I am just beginning to take a closer look at the paper presented by Celani at the recent conference http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/CelaniFcunimnalloa.pdf and an unusual behavior appears that I would like to have explained. The first major calibration curve on page 26 seems like an excellent one to use in an effort to determine the degree of cross coupling between the two test wires within his device. A well calibrated power at several different levels is injected first into the inactive heating wire and then the future active LENR wire. The R/R0 ratio for each wire is shown throughout the test which I was hoping to put to good use.
I noted that the inactive wire demonstrated an R/R0 ratio of approximately 1.02 at the beginning of the test when there was no power applied to either wire. This value rose as expected for each elevated power level until the final 48 watts was reached at which point it dropped unexpectedly to a level lower than that seen at 15 watts of input. I estimated the reading was 1.03. The drive power was next removed and the reading became lower than the starting value where the input drive power was also at 0 watts. Then, the R/R0 ratio increased when power was applied to the active wire in a fairly well behaved manner. From that time forth, it appeared that the ratio of the inactive wire settled down and could be relied upon. Unfortunately, the fact that the two different regions disagreed prevented me from obtaining the calibration I was seeking. Has anyone discovered an explanation for this discrepancy? Dave
