Penon High-Temperature E-Cat Test Results Posted

Andrea Rossi, the inventor of the Energy Catalyzer, has shared the results of an extended test of a high temperature module. If the results are verified by the group of third party scientists working towards validating the technology, it could mean the "hot cat" is a true breakthrough with huge implications for all of human civilization.

The most advanced version of the E-cat technology is called the "hot cat." The technology can produce very high temperatures of over 1,000 C and is alleged to produce kilowatts of power with a high coefficient of performance (COP).

This Friday at an E-Cat conference in Italy -- the second such conference dedicated to the E-Cat in two months -- Andrea Rossi shared data from a test Leonardo Corporation (his company) performed on a hot cat module -- separate from a parallel set-up being run by several third-party scientists. The results, if confirmed independently by the third-party scientists working towards validating the technology, seem very impressive. These results have been shared with PESN.

Briefly, the reported results are:

On the Ragone Plot, this puts this reaction in the same region as nuclear power -- another vindication that the terminology of "cold fusion" is most likely a suitable, concise name for the phenomenon, scientific politics aside.

The text of the report, as we received it, is posted at the end of this article. In short, a high temperature module was operated for around two weeks at an average, stable temperature of 1050 degrees C. Self-sustain mode was utilized for a portion of the total length of the test. Probably, I'm assuming, the drive was used for a couple hours and then was turned off for an hour or so, but this is not specified in the report. All we know is that it claims self-sustain mode was utilized for a total of 218 hours out of the entire 328 hour test (not counting four hours of warm up and four hours of cool down).

If I am interpreting the results correctly, it is asserted that without factoring in self-sustain mode, an approximate COP of around 6 was reached, and with self-sustain mode, the final total COP was over 11. These results -- if replicated by the third party currently doing similar testing -- make it seem likely that Rossi may be able to guarantee the COP of six that he has spoken of for so long.

Rossi expects the group of third party scientists working on the hot cat will reveal similar results when their official report is presented in November. If this turns out to be the case, it will be exciting news for all of us who have been following the E-Cat saga.

A cold fusion technology capable of producing high temperatures, kilowatts of power, and a COP of six would be an enormous breakthrough capable of being used to make this world a better place for all of us by making sustainable, clean, and affordable electric power generation possible. Let's hope the results presented by Rossi match what the third party scientists, who are from multiple universities, conclude in their report.

Here is Rossi's report: (slightly edited) [See also E-CatWorld]

LEONARDO CORPORATION

REPORT OF THE INTERNAL TEST MADE ON THE HOT CAT

Date of the Report: October 9th 2012

ATTENTION: THIS REPORT IS MADE BY LEONARDO CORPORATION, NOT BY A THIRD PARTY. THE TESTS MADE BY AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY WILL BE PUBLISHED AS SOON AS ITS WORK IS FINISHED, BUT WE WANT TO GIVE, IN THIS REPORT, THE DATA THAT WE ARE OBTAINING USING IN PARALLEL THE SAME INSTRUMENTATION THAT THEY ARE USING, WITH THE SAME REACTOR, THE “HOT CAT”.
TAKE THESE DATA AS THE NUMBERS WE REASONABLY EXPECT THAT WILL BE CONFIRMED BY THE INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY.
THE REACTOR HAS BEEN MADE IN THE USA.
THE MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTATION HAS BEEN CHOSEN AFTER THE SWEDISH TEST MADE ON THE 6TH OF SEPTEMBER, SO THAT THE MEASUREMENT HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE PRECISION, AVOIDING THE USE OF AMPEROMETERS, VOLTMETERS , SUBSTITUTED BY MEANS OF THE INSTRUMENT DESCRIBED IN ATTACHMENT 2, MODULATED BY A VARIAC INSTEAD OF A TRIAC.

DATA

[Note] We used the point “.” to indicate the decimals and the comma “,” to indicate the thousands, not vice versa, as is used in many countries; for example: 2,000.00 means “two thousand point zero cents”.

DESCRIPTION OF THE REACTOR

The reactor is a cylinder which has the following dimensions:
Length cm 33
Diameter cm 8.6
(See photos in the Penon Report attached)

SURFACE:

cm^2 891
The internal cylinder has been eliminated, so that the energy has been measured only on the external surface with the Stephan Boltzmann equation.

Weight before the charge: g 4331
Weight before the test start: g 4351
Weight after the test stop: g 4350

Weight of the charge: g 20

Test started: Sept 25th h 08.00 a.m.
Test finished: Oct 9th h 08.00 a.m.
Total duration of the test: 336 hours

OPERATION

Time to arrive to the full operation of the reactor: 4 hours
Time to shut down the reactor: 4 hours
Stable net operation time of the reactor: 328 hours

TEMPERATURES:

Room Temperature: average 25 °C
Temperature reached after 4 hours: 1050 °C
Average temperature for 228 hours: 1050 °C

POWER EMPLOYED

Self-sustaining mode operation total time: 118 hours
Peak power employed: 5 kW circa
Average power employed: 2.4 kW circa (two point four kW)

TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMED

kWh 278.4 (two hundred seventy-eight point four)

ENERGY PRODUCED

T(°K)4 = 2.838 * 1012
W = 2.838 * 1012 * 5.67 * 10-8 * 8.91 * 102 * 10-4 = 14,337 Wh * h-1 (fourteen point three hundred thirty-seven kWh per hour)

TOTAL ENERGY PRODUCED

kWh 3,257 (three thousand two hundred sixty-eight)
(30% has taken off conservatively, considering the possible errors combined)

COP = 3,257/278.4 = 11.7 (eleven point seven)

POWER DENSITY

163.4 MW*kg^-1 (one hundred sixty three point four MWh per kg)
(see the Ragone Plot on page 15 of the Penon Report - see attached)