Italian cold fusion saga continues with new papers released
Research papers out of the University of Bologna confirm that
much more energy is coming out of the reactor than is required to run
the reactor, including a self-running mode; and that radiation is not
escaping from the machine.
Buddy of Georgia, USA with
Sterling D. Allan
for Pure Energy Systems News
Figure 1: A photo of the apparatus.
One scintillator detector is pointing upwards and is visible in
the center of the picture, while the other is partially covered
in the back.
(Source:
Mauro Villa; Jan. 26, 2011). |
A couple of weeks ago we
reported that the Italian inventor Andrea Rossi has announced that
he has a commercial ready cold fusion reactor that is safe and reliable,
capable of producing 10 kW of heat; and is in process of going into
production, with a 1 MW plant being built ganging 125 of these units
together.
Rossi has allowed outside scientists to perform tests on the module and
report on their findings. Papers on these tests have begun to emerge.
In a
paper that came out Monday morning (Italy time), Prof. Giuseppe Levi
of the University of Bologna describes two experiments. One was
performed in December of 2010 and the other on January 14 of 2011,
during the public demonstration and press conference. In both
experiments Andrea Rossi's cold fusion reactor is tested to determine if
more energy is output than input. The results are clear that in both
tests much more energy was produced than was put into the system.
In the first test, Levi reported that Rossi's device actually
self-sustained for approximately 15 minutes after all power was cut,
until they had to stop the reactor by applying additional cooling water.
When reading the document one may realize that the output energy for the
second test is missing. However, this information has already been
posted and was over 10KW.
In the second paper (ref,
pp. 7-12) Dr. David Bianchini, also of the University of Bologna,
describes his tests to determine if radioactivity is escaping the system
for safety purposes, during the January 14 demonstration. He detects no
radiation escaping the shielding of the system.
Another paper describing a test to determine what radiation is produced
inside of the cell is posted here.
Then, in a
paper that came out on January 26, Mauro Villa, also with Bologna
University, describes his tests to determine if any gamma radiation is
being produced inside of the reactor. Two holes were placed in the
shielding to allow radiation to be measured. No gamma radiation
significantly above background was detected. However, he does not
discount the possibility of lower energy gamma rays being produced.
Classical physics predicts that some type of radiation must be produced
by the system to heat the components of the reactor to heat the water.
Villa had predicted that gamma radiation is the most likely culprit, but
his measurements did not verify that premise. So either this is not a
fusion reaction according to classical physics, or there is some kind of
new physics taking place that is yet to be understood and characterized.
Some speculate that perhaps X-Rays are being emitted. The lead shielding
in the apparatus is consistent with this presumption. This would be
similar to the X-Rays produced by Black Light Power's system involving
Hydrinos – a smaller, more energetic variation of the hydrogen atom. (Ref.)
Rossi
claims that outside scientists have tested his system to determine
if X Rays are produced, but has not yet received the results.
Since these new papers have been posted many new messages have been
posted in the comment section of the Journal of Nuclear Physics
blog run
by Rossi. Some of his answers confirm what he has already said, and
others give new information. For example,
- He is starting a 1 year research program with the University of
Bologna to investigate the reactions inside of the reactor.
- Work on the 1MW plant is nearing completion and will open in a
"matter of months." The wait is mostly due to "authorization"
issues.
- The volume of the reactor is 1 liter.
- They expect their patent that covers their catalysts and special
processes done to the nickel to be granted by the time the 1MW plant
opens.
- When the patent is granted they will release full details on the
catalysts, special processes done to the nickel, construction of the
device, etc.
- They have ran their device in self-sustain mode for several
hours at a time.
So where are we at this point?
It seems more people think this technology is legitimate. Of course the
final proof of this will be when the 1MW plant opens.
Also, the news about his technology is spreading. Articles have appeared
in
EE Times,
Zero Hedge,
Popular Science,
Discovery,
TechEye,
Fox News,
Gizmodo,
Motherboard,
Mother Nature Network, and
elsewhere.
Most of these are highly
skeptical and cite
PhysOrg as their primary source, which cited our January 17
PESN coverage as its primary source.
We continue to chronicle the main developments at
PESWiki.com.
Lawrence Rayburn has posted some comments in a forum, which we've
compiled, in which he seems to think it wouldn't be hard to build
one of these cold fusion reactors. He claims to have built a working
Tesla Radiant Energy Collector some years ago, but he thinks this cold
fusion reactor is much more simple and plausible for widespread
implementation.
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