Regardless of the mechanism, each proposed nuclear reaction has an
energy consequence. Here are the consequences for the three reactions
proposed to occur. Notice that to make one watt of power, the rate
must be between 10^11 and 10^12 events/sec. This means that the
reactants must move at this rate from where they are normally located
in the material by diffusion and assemble where the nuclear reaction
can occur. Which model do you think can be consistent with such a
reaction rate?
In addition, notice the amount of reactant that must be converted in
one year while 10 kW is made. The amount of deuterium isotope is
easily contained in the material. The amount of H2 is less likely to
be contained and would have to be added from an outside source to
produce this much energy. Notice that 31 g of Ni would be converted
to Cu. This means that ALL of a typical charge of Ni powder would have
to be converted to copper to achieve this much energy. Why do you
think this might be possible?
Of course, different amounts of power and total energy can be used as
the basis for the calculations, but several basic facts remain.
1. Use of H2 has a limit to the duration of energy production while
using H2 only contained in the e-Cat. So far, no test has run ling
enough to test this limit. Nevertheless, the limit will determine the
practical use of this energy source.
2. Use of transmutation requires a large fraction of the Ni in a
typical charge be converted. How is this possible? How can a large
number of small Ni particles be made active such that all of the Ni in
many particles would be converted to Cu? This requirement is based on
the logical assumption that many particles would be dead, typical of
normal Ni, while a few particles would be active and have to suffer
complete conversion to account for the claimed amount of energy. This
fact does not depend on HOW the reaction might occur, which creates an
entirely different problem. Once all of the Ni is converted to Cu in
an active particle, why is the Cu not converted to Zr by addition of
another p? I suggest a proposed model that requires use of
transmutation to make energy MUST take these questions into account.
Ed
d+e+d, ~24 MeV/event
1 watt= 2.6x1011 events/sec
10kW for 1 year = 0.54 gm D2
p+e+p, ~1.4 MeV/event
1 watt= 4.5x1012 events/sec
10kW for 1 year = 4.7 g H2
62Ni + p = 63Cu, ~6.1 MeV/event
1 watt = 1.0x1012 events/sec
10kW for 1 year = 31.0 g Ni
