Yes.
"Let's assume it works, depending on the oil, just to pick something, Olive oil has a boiling point of 300oC. I'm not saying he's using olive oil (although it would be funny to speculate on the benefits of extra virgin VS virgin) but, Krivit complains that Rossi kept driving down the efficiencies of the E-cat to 6X unity. Someone mentioned that although the device will work at higher efficiencies (and higher temperatures, they appear linked), it is unstable running there. I wonder if the oil makes a difference and since he could run the oil thats boiling point is 3x the temperature of boiling water, run it through a heat exchanger and use that steam to drive a turbine.
I think the reason Rossi kept "reducing the efficiency" was because he didn't actually know how to design a really efficient heat-removal means from the "core", and also didn't have a good automatic control system. He was getting stability by trading off additional electric heating power with his existing (poor) capability to cool the core (and hence having it go into "thermal runaway" conditions). It is very simple to get an off-the-shelf temperature controller, so he could easily control the current to his auxiliary heater, and thus get "some" level of control, but not good.
The "fat E-cat" had a completely different internal heat exchange, and was more stable (and thus finally yielded the ability to "self-sustain", at least for a while).
"Would the E-cat be stable there (higher efficiencies and temperatures) using oil over water?
I think if the heat-exchange and control system are well-engineered, that the E-Cat will be stable pretty much wherever you set it, as long as that doesn't cause the nickel substrate to "change state" (i.e. melt or deform) and lose its ability to promote whatever reaction is happening.
"Dang it all, it is frustrating to just wait; I wonder how Krivit feels. Does he still have access to Rossi or was Rossi throwing him in with the snakes comment cutting him off?"
Indeed it is frustrating, but it's all we can do. IMO, Rossi has pretty much blown off ALL journalists other than a very limited subset of people he has known and trusted for a long time (and hence so much information flowing through "22passi" and Danielle Passerini).
It appears that if any of these reactors go into thermal runaway, we're only talking about the melting of the reactants and nothing nuclear? Even so, taking Rossi at face value, I know the regulations will kill him all around the world. I hate the idea that the left always says they're worried about safety and the environment and it seems that in the end, they really want us back in the stone age except for them as they're so enlightened.
I still don't see how Rossi adds heat to slow the reaction down but I'm not going to worry about it.
Who is our "Bell Labs" in the 21st century?
I took a look at ICCF15 on LENR.org at it is not casual reading. I'm tempted to print it out because I still like books, especially in large print. Reading 32 pages on a computer is brutal and since it's no where near my area I need to read it in one sitting or I'll forget what I've read.