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Cold Fusion Ready for Commercial Production?
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Prototype device tested in public with impressive results, and commercial
production scheduled to begin end of 2011, but naysayers call it a scam
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho

The internet has been buzzing with excitement for months over the possibility
that cold fusion will be commercialized within the year.

Remember when, not so long ago, “cold fusion” was a general term of derision,
and those scientists who still worked on it were ostracized and condemned as
quacks by the scientific community?

I looked into cold fusion seriously four years ago (see [1] From Cold Fusion to
Condensed Matter Nuclear Science and other articles in the series, SiS 36), and
became convinced that nuclear fusion reactions can be made to happen in desk top
devices at well below thermonuclear temperatures (millions of degrees
Centigrade).

Cold fusion works, and in many different forms [2] (How Cold Fusion Works, SiS
36), all dependent on the collective quantum properties of condensed matter that
conventional quantum physics has yet to take into proper account. So it is
appropriate to rename the study of cold fusion “condensed matter nuclear
science”, and perhaps to refer to cold fusion as “condensed matter nuclear
reactions”, instead of “low energy nuclear reactions” as generally done. There
was no question that cold fusion could replace coal and other fossil fuels, and
is an infinitely better alternative to nuclear power; it is inherently much
safer, affordable, and sustainable. Furthermore, it could be exploited for
decommissioning nuclear reactors and cleaning up spent nuclear fuels to make
them safe [3] LENRs for Nuclear Waste Disposal (SiS 36). And, the technology is
potentially suitable for distributed generation for local use, even for powering
airplanes [4] Portable and Distributed Power Generation from LENRs, SiS 36). We
have indeed recommended governments to support research and development into
cold fusion while phasing out all nuclear power (see [5] Green Energies - 100%
Renewable by 2050, ISIS 2009 energy report], particularly in view of the [6]
Fukushima Nuclear Crisis (SiS 50).

However, the biggest hurdle to exploiting cold fusion is to get the reaction(s)
under control and producing energy reliably and safely, i.e., to get a steady
rate of heat production once the reactor is turned on, without overheating
suddenly and blowing up, and to be able to turn off when not required.

Italian inventor Andrea Rossi claims to have done just that [7]. His table top
device, Energy Catalyzer, is ready for commercial production, and he says, cold
fusion will be producing energy by the end of 2011. The first units will be used
to build a 1 MW plant in Greece to power a factory that will produce 300 000
ten-kilowatt units of the cold fusion device a year. This would be the world’s
first commercially-ready cold fusion device. Licensees and contracts already
exist for USA and Europe. Mass production should escalate in 2-3 years.

Rossi says that they are now manufacturing the 1 MW plant by putting hundreds of
modular devises together in series and in parallel. These modules will begin to
be shipped by the end of October. On 31 January, Rossi wrote that the cost to
produce the Energy Catalyzer is 1 cent per MWh generated and the life expectancy
of the device is 20 years. It is about 1/2 000 the cost of coal power, the
cheapest energy option [8].

The Energy Catalyzer works by putting nanometre to micron sized nickel (Ni)
powder in a reactor along with pressurized hydrogen gas and special undisclosed
(proprietary) catalysts. When the contents of the reactor are heated to about
400 to 500 ºC, nuclear reactions start. The reaction rate can be controlled by
varying the pressure of the hydrogen in the reactor. The output energy can be up
to 400 times the input energy. Importantly, no precious metals or radioactive
substances are used. After the reactor is turned off, it can be opened and no
radioactivity can be detected. In the process, nickel is transmuted into copper
and other elements such as zinc.

Read the rest of this report here
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Cold_Fusion_Ready_for_Commercial_Production.php

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iidatetsunari 飯田哲也 tetsu iida@ISEP
加えて「閉じ込め」も「材料」もなく「現実的なコスト」も無理 RT @saintarrow: 核融合炉のエネルギーは殆ど高速中性子で出力されそれを取り出す方法が無いと言う「理屈」が @realwavebaba 理屈無用か。RT 「核融合炉」は実現し得なない @cyclone400
10月17日

iidatetsunari 飯田哲也 tetsu iida@ISEP
「主力にならない」は旧い固定観念。「核融合炉」は絶対に実現し得ないと断言できます　RT @cyclone400: 再エネ否定はあり得ない。ただ主力にもなり得ない。(中略) 核融合炉が商用化されるまでの100年弱は火力が主流。燃料は変わっていくが。RT @iidatetsunari