Fran, I would not be surprised if Ahern's energy concentrating mechanism appears in many guises, but is normally so transient and elusive that its existence is doubted. The same math describes seemingly different phenomena.
-- LP Roarty, Francis X wrote: > Lou, > I am ok with the concept you mention [snip] As in endothermic chemical > reactions, this is (probably) just an apparent > violation of the 2nd Law, except occurring at nuclear/particle > scales.[/snip] So like other environmental theories the energy density is > simply segregated differently and then introducing third party gas > molecules that are going to have a preferential bias to migrate toward one > of these regions [concentrated or diffused]over the other... you mention > occurring at nuclear/particle scale which is what I contend brings the > normally unexploitable energy responsible for gas motion into a scale > where it can be exploited by moving gas. > > Fran > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 1:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: EXTERNAL: [Vo]:Ahern's ILENRS-12 Presentation - "Energy > Localization" > > Jed Rothwell just posted ILENRS-12 presentations at: > > http://lenr-canr.org/wordpress/?page_id=1097 > > Brian Ahern's presentation "Energy Localization" proposes that Fermi > acceleration (F-A) can intensely concentrate energy on the nanoscale. > > His example of spring coupled point masses seems to circumvent the 2nd Law > of Thermodynamics, by focusing rather than diffusing kinetic energy. > > As in endothermic chemical reactions, this is (probably) just an apparent > violation of the 2nd Law, except occurring at nuclear/particle scales. > > F-A appears in many contexts involving elastic and conservative energy > exchanges, and can result in extremely large, highly localized energy > exchanges. It can be driven by internal or external stimuli - mechanical, > acoustic or electromagnetic. It breaks down when energy leaks from a > closed system by dissipation or inelastic collisions. > > If the inelastic collisions that stop F-A involve particle or nuclear > reactions, then maybe some LENR results - perhaps explaining > electron-capture, some fissions or fusions? > > Some of the reported successful LENR experiments, e.g., Brillouin, > Energetics, seem to conform to the F-A model. If so, they could be very > sensitive to shapes and spectra of the the stimuli. > > Opinions/criticisms welcome. > > -- Lou Pagnucco > > >
