Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote:
> Gamberale’s statements can be easily construed as declarations against > interest, since as an agent of DGT he would be arguably better off > financially if he never made those statements. . . . > The paper says DE (Defkalion Europe) is a joint venture. "This contract provides for the complete transfer of the DGT technology to Defkalion Europe (DE), an Italian company (50% DGT and 50% Mose and composed exclusively of Italian members of Mose [Corp.]) . . ." So he is not exactly an agent. A person working for a joint venture is not an agent. The report ends by saying the DE joint venture is now defunct: ". . . DE has decided to give DGT some time to provide unequivocal evidence that the DGT technology was immune to the criticisms raised by DE. However after several months and despite continuous and constant request to provide the relevant documentation and/or to repeat the experiment, no answer has been given so far. DE has now been put out of business. Consequently, I decided to make public the results obtained on the DGT technology stating that the experimental protocol proposed by DGT is not trustworthy. . . ." Apparently, the problem with the flow meter was that the vane inside it was being driven back and forth by hot water flowing in the wrong direction. The vane might go forward, back, and forward again with the same 1 ml of water, counting it three times (or more). They managed to record a 1 L/min flow rate with the water inlet valve closed and the real flow rate of zero. In another null test they showed 17 kW where the real answer was 2.5 kW. In another test, the flow rate indicated 3 kW but they sparged the steam and measured ~1 kW, where input power was 1 kW. As I have often said, the flow meter is the most problematic component in flow calorimetry. You must ALWAYS verify that it is working correctly, with a manual method. Note that Defkalion specifically forbid DE from doing this. DE set up to cross check the flow, and to sparge the steam, but the Defkalion engineers removed the equipment. That's about as damning as you can get without saying "these people are frauds." For years, Defkalion has said they will publish a definitive positive report from an independent observer. Now, as last, we see such a definitive report. Unfortunately it is negative. I do not know know of any positive ones. That does not mean there aren't any, but I suppose Defkalion would publish one if they had it. - Jed
