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Rossi Working with Largest Electronics Company in Europe on Steam Technology
Engineers from Europe’s largest electronics and electronic company Siemens AG are helping Andrea Rossi in his efforts to develop a steam engine powered by his ecat cold fusion device.
Siemens engineers reportedly visited Rossi’s facility in Bologna and demonstrated a turbine that can generate power from steam at temperatures as low as 231 Celsius (484 Fahrenheit). That could make it possible to generate steam with the ecat and use it to produce electricity or to power ships, trains or industrial equipment. Rossi made this revelation to American blogger and writer Frank Acland of ecat world.com.
Rossi did not whether he has any sort of deal with Siemens or if he had any plans to buy the steam turbine technology. Nor did he say if Siemens has purchased an ecat or if the giant German company is an investor in his Leonardo Corp.
Siemens-Steam-Turbine-SST-4
Rossi did tell Acland that he thinks this is a significant development in attempts to employ LENR devices to generate electricity. Presently all Rossi’s ecat unit can do is heat water and generate small amounts of steam.
LENR Poses a Challenge and a Problem for Big Science
Low Energy Nuclear Reaction or cold fusion poses a huge problem for what we might call Big Science. Big Science is large-scale institutionalized research funded by governments and carried out through large institutions such as universities. Big Science consumes vast amounts of money yet in recent decades it seems to have produced nothing but rationale for more taxpayer funding.
The problem with Big Science is that it is controlled by a small cadre of researchers and academics. These people are not the most brilliant or capable individuals instead they are usually the best at academic and institutional politics. They are those who know how to work the system to get what they want rather than researchers or thinkers. Their skills include knowing how to lose at golf to the university president and how to kiss up to whatever politician is in office this week.
What LENR Heat Could Mean to the Average Family
Too often promoters of new technologies like low energy nuclear reaction fail to consider what these might mean for the average family. The potential benefits of this technology to average families that have to worry about things like heating bills are lost in all the arrogant talk of transforming civilization or flying to the stars.
Andrea Rossi with prototype ecat heater
Yet LENR could have a huge impact on the lives of average American, Canadian, European or Russian families. The average American family that has to heat the average home for several months of the year will spend around $1,842 if they use the most common heating fuel: natural gas. A family that uses the next most common fuel propane would spend around $3,409 a year to heat their home.
Comparison of cost of heating methods in New England
Live Tests of Greek LENR Devices could be broadcast Online
Streaming video of tests of Defkalion Green Technologies’ Hyperion low energy nuclear reaction heating device could be placed online as early as next week. Defkalion has acknowledged that it will let entities conducting tests of its cold fusion technology place video of the testing online. It will also let those entities place their test data online.
Sterling Allan with Hyperion at Defkalion HQ last week Courtesy Pure Energy Systems
No word on which entities will conduct the tests or what sites they will use is available. Although long time free energy enthusiast Sterling Allan has written that the Greek government will begin the tests. Tests of the Nickel Hydrogen LENR device are supposed to begin on February 24 according to some reports.
One of the tests placed online could be that related to Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith’s millionaire challenge. Smith has stated that he would pay $1 million to either Andrea Rossi or Defkalion if they can demonstrate LENR. Rossi has declined Smith’s challenge and ridiculed it as a stunt. Defkalion has accepted but noted it hasn’t heard from Smith. Ecat News Reported that Smith told it he had emailed Defkalion CEO Alexandros Xanthoulis but he didn’t like Mr. Xanthoulis’s terms.
Rossi Rejects $1 Million Offer as Stunt
Andrea Rossi has correctly and sensibly rejected the latest offer from Australian “skeptic” Dick Smith. Smith is the character who supposedly offered Rossi $200,000 then rejected it after finding technical flaws with Rossi’s ecat low energy nuclear reaction device without ever seeing it. How Smith achieved this remarkable achievement is still unknown he lives in Australia and the ecat is in Bologna Italy. Neither Smith nor his engineer actually traveled there to examine the device. They apparently looked over some schematics.
This could be the Dick Smith making $1 million offer to Rossi courtesy Wikipedia
Smith’s latest tactic is to offer Rossi $1 million if he can repeat a demonstration he reportedly conducted for Swedish scientists Sven Kullander & Hanno Essen. Note Kullander and Essen are still standing by Rossi. Rossi has rejected this offer and instead asked why Smith simply doesn’t buy one of his 1 megawatt e-cat heating devices. This sell for around $1.2 million a piece, one would assume that somebody who has $1 million to throw away on a demonstration could afford that. Rossi had until Feb. 20 to accept this offer he rejected it.
Questionable Attack on Rossi and Ecat attracts too much Attention
A very amateur attack on Andrea Rossi’s ecat low energy nuclear reaction process by a couple of self-proclaimed “skeptics” that have never actually seen the device is attracting far too much attention. The most visible example of this attention appeared on the website of a major American cable network called MSNBC. It is apparently a reprint of one of Natalie Wolchover’s Life’s Little Mysteries blogs.
Andrea Rossi
In it Wolchover claims that an Australian engineer has come up with a theory of where the ecat’s excess heat is coming from. The engineer Ian Bryce claims the excessive heat is generated because a wire that is supposed to be a lead is not grounded. Bryce thinks the wire is generating the excess heat and not low energy nuclear reaction.
There are three problems with this claim:
Defkalion Will Have Seven Well-Known Labs Test LENR Device
Independent confirmation of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction or Cold Fusion could be right around the corner. Greece’s Defkalion Green Technologies plans to have what it calls seven “well known research centers and organizations” test its Hyperion hydrogen nickel LENR heating device.
The company made this revelation in a post on its forum on Feb. 5, unfortunately the well known organizations were not identified. Organizations in Greece and outside the nation will be allowed to test the Hyperion. Defkalion has announced that it wants independent testing and verification of Hyperion which is an LENR powered heating system similar to Andrea Rossi’s ecat.
The company had previously announced that they will invite researchers from all over the world to test Hyperion and confirm their results. They apparently received hundreds of responses and are sorting them. The choice has been narrowed down to seven outfits. The company has not revealed a time table for the testing.
What Hyperion Could Look Like Courtesy Defkalion
Rossi Reveals Schedule for ecat Rollout and Discusses Warranties etc.
Inventor and entrepreneur Andrea Rossi has revealed the scheduled for the rollout and marketing of his ecat low energy nuclear reaction heating system. Rossi is currently selling an industrial version of the device and is planning to bring out a domestic unit this year.
Recent picture of Andrea Rossi notice how tired he looks
Posts at Rossi’s blog reveal the schedule he wants to follow if everything goes well. The schedule is as follows:
- February construction of robotized ecat factory probably located in the USA begins. Note the location for this has not been revealed.
- March and April Rossi will unveil or begin work on a 1MW industrial ecat water heater.
- November testing of the production line for 10 KW home ecat heating systems begins.
- December sales of 10 KW ecat systems to the public begins presumably in the USA.
This schedule is a little different than past schedules Rossi has discussed. He has mentioned August 2012 as a roll out date. That could be when he unveils the 10 KW system to the public.