I'm just a silly EE with 23 yrs under my belt in R&D. If I delivered a product to my boss that had a critical component like temperature with a +/-20% accuracy - I wouldn't have a job today.
I mean, I can understand 5% accuracy - but they go on to suppose how the entire unit gets warm. How much heat is lost to the unit cooling? He doesn't have a clue. Where is the placement of this heat? No idea. Why make steam, when you can simply be a heat exchanger and remain in the linear region of the water heating tables?
I think he's on to something; but this continual refusal to provide accurate data is hurting him.
Hmmm....
I think Rossi is on something, like crack!
So what if the unit itself “gets warm”. If it isn’t at a usefully high temperature (hot enough to make steam), what good is it? Maybe you could use that heat to warm air in an HVAC system or an incubator, but some unquantified heating of the unit itself proves nothing.
So far, I see more similarity of the E-Cat with my television than an energy production device. Both have to be plugged into external power to activate, and both “generate” heat while in operation.
Honestly, I hope it works for the good of everyone. However, I have real hope for the thorium reactors, which WILL produce energy, safely.