Excellent post Axil. This was how I understood what you were saying from
earliere posts, that is why I was harping on the significance of why
Rossi
changed to a Fat Cat design. To distribute sparking evenly.
Another thing that I am speculating is that Rossi is using a CVD process
first before his sparks. CVD can initiate the growth of SWNTs better and
more evenly. He distributes his nickel evenly and then start the vapor
deposition to start the growth. This would allow growth evenly on his
flat reactor surface. Subsequent sparking completes the growth and
allows
for charge accumulation on the SWNTs now covering the nickel
nanoparticles. Once the nickel nanoparticles are covered with SWNTs,
sparking is the only thing left to initiate and control the reaction
rate.
I plan to test this hypothesis but have been hampered by parts
availability where I'm at right now.
Jojo
----- Original Message -----
From: Axil Axil
To: vortex-l
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 1:05 PM
Subject: [Vo]:The SWNT rug part 1
The SWNT rug part 1
Fabrication of the ideal charge delivery nanostructure for LENR may be
beyond the capabilities and limited resources of the lone Ni/H reactor
developer. This may be why Rossi has greatly benefited from
collaboration with advanced technology partners who can design and
implement advanced SWNT structures that are optimized for LENR.
To get the most out of LENR, charge must be evenly spread over the
entire surface area of the nickel nanoparticles, as large as that area
may be.
Most publically available LENR mechanisms currently found in LENR
research suffer from a poor distribution of nuclear active sites. The
energy production of these areas is limited in number. Furthermore, the
distribution of the nuclear active sites (NAS) is random and poorly
placed. This all leads to a proportionately small productivity of the
Ni/H reaction. But if properly configured, nanomaterial is a powerful
multiplier of the LENR effect in inverse proportion to its
dimensionality.
For example, if you want to properly water a corn field to get optimum
crop yield, we do not want to pump all the irrigation water into a big
hole in a corner at the edge of the field and hope for the best.
A water distribution system; a sprinkler or drip system must be
engineered to get water to each corn plant at optimum levels.
Like water dumped into a hole, A spark can only be delivered to a small
volume of material in a localize area. The reaction, if any, will be
limited by the restrictions of this localized charge distribution
strategy.
To increase the power of the LENR reaction, the number of NASs must be
dramatically increased.
The spark should be optimally partitioned and spread out over the
widest
area, in the same way that nano-particles multiply the surface area of
its bulk material. So charge distribution and nanoparticle area should
be properly mated through an optimal connection.
If this relationship between charge presentation and the associated
nanoparticle is optimize, a large amount of power can be produced by a
small amount of Nano-powder. As improbable as Rossi's claim may now
sound .those one and a half grams of Nano nickel powder can generate 10
kilowatts of power. This amazing claim may be possible if every nano
particle grain is pressed into service in an optimal way.
In my next post, I intend to reference a paper recently commissioned by
the US Defense Department (DOD) to explain why a SWNT rug can get charge
to nickel Nano powder is the best way. This explanation will act as a
narrative for a specification of a charge distribution system for LENR.
Cheers: Axil
