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Stunning Third Party E-Cat Test Report Details Leaked During NIWeek
A big beeze is coming that will lift all sails.
This is the beginning of the final life style mankind will enjoy for the foreseeable future.
We will no longer fear lack of food and shelter, but only of our fellow man.
For months now, Andrea Rossi has been telling us about a new version of the E-Cat (Energy Catalyzer) technology that he calls the "hot cat." This new variation of the technology is claimed to allow for extremely high temperatures, with total stability, of up to 1,200 degrees Celsius. Such temperatures hold the potential to allow for direct conversion of heat to electricity utilizing solid state devices. For example, thermophotovoltaic panels and thermoelectric generators could utilize the E-Cat as a source of very high temperature heat.
Meanwhile, a user on a forum by the name of "Cures" has been sharing bits of information about the high temperature E-Cat. Over a month ago, he stated that he had witnessed a test in which an E-Cat module reached temperatures of over 700C. He also stated changes were made afterwards that allowed for temperatures of over 1,000C. In all of his posts, he spoke very favorably about the test results. In his opinion, they were very impressive, and indicated nothing less than a nuclear phenomenon taking place.
(You can read many of Cures posts, here. One of my sources has indicated to me he may be using an additional online name as well, and could have been posting on United States based forums all along -- before he even posted on non-English speaking forums.)
In the past few days, while NIWeek has been ongoing, he has started posting even more detailed information. Rumors about the report are now circulating all across the internet, and it seems he may be using more than one online identity. Piecing together all the various posts, a lot of information can be obtained.
Most of his latest revelations are about a specific test of a "hot cat" that took place on July 16th. The facts and figures he has leaked about this test seem to trump all other claims made by cold fusion researchers at NIWeek. They are actually much more significant than anything that was presented during that conference. His statements seem to describe a device that is capable of performance levels far beyond any test setup described during the week long event. As I see it, the ability to produce kilowatts of output -- at temperatures up to 1,200 Celsius -- from a simple setup proves, once again, that Leonardo Corporation is the clear leader in the field of cold fusion or LENR.
The test setup that Cures describes is elegant in its simplicity. You can see the picture he posted, here.
First, the E-Cat tested was constructed using two steel tubes or cylinders of equal length. The tube with a smaller diameter was placed inside of the tube with a larger diameter. In the gap between the two cylinders (the outer surface of the inner cylinder and the inner surface of the outer cylinder) a resistive heating element was placed, along with the "charge" consisting of nickel powder, catalysts, and a tablet that would release hydrogen when heated. The ends of the cylinder were then covered with a putty that could withstand high temperatures. As can be seen in the picture posted by Cures, the central "hole" was not covered.
The outer and inner surface of the module was coated with a black paint that would resist high temperatures. The black surface would make the device a more efficient black body radiator.
Next, the device was positioned several feet above the floor on a metal framework. A thermal camera was positioned below the E-Cat module, looking upwards. This camera would be used to record the surface temperature of the bottom half of the module. By being positioned below the module instead of above, the thermal camera would not be exposed to hot rising air that could artificially inflate the temperature data acquired. Due to the air currents providing some amount of cooling to the bottom of the reactor, the camera was in the position that would allow for the lowest temperatures to be recorded. This makes the resulting measurements the most conservative possible.
Power was applied to the resistors inside of the E-Cat and the temperature of the module, as recorded by the thermal camera, increased over a period of several hours. The thermal camera was connected to a computer so all of the data could be recorded for analysis. A handheld laser thermometer was used to determine the temperature of the inner surface of the inner cylinder (the glowing hole in the image Cures posted).
Cures has stated that at the time of the photo, the average external temperature of the module was E-Cat was 801 degrees Celsius, with a peak local temperature of 873C in one spot. This was recorded by the infrared camera. The temperature of the inner surface was measured (with the handheld laser themometer) to be from 1,100C to 1,200C, increasing in temperature towards the center of the module.
According to Cures, at that moment, the module was being supplied with 3.56 kilowatts of electrical power, and it was calculated to be emitting 13.39 kilowatts of power in the form of infrared radiation. This figure is accurate if the inner and outer "walls" (the inner surface of the inner cylinder and the outer surface of the outer cylinder) were emitting the same amount of power. Even if the inner wall was emitting less power than the outer wall, the minimum 8% loss of power due to convection (stripping heat from the module) and the placement of the camera (where it would record the lowest temperatures) would seem to make up for the difference.
A big beeze is coming that will lift all sails.
This is the beginning of the final life style mankind will enjoy for the foreseeable future.
We will no longer fear lack of food and shelter, but only of our fellow man.