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And another thing. Look at the fuel composition. Specifically, the "Protok-6" data. See anything funny? How about the fact that, according to the data, the fuel was only 84% nickel? Really? WTF? I mean, talk about cheap SOBs, they couldn't even get 90% purity? Or maybe, just maybe, the analysis is r...

And did you notice a remarkable effect? In no case were there significant changes in nickel isotope ratios. In no case did nickel-hydrogen fusion occur. In no case was Rossi's mechanism supported. You can claim, if you like, that (as this thread is titled) "LENR is Real", but nothing in this paper s...

To belabor the obvious: One mark of Bad Science (as opposed to Real Science) is the Shy Bladder Effect. If experiments don't work when an outsider is watching, it suggests that the reports of earlier experiments must be viewed with extreme, rather than normal, skepticism. In this case, me356 has rep...

paperburn1 - conplete combustion of 1 g of nickel and 0.1 g of LiAlH4 will produce about 7 or 8 kJ of energy (using standard enthalpy of formation). This compares with total energy production of about 2000 to 3000 kJ for the major runs - much less than 1% even assuming sufficient oxygen.

On a broader front, the release of various depositions (even though heavily excerpted) allows the reconstruction of the process by which JM Products occurred, and some interesting sidelights. Primary depositions can be found at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BzKtdce19-wyb1RxOTF6c2NtZkk Exhi...

ladajo - Most interesting is the Rick Smith Supplementary Expert Report ( https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BzKtdce19-wyb1RxOTF6c2NtZkk Exhibit 235-10). He points out a number of entertaining problems with the JMP installation. 1) The eCat outlet pipe which he measured had an ID of 4.5 inches,...

ladajo - While I have no sympathy for Rossi, and rather look forward to his comeuppance, I need to check one of your assumptions. You calculate the steam velocity through a DN40 pipe, and the results are pretty definitive. Has Rossi or Penon stated anywhere that ALL the steam passes through a single...

ladajao - While the news from the Rossi/IPH lawsuit is fascinating, I suggest that you may have overlooked a possibility, If Rossi concludes that the suit is going against him (and I suspect that the documents he is so reluctant to produce will be quite damaging), there is nothing to prevent him fro...

"And because his issued patents claim the hydrino as an invention, BLP asserts that it owns all intellectual property rights involving hydrino research. BLP therefore forbids outside experimentalists from doing even the most basic hydrino research, which could confirm or deny hydrinos, without first...

IH admits filing "numerous patent applications." One filed in Europe was for “Method and Apparatus for Carrying out Nickel and Hydrogen Exothermal Reaction.” Also, the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (Ufficio italiano brevetti e marchi) issued Italian Patent No. 0001387256 (the “Italian Patent”...

ladajao - While I agree that the use of w-hr/hr is dumb, I have to argue that it is not (quite) nonsensical. Presumably input power is electrical, and measured by an integrating power meter with an output selectable between w-hr and kw-hr, with readings taken every hour. In this case, an increment o...

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You missed the last, fun step. .115 cu ft/sec through a 0.5 ID hose gives 88 ft/sec, or just about 60 mph.

Parallel - While you don't seem to take this sort of thing well, you really need to take a deep breath and start thinking clearly. "1.) Rossi has a Doctorate parallel. In Italy, people with that degree are called doctor." Not according to Rossi's website, http://andrea-rossi.com/rossi-invention-publ...

steam flow 10.27lb/min through 2" pipe - 240 diameters for 1 psi gauge pressure drop. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22657/22657-h/chapters/flow.html Say 1150 btu/lb to boil water 1 BTU/minute equals 0.01757 kilowatt. http://www.boilerroomservices.com/Facts/SteamTables.pdf = 11,500 btu/min = 201kW/...

] As long as the unit is run with a relatiively low COP, emergency shutoff is fairly straightforward - you just shut off the heater. This assumes no complications from thermal inertia in the reactor (and I'm not at all certain that that's a reasonable assumption), but at least it makes superficial ...