LENR. Really really? Bashny.Net

LENR - Low-energy nuclear reaction - low energy nuclear reaction.

I must say that this is only the first step, and further testing is needed and the more serious one more confirmation from other independent teams.

via habr





E-Cat inventor Andrea Rossi - a device that uses cold fusion to generate a large number of cheap green energy - in March 2014 has been verified by an independent group of scientists who presented now a 54-page report.

Testers

Giuseppe Levi - University of Bologna, Italy
Evelyn Fosco - Bologna, Italy
Bo Hoysted Roland Pettersson and Lars Tegner - University of Uppsala, Sweden
Hanno Essen - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

They studied a small E-Cat for 32 days during which the reactor produced a 1.5 megawatt-hours of energy. This "far greater than can be obtained from any known source of the chemical reactor of similar size».

Interestingly, in the report says that 32 days - this is a pre-determined period of the experiment. That is, the reactor was shut down artificially, and he, at that time, still no signs of reducing the power output.

Investigation of fuel before and after the test showed that isotopes in the used fuel could be obtained only by nuclear reactions. This conclusion was struck researchers: & quot; ... of course, very difficult to understand how these processes of synthesis can proceed at such low energies & quot ;.

This report on the E-Cat (pdf) was prepared by six reputable scientists from Italy and Sweden. Despite the fact that this version of the E-Cat is very different from the previous ones, the researchers say that it is also used as fuel "hydrogen-rich Nickel" with some additions (mostly lithium). Inventor of the reactor Andrea Rossi says that E-Cat cold fusion uses - Low Energy Nuclear Reactions, LENR - for the synthesis of compounds of copper by nickel atoms and hydrogen, with the release of large amounts of energy.

In the analysis of the fuel before and after the 32-day experiment, the researchers found that almost turned isotopes of "natural" mixture of Nickel-58/60 Nickel-62. And this reaction, according to scientists, is impossible without the nuclear fusion reactions. Researchers say that used only 1 gram of fuel. Additional information about the scientific / chemical processes behind LENR, read our previous article about the device Rossi.

Weigh the new reactor E-Cat



Researchers are very careful in the conclusions, they do not say directly what LENR / cold fusion is the energy source in the E-Cat. Instead, talk about the "unknown response».
In serious scientific community LENR still not perceived differently as a joke (and sometimes even taboo topic). The situation turns funny, researchers are trying to really understand how the E-Cat produces so much energy and still come to the conclusion that the only option is a synthesis, but then cooled ardor, adding that it is only the argument and not a serious suggestion.

Testbed



In any case, let's put aside the necessary skepticism and look at what's really interesting: a completely insane amount of energy generated by the E-Cat. In the plate below are some numbers from this 32-day trial. The most important numbers to the right: COP (coefficient of performance) reaches 3.74, and net energy output - up to 2373 watts. At the moment, it is a small device that shows similar data for 32 consecutive days. The total number of generated power for 32 days was 1.5MVt * h.



It turns out that the E-Cat, studied by scientists, has an energy capacity of 1.6 × 109Vt Wh / kg and power of 2.1 × 106 W / kg.
Order of the values ​​of these quantities greater than anything experienced so far: the reactor is roughly 100 times more powerful than the best supercapacitors and vozmozhdno a million times more energy-intensive than gasoline. According to the researchers, "these values ​​are put E-Cat above any known conventional energy sources».

Obviously, if you believe that independent research and if the E-Cat really uses cold fusion - is very exciting news. After all, we are talking about extremely cheap, environmentally friendly, energy-intensive source that can literally change the world.

Intended commercial product



However, before you change the world, one must go through a period of very great attention of the scientific community. Previous independent examination of E-Cat, of March 2013 was quickly discredited by critics. Now it seems that the new report is executed more efficiently, with fewer holes and inconsistencies. Report on the test was sent to Arxiv, the server pre-printing of articles with the hope for future publication in the Journal of Nuclear Physics.

The next few weeks could be very interesting. According Sifferkoll, a big bank has downloaded a new report on the E-Cat in just a few minutes after its publication in the network - and oil futures still remain volatile. And this morning, University of Glasgow, said that he was going to sell their investments made in fossil fuels. Hmm ...

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An important detail: the report says that for estimating the energy released was measured heat and other radiation emitted reactor, not electricity itself. That is, even laying conversion loss.

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In the report, researchers claim that they have artificially been limited input power (900W) because of fears that something may melt and leak, or something else will happen. They write that by increasing the input power of about 100W (c 790 to 900), the power output jumped 700W, and the temperature for a couple of minutes rose from 1260 ° C to 1400 ° C. And that limits opportunities for the study of the reactor requires other esperimenty.