IMHO, the transmutation of D into H is a minor endothermic side reaction that uses energy from the primary nickel hydrogen reaction which is gainful on the average.
Hydrogen serves as a plasmonic dielectric and is not always the primary source involved in the production of energy. On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Mizuno/Yoshino was basically a 75 watt gain experiment that saw gain from >> start to end, and ended after 30 days due to fuel depletion. >> > > I doubt the fuel was depleted. I realize you say the mass 4 species are > gone, but that does not mean they are used up in the reaction. They might > be absorbed by the metal preferentially, or leaked out. Helium leaks more > easily than just about any other gas. It would take an incredibly small > amount of fuel for it to be depleted after only 100 MJ. I doubt anyone > could measure out such a tiny amount of hydrogen (or deuterium), and even > if they did the inside of the cell would be a high vacuum -- which this one > is not. It is 10 to 80 Pa. > > Deuterium fusion yields 345 million megajoules per kilogram, so 100 MJ > would be approximately 0.29 milligrams of deuterium. I do not think you can > add this much and no more deuterium gas into a cell. I realize the energy > from a mixture of hydrogen and deuterium may be different but it is still > milligrams. > > > >> Average power gain was apparently a factor of 70-75 times more than >> Roulette, but it ran for far less time, so net gain was less. >> > > By "gain" do you mean the output to input ratio? Mizuno's is no better > than Roulette's. They both measured heat after death, with an infinite > ratio. > > > >> If Roulette (run 3 and run 4) had been considered to be the “hero” >> results for LENR cold fusion prior to the MIT presentation of Yoshino, >> there is no doubt that it does not compare favorably now. >> > > Yes, there as has been some progress since 1996. > > > >> BTW helium is not mentioned in Roulette and was not found in Mizuno. >> > > I do not know whether they measured helium in France. Those cells may not > have been sufficiently gas tight to contain it. > > - Jed > >
