Posted on 06/16/2011 10:28:27 PM PDT by Kevmo
June 13, 2011
Brian Ahern getting 8 Watts for over four days of operation in a Low Energy Nuclear Process
Brian Ahern replicated the work of Arata where Arata got small amounts of power without adding any power into his cold fusion set up.
Brian Ahern received his PhD in material science from MIT, holds 26 patents and was a senior scientist for 17 years in research and development at USAF Rome Lab at Hanscom Air Force Base.
Brian Ahern is attempting replications of Rossi and Forcardi and he is getting 8 watts of continuous power output (for over four days of operation) from 10 grams of metal nanopowder. The good news is there is no radiation detectable above background levels . It is also worthy to note that there were no precious metals involved the alloy was Zr66%-Ni21%-Cu13%. The Zirconium becomes Zirconium dioxide when it is baked.
An email at vortex where Ahern provides some description of the processes he used that generated 5 watts for a few days
There is an as yet undisclosed spillover catalysts that amplifies the process. The LENR community is directing its attention to this nanoscale opportunity.
So Brian Ahern is getting some success replicating Rossi and Focardi. Brian Ahern plans to make some adjustments to what he is doing to attempt to get the higher power levels that Rossi and Forcardi have claimed to achieved over the last year or so.
2011 Lattice Assisted Nuclear Reaction/Cold Fusion Colloquium at MIT
Science and engineering of cold fusion, also known as LANR, LENR, and CMNS. Where: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA It was this past weekend. Saturday and Sunday, June 11 and 12, 2011
Speakers: Peter Hagelstein, Mitchell Swartz, Brian Ahern, Larry Forsley, George Miley, Robert Smith, Fran Tanzella, Xing Zhong Li, and contributions by other colleagues.
I think that the partial replication removes the scenario of complete fraud for the Rossi claims. I suppose there could still be fraud for the kilowatt level of work where the lower power levels replicate. However, Brian Ahern seems to think that he will be able to get to far higher power levels as well based upon his decades of related work and the results that he is getting.
The description of steps taken to get 5 watts for a few days
Ames National Laboratory processed metal alloy foils via arc melting followed by melt spinning. This is the Yamaura process employed by Arata and others. The foils were baked in ordinary air at 445C for 28 hours.
The brittle, oxidized foils were placed in a tumble mill for 24 hours.
This resulted in 30 grams of black powder with a median grain size of about 40 microns.Presumably, each grain has about one million nanoscale islands of NiCu inside.
The 30 grams occupies about 7 ml inside the 50 ml dewar. The system was vacuum baked at 220C for 24 hours and cooled to room temperature.
H2 gas was added at 200psi. The pressure dropped only to about 185 psi over twenty minutes. In these replication experiments the exothermic reactions have had peak temperatures above 220C with substantial loading above 3.0 H/M ratios. This time the temperature only rose by 2 degrees C.
The system was heated with a band heater to high temperature. There was no controller. A rheostat was set at an arbitrary position and the system comes to a an arbitrary temperature.The average power input was 90 watts.
After several hours the hydrated system was evacuated overnight at a constant high temperature at 530C. The next day H2 gas was again added at 100psi and the temperature rose by 40C to 570C and came back down to 530C after two hours. At the end of the day the dewar was again evacuated while still at 530C overnight.
The third day repeated the same procedure. H2 gas was added at 100psi and the temperature rose by 44C to 574C. However, this time it did not come back to the initial temperature. It remained at the elevated temperature overnight.
On the fourth day H2 gas was again added at 100psi and the system rose by 50C to 580C and again stayed at the elevated temperature indefinitely.
A rough calibration suggests that the 30 grams of hydrated nanopowder is putting out 5 watts of excess power.
Yesterday Peter Gluck suggested that the relationship between loading and excess power may be a myth. This seemed to be true for electrolysis with Pd and heavy water where loading levels exceeding 0.9 D/M were a prerequisite for observing excess power.
My loading level with this nanopowder sample as less than 0.1 H/M.
This 5 watt excess is very much less than Rossi, but it is a real and repeatable experiment There was no radiation above the background level.
The 8 watt excess process is very similar but the materials are milled for a longer time.
This is significant on 3 levels.
1) MIT PhD dude
2) Replication of Arata’s earlier work
3) Includes use of undisclosed spillover catalysts that amplify the process.
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thanks for the heads up on this article
It’s a crock! MIT PhD, you say? I put my trust in the Wizard of Oz. It meant something to be a wizard in those days!
Say, while we’re at it, what ever became of the LHC? Did it slip off the earth? Might have, for all we’ve heard of it lately.
Interestinger and interestinger (my new word invention for the day...) This does keep nudging my assessment meter more towards the ‘it’s for real!’ side of the scale.
Why is it we get all these “it’s a crock” posts but they contain no scientific value whatsoever?
The End of Snide Remarks Against Cold Fusion
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2265914/posts
Friday, June 05, 2009 5:56:08 PM · by Kevmo · 95 replies · 1,770+ views
Free Republic, Gravitronics.net and Intrade ^ | 6/5/09 | kevmo, et al
I gather the chief scientest at NASA Langley isn’t enough of an authority to you?
Cold Fusion #1 Claims NASA Chief (Focardi & Rossi - not cold fusion but close enough)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2730240/posts
Sunday, June 05, 2011 11:56:09 AM · by Titus-Maximus · 51 replies
PESN ^ | June 2, 2011 | Hank Mills
PV=T
``The third day repeated the same procedure. H2 gas was added at 100psi and the temperature rose by 44C to 574C. However, this time it did not come back to the initial temperature. It remained at the elevated temperature overnight.
On the fourth day H2 gas was again added at 100psi and the system rose by 50C to 580C and again stayed at the elevated temperature indefinitely.``
If you heat bricks red-hot in an oven and insulate them in a vacuum container, they`ll do the identical thing for a week.
>>>MIT PhD dude
Paul Krugman is also one... in many cases, credentials don’t necessarily result in truth or capability.
I suppose that could be true, but if you heat up the bricks with a little bit of Nickel & Hydrogen, you’ve got something. There’s trees in that forest.
If the credentials of the Chief Scientist at NASA Langley, or a Nobel Prize winning Nuclear Physicist, or a Japanese Physicist who received his country’s highest honor for nuclear studies isn’t enough, nothing will satisfy the naysayers.
I got cold fusion because I got a sustained 5 watt output over three days using charcoal preservation that have been used by North American Indians for the last 500 years.
The best cons and lies are ones that have a element of truth which is used to build the con.
Rossi claims to be building power plants, not lab experiments.
I live in Texas and it is hot as hell. Hook up 2000 of these units in parallel to my air conditioner in June, cut the power to my air conditioner and if my house is 80 degrees in August, I will then believe.
I got a sustained 5 watt output over three days using charcoal preservation that have been used by North American Indians for the last 500 years.
***again... if you heat up the bricks with a little bit of Nickel & Hydrogen, you’ve got something. There’s trees in that forest.
It’s true, OMG, FREE ENERGY IS REAL!
In the heating and cooling process a great deal of energy is being injected into the system and removed.
***The system is being filled by Hydrogen Gas. There is very little energy associated with that activity.
Al Gore won a Noble Prize. Next Question!
It’s true, OMG, FREE ENERGY IS REAL!
***again...
Why is it we get all these “it’s a crock” posts but they contain no scientific value whatsoever?
The End of Snide Remarks Against Cold Fusion
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2265914/posts
Friday, June 05, 2009 5:56:08 PM · by Kevmo · 95 replies · 1,770+ views
Free Republic, Gravitronics.net and Intrade ^ | 6/5/09 | kevmo, et al
Al Gore won a Noble Prize.
***When he wins one for nuclear physics, I’ll treat his nuclear physics ideas with respect.
Based on your lame assertions, my prediction is that you’ll slink away rather than maintain any coherent line of argument on this technology.
Never heard of a fusion process that gave off only HEAT.
Never heard of a fusion process involving elemental nuclei & that emitted no atomic particles nor gamma rays.
Never heard of a fusion process by which elements not part of the process do not appear as the result of FUSION, but the original ones are still there, and no different elements are formed.
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