Eric, Rossi has done an excellent job of hiding the details of his catalyst. The facts will come out before long if production begins in earnest on his system. Do you have any idea what function is performed by his catalyst? My first thoughts are that it facilitates the breaking up of the hydrogen molecules into individual atoms somewhat like what happens when a spark passes though the low energy gas. This is just a guess since DGT appears to achieve the same goal with their system.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: Eric Walker <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Sep 20, 2013 6:39 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Cravens report on NI Week demo On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 3:32 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: I have begged Rossi to produce a curve of energy generated versus temperature applied to his material to no avail. With that type of information one can begin to actually engineer a device that functions on demand provided the material is not too inconsistent. Btw, I've come to the working hypothesis that Rossi really does have a "catalyst" (just as he has always claimed). The catalyst in this instance would either be heat activated or possibly activated from electrical stimulation (I assume there is not much difference in the resulting behavior). When the catalyst kicks in, at the right threshold or level of electrical stimulation, one would see more of an heat effect. I suppose this might or might not be accompanied with runaway, but the two are not necessarily the same -- increased activity, on one hand, and runaway, above and beyond such an increase, on the other. It would be interesting to see the results of your model with the effect of a catalyst added in. I assume in Rossi's case the catalyst is temperature activated (e.g., a thermionic beta emitter). Eric
