Test E-Cat del 7 luglio 2011

"Siate affamati, siate folli!"
Steve Jobs (1955-2011)


Come ho già spiegato, oggi non pubblicherò nulla del test in corso a Bologna. Ma cerco di farmi perdonare. Stamattina il prof. Stremmenos, chiacchierando, ha iniziato a raccontarmi di un test fatto il 7 luglio scorso citandomi a memoria alcune parti del suo report... gli ho chiesto allora se questo report potesse essere diffuso... detto fatto! Grazie alla cortesia del Prof. Stremmenos e al beneplacito di Andrea Rossi e David Bianchini, ho ottenuto l'autorizzazione a pubblicare il report, fino a questo momento tenuto confidenziale, del test svoltosi il 07/07/2011 di un modulo E-Cat simile a quello che stiamo testando stamattina. 


Si tratta di un documento che gli addetti ai lavori troveranno senz'altro molto interessante: mi riferisco naturalmente a chi è interessato a essere partecipe degli albori di un nuovo Rinascimento scientifico, non parlo dei "guastatori" che - dalle loro scrivanie e dai loro cortili concettuali - pretendono di saperne più di chi da anni, sul campo, prova, sperimenta, misura e... scalda!


Del test di oggi ne parleranno domani Ny Teknik, Radio24, Radio Città del Capo e 22 passi ovviamente.

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BOLOGNA 7-7-11 

CONFIDENTIAL SHORT REPORT 

(by Prof. Ch. Stremmenos)

Experimental trial and scientific findings of the Andrea Rossi’s Device 

Present and with active role in the experimental procedure and the scientific findings: Eng. Andrea Rossi, Prof. Sergio Focardi, Dr David Bianchini, Prof. Christos Stremmenos.

The aims of this repeat of the measurements in the renewed Rossi-Focardi system were two:

Da sinistra: A. Rossi, C. Stremmenos, S. Focardi, D. Bianchini

1. The precise calculation of the output thermal energy in Kwh per hour, which the reactor produces through the exothermal nuclear reaction of NICKEL-HYDROGEN. 
2. The detection of any hypothetical increase of the intensity of harmful radiations in relevance to the natural radiation of the surrounding area. 

The preparatory phase of the experimental procedure consists of: 

• Supplying the system with hydrogen under pressure (approximately 20-30 atms) 
• Electrical supply (220 V) for the thermal boost of the reaction. 
• Steady supply of water through a peristaltic pump (15 kg per hour), for the induction of the produced thermal energy from the heart of the reactor. Moreover, sensors were positioned to measure the temperature difference (ΔΤ) between the input and output water tubes, which were penetrating the reactor. 
• Measuring with special sensors the radiation of the surrounding area, as well as the radiation close to the reactor, prior to the start of the reaction, to be used as a background radiation reference. 

Experimental trial and scientific conclusions of Andrea Rossi’s Device 

As follows from the diagram, the measurements started at 15:30 and stopped at 17:10, following an unpredicted power failure of the electric grid. The first phase consisted of the preheating and the stabilization of the system, but unfortunately the environmental conditions were not the most favorable, as it was a hot day (37°C) and the water at the input ([°C] Cell-in) of the reactor had a temperature of 29-30°C. However, this fact does not alter the precision of the measurements of the produced thermal energy, which is based, according to the following calorimetrical integral, to the ΔT difference - by the ([100°C] Cell-out) it valids. 

At the first zone

the production of thermal energy is proportional to the colored area, defined by the calculation of the calorimetrical integral

The same is true for the second zone

with the difference that in this zone the output energy equals to the latent heat of water evaporation.

At the third zone 

the produced output thermal energy is completely autonomous, it does not depend on any electrical support and is that of the latent heat of water evaporation.

Beyond this diagrammatical description of the experiment and the rigorous calculations that can derive from it, based on the general time function of enthalpy

Showed 10,6 Kwh/h heat energy. (detailed calculation of the writer with a special program on a computer)

The efficiency of the system can be calculated based on the relevant numerical data at a practical way (method adopted by the Eng. Rossi)

• Water supply (at 29,7 °C), 15 kg/h.
• Phase shift (from water to dry steam), 101,2°C.
• 15 kg/h (water) Χ 627,5 wh (needed energy for the evaporation of 1 kg of water) = 9412 wh/h = 9,412 Kwh/h ENERGY produced in a hour during the phase shift (evaporation).
• To this energy it must be added also the energy needed for the increase of the temperature of water from 29,7°C to the 101,2°C.

Thus: = 101,2 - 29,7 =71,5 °C and based on the unitary special heat capacity of water, for the supply of 15 kg/h, thermal energy equal to 1,22 Kwh/h is needed.

As a consequence, the total production of thermal energy of this particular reactor was: 9,412 Kwh/h + 1,22 Kwh/h = 10,6 Kwh/h

Therefore clear with both methods of calculation, identity result
As far as the measurement of radiation of the surrounding area is concerned, as well as of the radiation near the reactor, the attached report of Dr David Bianchini provides the most reassuring confirmations of the harmless nature of this technology.

Attached report: 

by Dr David Bianchini

Bologna 10/07/2011

Experimental evaluation of photon dose rate around the “E-cat”

PREFACE

On 07/07/11 at the GM System plant of Via dell'Elettricista 16 in Bologna I performed radiation field measurements for radiation protection purposes as per E.F.A S.r.l request of 22/06/11.

The process, the geometry and the materials used for the production of energy inside the Energy Amplifier are unknowns that I'm not aware of. Environmental monitoring is defined temporally before, during and after the test at issue.

The present photon dose rate evaluation cannot relate to criteria of functionality of the system and cannot be used for comparison in systems different from this one, in the process, in the geometry or in the construction materials used.

TIME TABLE OF THE TEST

The radiation monitoring of the test has been conducted in continuous mode, with no interruptions from phase 0 to phase 5.

ID Phase Start time End time

0 Background dose rate

evaluation

15:00 15:10

1 Before ignition 15:10 15:20

2 Ignition 15:20 16:20

3 Stability 16:20 17:20

4 Switching off 17:25 17:55

5 After switching off 17:55 19:00

X e γ PHOTON DOSE RATE EVALUATION

This measure has the purpose of evaluating, with radiation protection purposes, the increasing of X e γ photon radiation dose rate due to the use of the “E-Cat”.

The measure does not take into account in any way the attenuation of the photons produced by the materials inside the apparatus and cannot in any way be traced back to the production or otherwise of the photons due to the same apparatus.

METHOD

The measurement protocol is structured as follows:

• In agreement with the ICRU definitions (International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements; rif. Report 57-1998), I have chosen to evaluate the H*(10) operational quantity ambient dose equivalent as an indicator as the best dosimetric indicator of the X and γ field.
• The ambient dose equivalent measurements have been performed in dose rate.
• The measurement position was:
• Fixed at d =(70±2) cm from the center of the box in order to evaluate the time variation of the dose rate;
• Variable around the machine in order to evaluate the space variation (anisotropy) of the dose rate, dmin=(5±2) cm around the external box.
• The presented values for each phase are the average of those collected in the corresponding phase, that is representative of the dosimetric rateo values distribution;
• The background radiation has been measured at distances d>50m from the building where the test took place.

MATERIALS

The measurements were performed with the following instrumentation:

● AUTOMESS 6150 AD-b (s/n 93883);

● Last calibration certificate SIT 065/R n. 9521/S/12/10 del 20.12.2010);

● Zinc-sulfide probe (ZnS organic scintillator) of 3”×3”;

● Measuring range 23 keV – 7 MeV;

● Resolution declared of 1 nSv/h;

● Measuring range of 50 nSv/h – 99.99 μSv/h.

RESULTS

Background evaluation ambient dose equivalent rate:

PHASE H*(10)[nSv/h]

0 108±10

E-Cat evaluation ambient dose equivalent rate:

PHASE H*(10)[nSv/h]

1 106±10%

2 112±10%

3 118±10%

4 113±10%

5 111±10%

The uncertainty on the measure is estimated in accordance with the methods described in ICRU Report 76 “Measurement Quality Assurance for Ionizing Radiation Dosimetry” (2006).

CONCLUSIONS

From the measures it is shown that there is no evidence of meaningful differences of H*(10) compared to the background radiation: the differences are smaller than the instrumental errors.

The dosimetric rate measures are not dissimilar from the environmental background measurement both as average and as maximum peak values.

At all monitoring phases of the E-Cat, the net increasing of photon radiation ambient dose equivalent rate outside the shielding box was widely below the value H*(10) = 0,20 ± 0,01 [μSv/h].