Cold Fusion by Rossi and Focardi

Cold Fusion

Few areas of science are more controversial than cold fusion, the hypothetical near-room-temperature reaction in which two smaller nuclei join together to form a single larger nucleus while releasing large amounts of energy. In the 1980s, Stanley Pons and Martin Fleishmann claimed to have demonstrated cold fusion - which could potentially provide the world with a cheap, clean energy source - but their experiment could not be reproduced. Since then, all other claims of cold fusion have been illegitimate, and studies have shown that cold fusion is theoretically implausible, causing mainstream science to become highly speculative of the field in general. (PhysOrg.com)

The claim

Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi say that, when the atomic nuclei of nickel and hydrogen are fused in their reactor, the reaction produces copper and a large amount of energy. The reactor uses less than 1 gram of hydrogen and starts with about 1,000 W of electricity, which is reduced to 400 W after a few minutes. Every minute, the reaction can convert 292 grams of 20°C water into dry steam at about 101°C. Since raising the temperature of water by 80°C and converting it to steam requires about 12,400 W of power, the experiment provides a power gain of 12,400/400 = 31. As for costs, the scientists estimate that electricity can be generated at a cost of less than 1 cent/kWh, which is significantly less than coal or natural gas plants.

"The magnitude of this result suggests that there is a viable energy technology that uses commonly available materials, that does not produce carbon dioxide, and that does not produce radioactive waste and will be economical to build," according to this description of the demonstration.

Rossi and Focardi explain that the reaction produces radiation, providing evidence that the reaction is indeed a nuclear reaction and does not work by some other method. They note that no radiation escapes due to lead shielding, and no radioactivity is left in the cell after it is turned off, so there is no nuclear waste.

Giuseppe Levi, a nuclear physicist from INFN (Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics), helped organize last Friday's demonstration in Bologna. Levi confirmed that the reactor produced about 12 kW and noted that the energy was not of chemical origin since there was no measurable hydrogen consumption. Levi and other scientists plan to produce a technical report on the design and execution of their evaluation of the reactor.

Also at the demonstration was a representative of Defkalion Energy, based in Athens, who said that the company was interested in a 20 kW unit and that within two months they would make a public announcement. For the Rossi and Focardi, this kind of interest is the most important.

"We have passed already the phase to convince somebody," Rossi wrote in his forum. "We are arrived to a product that is ready for the market. Our judge is the market. In this field the phase of the competition in the field of theories, hypothesis, conjectures etc etc is over. The competition is in the market. If somebody has a valid technology, he has not to convince people by chattering, he has to make a reactor that works and go to sell it, as we are doing."

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Video by Rossi and Focardi
Music and titles by Gerard Cruz

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[ghombrero]

Unlike other tests, this demonstration had a comparatively large number of attendees from International scientific community – the United States of America, China, Sweden and, of course, Italy. Rossi also invited several Italian media outlet journalists as well as representatives of Ny Teknik, the cutting-edge Swedish scientific newspaper.

[ghombrero]

Test after test after test, Andrea Rossi and his Catalyzer have seen quite a few tests by now. So one more should not be a novelty, and yet every test is treated with utter seriousness and scientific integrity. One more test took place on October 6, 2011 in Bologna, Italy.

[0sbraz0]

can i have one in my car? i just need 100KW. :)

it's awesome that this tecnology has been done in italy (where i live) but it's a shame our PSYCHO-FUCKING-MIDGET (our president...) and his puppet-politician-friends apparently "decided" to build some fission reactors. these days, we're voting for a referendum against nuclear plants, i don't get who the hell actually wants any possible chernobyl/fukushima right here.

[ghombrero]

@0sbraz0 i too want one for the car, the house, etc.. :-) the italian people have voted down those berlucolloni nuke proposals! ;-D

[psi145]

I am glad no major newschannel is picking up on his junk, they are doing their research...

As much as I would love for this to be working!

[psi145]

I would suggest the following:

- search for the rossi documetary on RAI Television, he tried to fool everyone already once (Back in the '70)

- Explain me why Defkalion can claim to have a working product while not even Rossi has it?

- why does Rossi not prove it's system is working, if it could be so simple

What I don't get, why do so many people believe him without anyone apart from him "knowing" the catalyzer

Shame on you Rossi

[r8wing]

@Mikeontube

If someone wants to fake a scientific experiment there are countless ways. That heat can be the result of a chemical reaction or simply an electric current. You know, any nuclear reaction should yield GAMMA RAYS generated by the transitions of protons and neutrons bound by the strong force in the nucleus to different energy levels. That thin sheet of metal cannot provide enough shielding to absorb all gamma radiation and as far as I'm concerned NO GAMMA RAYS = NO NUCLEAR REACTION.

[Mikeontube]

@r8wing thanks, you just pointed my attention to other interesting projects. I'm not that enthusiastic about this one as you may think. I just presented my first impression about this experiment. Maybe it's not a revolutionary method, but still, the gain ratio is worth a try. Can you explain where did the measured numbers came from? It looks too big, to be a mistake.

[r8wing]

@Mikeontube

Sorry to drown your enthusiasm but this experiment has been already debunked as a hoax. The copper purportedly resulted from the "nuclear reaction" has the same isotope distribution as natural copper, and this should say it all. Combined with the lack of neutrons or gamma rays that should come out of any nuclear reaction the conclusion is clear. Stop nurturing pointless hopes, there are some really promising approaches to fusion like Polywell or Z-pinch, but this one is a joke.

[Mikeontube]

@r8wing what i have learned from different sources on internet, mr Rossi and Focardi doesn't want to share their discovery or they just can't provide any scientific explanation of the process. That's why their global patent is being rejected. I can imagine it's difficult to protect the project from unwanted people that rule the world of fossil fuel extraction. The World is not ready for it, governments are not ready for it, politicians wants endless growth. It has to be lead in slowly.

[HONORGUARD308]

@ApteryxOz cold fusion is not ment to produce hydrogen, thats what happens befor the cold fusion reaction so if if had a "cold fusion" machine that is producing hydrogen then its not really cold fusion, also 100kw of effort. . its that 100Kwh?? or just 100Kw? cause if it was 100Kwh then yes i guess its not overly impressive

[ApteryxOz]

1 gram of hydrogen is created with > 100 Kw of effort. add this to the calculation and you get closer to the truth. No what it seems :-(