Ever since the Rossi demo 20 months ago - where the possibility arose that an unusual type of "multiplier" effect existed with nickel hydride, which both produced excess heat but also relied on input heat from an electric cartridge heater for continuity ... doubts have been cast on that basic M.O. (modus operandi)
After all, if a reaction is gainful - then why would it need continuing electrical input at all? There are answers to this question - but they are not entirely satisfactory. Of course, there is also the claim that on occasion, the nickel-hydride reaction is self-sustaining for periods of time, which can vary from short to long. Consequently, we must surmise that the electrical input is necessary to maintain a threshold condition for those times when the instantaneous gain drops below a certain average gain and the time constant for sustainability is more rapid than expected. If the threshold (trigger temperature) is the point to stay above, since an rapid quenching condition results below it - and during less robust periods, should it not be maintained, it is impossible to recover... then what we are talking about is the need for some type of "thermal momentum" to average out what is really a highly variable gain, and one with hidden rapid consequences. An interesting question, then, is why not dispense with ALL ELECTRICAL INPUT, at least in the design of one specific experiment, using an insulated kiln for the heat source. Since we are looking for sustainability only in this experiment, and not the details of operation, we can dispense with almost everything else as well. No thermocouples or plumbing, no valves or fancy reactor - just a pipe filled with nickel nanopowder mix, a hydride for the hydrogen - evacuated and sealed... then placed into a hot kiln where we will have perhaps a hundred pounds of preheated mass (for thermal momentum). Once the trigger condition for gain from nickel-hydride has been met in the sealed pipe, gas to the kiln is turned off - with the expectation that the gain from the pipe, along with the thermal momentum from the large mass of hot refractory bricks - will continue to maintain the average gain, thus providing continuity for a much longer period than expected. A month or two of continuous operation of the kiln with no input should remove all doubt. Jones
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