Posted on 12/26/2011 10:45:07 PM PST by Kevmo
New Cold Fusion Success Claim: “Aussie Guy E-Cat” Says he Has Fleischmann-Pons Effect Devices Working
December 26, 2011
A very interesting discussion is taking place on Vortex-l, the online email discussion list for cold fusion, where a poster nicknamed “Aussie Guy E-Cat” is sharing information about Fleischmann-Pons Experiment (FPE) devices he has obtained from an Asian source, and which he plans to use to commercialize and demonstrate that Fleischmann and Pons were correct in their cold fusion claims.
In the discussion thread Aussie Guy writes:
The 2 cells were obtained from an Asian source. They are on loan for 3 months. The source will work remotely with our local uni to get them operational. They output greater than 1 watt with a COP greater than 5. We are funding the work at the local uni. The uni can publish the results from the cells we make locally. The source has received an up front payment. They will receive further funding as the cells are proven to work by the local uni and further funding when our replicant cells become operational.
We plan to make our replicant cells available to other FPE researchers. These cells are not capable of delivering a E-Cat or Hyperion level of performance. They are designed to prove F&P were correct, the FPE is real, to silence the FPE deniers and drive scientific investigation of the FPE. Our desire is simple. To accelerate the acceptance of the FPE, to get the effect properly understood and to see FPE devices powering our planet. OK, along the way to make a few dollars as well.
This poster had hoped to purchase a 100 kW E-Cat plant from Andrea Rossi, but Rossi was not willing to sell a scaled-down large plant, so it appears that Aussie Guy has looked to other sources for small-scale devices to demonstrate the reality of cold fusion. The fact that he is working with a local (Australian) university will be of interest to the many people who have been hoping for independent third party testing of cold fusion devices by qualified scientists. AG says that eventually the plan is for him to manufacture simple FPE demo devices that can be sold to the wide market.
This is another interesting development in what seems to be a growing momentum in the area of cold fusion research, and the positive results reported are encouraging news for all who are hoping to see a rapid emergence of a new and improved energy source for a world that is very much in need of it. 2012 could be shaping up to be a banner year for cold fusion!
1) It looks like the air filter in my car but it also looks like an enormous heat sink.
2) Where is the three inches of lead shielding?
3) Rossi isn’t churning these out in his garage, someone had to make over a hundred of the cases and lids for the fat cat and it’s not a trivial task unless he’s stamping them out like an oil pan.
4) It doesn’t look like it could hold a lot of water if we assume the heat sink center block is solid.
5) The lid needs a lip like on an oil pan or it will expand between bolts.
6) It looks like he’s using gasket sealer instead of a gasket, bad idea in the long run but this is just a prototype.
That little box holds almost 8 gallons, that's hard to believe if you compare it to a car's gas tank. It's possible that if you include all the lines it might add up but those E-cats aren't that big and they aren't hollow, at least the one they showed isn't.
I don't recall whether they were allowed access to the interior during this particular test, but in the Oct. 18 "single fat E-cat" test, the E-cat was disassembled in the presence of the witnesses. That visual examination shows that the "core" is nowhere near 25 liters. And in the 18 October test the dimensions of the "core" are given as I stated previously.
Agreed.
Aussie Guy came to a screeching halt and the people on Vortex or Peak oil are po'd at his scams.
Aussie Guy came to a screeching halt and the people on Vortex or Peak oil are po'd at his scams.It's worth noting that Aussie Guy, if he really is Greg Watson, has used a "revolutionary new energy" scam to steal over $60 million from gullible investors.
His scam looked remarkably like what Rossi is doing, right down to claiming that he was building robotic factories to produce "millions" of units a year.
"1) It looks like the air filter in my car but it also looks like an enormous heat sink."
Yup.
"2) Where is the three inches of lead shielding?
"According to Rossi"...the ultimate "core" (in which resides the nickel nanopowder) is 20 cm by 20 cm by 2cm. The lead shielding consists of 2cm on all "faces", and the heat exchanger is "on top" of all that.
"3) Rossi isn’t churning these out in his garage, someone had to make over a hundred of the cases and lids for the fat cat and it’s not a trivial task unless he’s stamping them out like an oil pan."
This has been one of my major points ever since the 1MW system pictures showed up. A "hugh" amount of work is being done "somewhere" to put all this stuff together.
"4) It doesn’t look like it could hold a lot of water if we assume the heat sink center block is solid."
See #1. There's probably quite a bit of volume between those heat-sink fins, which are on both top AND bottom of the "core".
"5) The lid needs a lip like on an oil pan or it will expand between bolts."
I hadn't noticed this detail.
"6) It looks like he’s using gasket sealer instead of a gasket, bad idea in the long run but this is just a prototype."
Which prototype is probably assembled/disassembled multiple times. I think this is an argument "against" using a gasket sealer (or at least one that "sets up" like silicones do). He may be using a "grease" type that doesn't "cure" after assembly just for that reason.
Do you think there is enough room in there to hold 8 gallons?
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