Friday, October 7, 2011

NyTeknik: New test of the E-cat enhances proof of heat

video and story by Mats Lewan

plus a pdf of the raw data

excerpts:

  • At a new test in Bologna on Thursday, the ‘E-cat’ invented by Andrea Rossi ran in a completely stable self sustained mode for over three hours. Ny Teknik attended the test.
  • As in previous tests, the start-up was effected by heating the E-cat with an electrical resistor at about 2.7 kilowatts, this time for about four hours, in order to achieve, according to Rossi, sufficient stability.
  • By a conservative estimate, Ny Teknik calculated power output during self sustaining operation at two to three kilowatts.
  • The scientistis from the Unversity of Bologna who will do research on the E-cat on commission by Rossi attended the Thursday test; but it was not an official participation on the University's part, as the research project has not been launched yet
The numbers are little different from what was reported yesterday.  The length of self sustainment was 3.5 hours, as opposed to 4, for example.  It is not clear if the 2 to 3 kilowatt number is net energy, or if it is only the energy measured at the heat exchanger.

My impression is that it is a successful test.

Update:

There appears to be mixed reviews.   I took a closer look at the data.  It does in fact, appear to be self sustaining.   One observation:  without doing any calculations, my hunch is that it doesn't produce net energy until it goes into self sustain mode and a "frequency" device is activated.  That device puts energy into the system, but is multiplied, therefore it is definitely net energy from that point on.  Another thing:  I would have liked to have had the E-cat run awhile longer.  This is to dispel any doubts as to its net energy production.

Other questions may arise as to what the nature of the frequency device actually is.  Keep in mind though, that Rossi's device is said to produce copper from nickel.  Godes' device is said to produce helium.  That's a significant difference.

It would be interesting to go over all the data, if it becomes available.

2 comments:

Jonathan said...

It is strange that they wouldn't let it run in self-sustain mode for longer. This seems especially important to dispel doubts now that their important US business customer has mysteriously dropped out. Fishy..

Greg said...

I am not too discouraged- yet. It seems to be the consensus that it should run longer.

The demo went something like this: a warm up period, then an equilibrium period where it put out about as much energy as it consumed, then the self sustained part which was net energy, and finally shut down and a cooling off period.

If cooling down and warming up cancels out, equilibrium cancels out, then the net energy while in self sustaining mode is evident. Admittedly, the calculations to back this up are not supplied here.

In order to dispel all remaining doubt, the E-cat should run longer.