel seems reasonable to me for a first try. look at it and tell 'us' what You think. 4) Nickel-powder treatment. a) My first intuition is, that the powder has to be deoxydized, by whatever method: hydrogen atmosphere at elevated temperatures. I currently do'nt know. Maybe its irrelevant, because the reactive chamber is reductive. 5) Spark-generation a) this should be easy (at least for me) Think TV-tubes which used to produce 20kV DC. 6) Yes, we should find a repository for non-text-documents. 7) This proposed first setup is intended as a intergroup (dis)proof of concept, and not a real working horse, warming one's home or such. Even if Rossi or Defkalion have working devices, which I have some doubts, the process to my opinion is not understood. My personal aim is, to intergrate available knowledge, and give the establishment-academics some boost, to move their butts and do their duty. This for the first round. best regards Guenter ________________________________ Von: Bastiaan Bergman <bastiaan.berg...@gmail.com> An: vortex-l@eskimo.com Gesendet: 18:53 Dienstag, 13.März 2012 Betreff: Re: [Vo]:To Spark or Not to Spark I'm interested, where do you share your design? link? > Guenter, the idea of an open source LENR project is worthwhile. I have > shared my design and will continue to share it in the hopes that it will > Thanks Bastiaan, very informative and timely link. This was just what I was > looking for. > > 0.3 J per spark, means that at 300 hz, I am providing 90W of equivalent > resistive heating to the reactor. I believe this should be enough to heat > the reator to the necessary temperature to initiate the LENR effect. > > Guenter, the idea of an open source LENR project is worthwhile. I have > shared my design and will continue to share it in the hopes that it will > spur greater cooperation. My designs alway use "off the shelf" parts and > pipe fittings you can get from McMaster, Lowe's or Ebay, so they are low > cost. My entire setup including the vaccuum pump, the Data logging and all > (except supplies) is under $350. My reactor design is disposable, and cost > at the most $50 if using the best stainless steel fittings. I do not > believe there will be any economies of scale to be had with my design cause > they already use the cheapest parts. > > I think keeping it simple and low cost is one of the keys to successfully > replicating Rossi. > > I wish Bill will consider converting this list into a forum format so that > we can share attachments and other files. > > http://www.fusioncatalyst.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/A-study-of-a-sparkdischarge-in-hydrogen-at-atmospheric-pressure.pdf >
