A quick reading and first impressions: 1/ It appears then that they are using 100's of Watt input from a rectified Variac. Though actual power input is only hinted at with Variac Range of 60-240V and 0.3-9A input, (spanning 20-2160W), though later on they mention 120-160V and as little as 0.3A so I surmise probably at lower end (50-100W) of this input range. They are thus probably generating 100's or Watts output based on their COP=4 claim, so it should be easy to do accurate calorimetry on.
2/ Also appears that they suggest only running the reaction for 90-240 seconds and at temperatures of 93°C (not clear if there is some limitation on reaction duration other than their not wanting to boil too much electrolyte), so unfortunately there may be a lot of difficulty ruling out chemical reactions as a heat source as yet. 3/ Tungsten powder is active LENR matrix, about 2-5 grams (though not very clear in the translation, it might be light bulb filaments). Electrolyte is Potassium Carbonate 0.1-0.4mol 900mL with pH ~11 4/ They have used calorimetry based on cooling curve for liquid heated in apparatus to boiling and then allowed to cool combined with measuring mass lost from the electrolyte as water vapour. Temperatures measured by thermocouples. Seems to me not a bad approach, though for such a short experiment and with all of the internal thermal inertia of the apparatus and potential inaccuracy of measurements it might not be very accurate results - would like to see error bars on their COP. 5/ It would be relatively easy to seal the system and run it for longer (even if there is some hydrogen + oxygen generated a re-combiner could be incorporated) This is the sort of experiment that most chemistry labs could probably replicate with very little cost in a few days, and I imagine many will try. It will really set the cat amongst the pigeons if it works as advertised On 24 April 2012 13:24, Akira Shirakawa <[email protected]> wrote: > From e-Catworld: > > http://www.e-catworld.com/**2012/04/more-details-about-** > pirelli-high-school-cold-**fusion-experiment/<http://www.e-catworld.com/2012/04/more-details-about-pirelli-high-school-cold-fusion-experiment/> > > This is a human translation of the email sent yesterday to 22passi by the > L.Pirelli CF experiment organizer eng. Ugo Abundo. I recommend reading it. > > Instructions and directions on how to replicate the device are being > posted on 22passi (follow-up posts with more details will likely follow), > in Italian: > > http://22passi.blogspot.it/**2012/04/lathanor-delliis-** > pirelli-di-roma-1.html<http://22passi.blogspot.it/2012/04/lathanor-delliis-pirelli-di-roma-1.html> > > I expect this to be soon hand translated in English. Somebody is actually > already working on it, from what I read. > > By the way, there have been some criticisms in the user comment section on > 22passi regarding Eng. Ugo Abundo seemingly rushing to put out such > instructions instead of proving a more detailed report of their experiment. > I agree that we first need more details about *their* work. > > Cheers, > S.A. > >
