The reason for this interview is that Brillouin needs some money for development of their gas phase reactor.
Brillouin is proposing that their reaction is a variant of the Widom-Larsen theory, where a fast electron combines with a proton to become a neutron (reverse beta decay). The Brillion gas phase reaction uses nickel and hydrogen. Tritium is produced in the claimed reaction cycle but only for nanoseconds so tritium production cannot be detected. This non detection of reaction components is convenient to support the Brillouin reaction narrative: no neutrons of gamma radiation have been detected. The Brillouin system is a wet system (using electrolysis to release hydrogen from water). Brillouin is developing a gas based system using a 600C fluid bed suspended nickel powder/hydrogen. High energy electric nano-pulses drive the reaction. Brillouin does not mention transmutation products; this is a bad sign for progress. They are expecting high performance (high Q). This implies to me that they have not yet measured that performance yet. Their pulse current design has no advantage over a spark from a spark plug in a gas phase powder based reactor design. They are using a catalyst in their wet design but Brillouin is not yet using a secret sauce catalyst in the gas phase reactor design. Their reaction theory does not support the need for a catalyst. This is an instance of how theory limits experiment. IMHO. Brillouin does not understand the details of the Ni/H reaction and will not succeed in their gas phase reactor design. Brillouin is running a poor third in the Ni/H reactor race behind Rossi and DGT. On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 12:37 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > For those who missed it, yesterday's video interview of Brillouin founders > is at: > > Brillouin Energy Interview on Smart Scarecrow Show > > > http://www.e-catworld.com/2013/09/brillioun-interview-on-smart-scarecrow-show-tonight-live-thread/ > > > >
