Axil, Interesting points. Perhaps related to one of their points on their webpage at URL: http://www.quantum-fusion.com/technology.shtml
""Due to the laws of quantum mechanics CIF power output exponentially depends on temperature: e.g. a tenfold increase in temperature results in 50,000-fold increase in the output power! Therefore minute process improvements will result in huge power boost (the law of diminishing returns does not apply to CIF design)"" I don't know much about how well deuterium (or D2O) dissolves in these salts (or other hi-temp liquids), but it sounds worth pursuing. Hopefully, some of the sonofusion proponents will participate in Vortex-l discussions. -- LP Axil^2 wrote: > The theory that sonafusion is based on Deuterium fusion may be flawed. > Under this theory, two deuterium atoms are supposed to fuse and convert > into helium. This fusion does not happen. I do not believe this fusion is > possible. > > As the LeClair experiment with cavatation has indicated, a molecule > clustering mechanism which accumulates and concentrates positive electric > charge may be the cause of any nuclear reactions that may be happening in > sonofusion. > > IMHO, to make sonofusion as well as the LeClair reactions more effective > at > producing nuclear heat, molten fluoride salts should be tried to replace > water as the cavatation medium. With this engineering change, this ionic > cavatation medium may produce coulomb barrier lowering molecular > clustering > since molten salts have been shown to produce intense damage to cavatation > impellers 10 times more intense than water. > > Unlike water, molten salts can support very high electro-turbines > operating > temperatures up to 1000C. Higher thermodynamic efficiencies will then be > possible at ambient pressure. > > > > Cheers: Axil > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 2:51 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Perhaps of interest - >> >> I am not sure whether this has been posted on Vortex-l before, but >> Quantum Fusion, Inc., has a professional looking website - >> >> http://www.quantum-fusion.com/ >> >> - which is promoting deuterium based sonofusion with the aim of reducing >> energy generation cost to 1 cent/kWh. >> >> The pdf-documents at the bottom of their science page - >> http://www.quantum-fusion.com/science.shtml >> - appear well researched. >> >> Any opinions on whether sonofusion has suffered the same fate as LENR, >> and >> whether it deserves a second look? >> >> -- Lou Pagnucco >> >> >> >
