Published October 13, 2012.
On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 12:05 AM, Kevin O'Malley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > US Company Building Copy of Celani’s LENR Device > > > > http://energycatalyzer3.com/news/us-company-building-copy-of-celani%E2%80%99s-lenr-device > > A company in Pine River, Minnesota, has built a copy of Francesco Celani’s > low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) device and is conducting research with > it. The research effort is part of the Martin Fleischmann Memorial Project > a wide spread effort to disseminate Celani’s technology but there is no > indication they have any connection with the late Dr. Fleischmann or > Stanley Pons. > > The purpose of the research at the Hunt Utilities Group is to duplicate > Francesco Celani’s nickel hydrogen LENR process and measure it. From a > video posted online it appears that Hunt Utilities is owned and operated by > Paul Hunt. The family business appears to have a very well equipped machine > shop and some very impressive equipment including an electron microscope. > > The video shows a working copy of the Celani reactor and equipment > designed to measure it. Malachi Heider an electro chemical engineer and > intern at Hunt Utilities shown on the video stated that he and his > colleagues will soon be conducting measurements of 5 kilowatt tests of the > device. > > Hunt Utilities is apparently working closely with Celani himself, Malachi > said Celani was sending specially treated Celani to them. This wire > apparently heats up the reactor and creates the Nickel and Hydrogen > reaction. Celani is working with at least other company the British startup > Kresenn which intends to use the device to power data centers. There is no > indication that there is any connection between Hunt and Kresenn. > > Hunt Utilities Group (HUG) is dedicated to creating technologies that will > support sustainable living and environmental stewardship. Their goals > include building affordable housing, heating and cooling without fuels and > processing water and waste. Their main goal appears to be creating > resilient communities and preparing for peak oil. > > HUG has a 70 acre campus in the small town of Pine River, Minnesota. A > video they’ve posted online shows a very impressive machine shop and > research facilities. The company appears to be developing a number of > technologies there including HUGnet Lab a data acquisition system for > laboratories. This system enables them to monitor energy usage in their > labs from any computer. > > I must say that I am impressed by Hunt Utilities and their capabilities. > They look like they know what they’re doing and have the resources to > develop a working LENR device. More importantly they can test it. They also > seem to have the experience needed to develop practical applications of the > Celani LENR technology such as home heating and electricity generation. > > Paul Hunt owner of HUG > > From what I’ve seen of the HUG efforts it looks like LENR is going to be > very easy to duplicate. HUG looks like a small town machine shop with some > computer and electronics capacities. If they can duplicate Celani’s efforts > so can almost any determined backyard inventor out in the garage. With all > those inventors working on this there’s no telling what they’ll create. > Remember what happened when backyard inventors like Steve Jobs took > computer science into the garage they revolutionized the world and created > one of the biggest economic booms in history. > > From the looks of the Martin Fleischmann Memorial Project and the work at > Hunt Utilities Group it appears that we are really on the verge of a cold > fusion revolution. Backyard inventors with relatively modest resources now > have the capability to conduct advanced nuclear research. Sooner or later > one of these people or more likely several of them will get an LENR device > that can serve as a practical power source up and running. > > When that happens not only will sustainable power will be widely > available. A major economic boom rivaling or even exceeding the technology > and internet booms of the 1990s will occur. That may not be what the Hunts > but it will happen. >
