[freebilly]

produces heat by an unknown reaction

Let me know when someone figures out how it works. Until then it has scam written all over it....

[DManA]

Someone pointed out that thermal dynamics was not understood when the first steam engines were invented either.

[freedomlover]

"Let me know when someone figures out how it works. Until then it has scam written all over it...."

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Here is the formula:

[Sherman Logan]

Let me know when someone figures out how it works.

We don't really need to know how it works, only that it does work. Which hasn't been proven yet either, AFAIK.

Maybe he's accidentally found a loophole in the laws of physics.

It is also quite likely that even if this reaction does produce a net energy gain, the gain will be too small to function as a practical source of energy.

[Hodar]

They understand “How” it works, but it breaks several models of “Why” things work. There ‘should be’ some high levels of Gamma radiation - but there isn’t.

You put Nickel in - you get Copper out. The proton from the Hydrogen gets stuck into the Nickel, bumping it up the periodic table. You create LOTS of heat, and consume very, very little Nickel.

Consider, 7 ounces of powered Nickel, a tank of Hydrogen and you get 10,000 Watts of energy out for a period of about 6 months. Some of that 7 ounces of Nickel is now Copper.

No radiation is escaping, no residual radiation. This has been demonstrated in a public display, with reporters and Physisists from around the world in attendance. 400 Watts into the engine - Nickel and Hydrogen fuel and some unknown catylist - 10,400 Watts output for several minutes.

In the lab, with heat exchangers, this unit has ran for tens of thousands of hours.

And, finally this gentleman USING HIS OWN MONEY is building 128 copies of this generator, to build a commercial 1 Megawatt (1,000,000 Watt) generation plant. This plant will serve three purposes.

1) Provide an income.
2) Demonstrate that his process is repeatable and dependable
3) Show economies of scale. less than 1 cent per KWhr electricity as well as 0.004 cents/KWhr of steam for heating.

Quite the scam, huh? He’s scammed himself out of his own money. < /sarcam>

The University of Bologna in Italy, is one of Italy’s most prestegious universities. Think Harvard endorsing a scientist here. It appears to be the real deal.

[redgolum]

I agree.

[GOPJ]

I hear it will power my perpetual motion machine...