Cold Fusion Reactor (CFR) tests with Palladium Cathode

Cold Fusion Reactor tests with Palladium
created on May 8, 2003 - JLN Labs - Last update June 25, 2003Toutes les informations et schémas sont publiés gratuitement ( freeware ) et sont destinés à un usage personnel et non commercial
All informations and diagrams are published freely (freeware) and are intended for a private use and a non commercial use.

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1 - Tests of the Cold Fusion Reactor with a Palladium cathode - Description :

The purpose of this test is to use a Palladium ( Pd ) cathode with the Cold Fusion Reactor ( CFR ). Two tests runs have been conducted with 600 mL of a Potassium Carbonate ( K₂CO₃ ) solution at 0.2M. The first test run have been conducted with the CFR v3 setup ( with a 1000 mL Dewar vessel ) and the second run with the CFR v2 ( with a 1000 mL borosilicate glass ). The CFR effect observed with this Palladium cathode is still present but weaker ( at a same level of power ) than with a Tungsten cathode. So, I present in this page the photos of the Test run#2 with the borosilicate glass for a better view of the glowing cathode in action.

The Cathode used is a pure Palladium rod ( Pd ) 4 mm diameter with 30 mm of used length. The Anode used is a Titanium Platinized grid ( 40x80mm ).

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2 - Experimental test setup :

The CFR is powered with a DC voltage through a bridge rectifier connected through a variable transformer ( Variac ) to the 220V AC power grid line. The voltage input has been measured with a digital oscilloscope Fluke 123 with a Shielded Test Lead STL 120 ( 1:1, 1 Mohms/225 pF ). The current input has been measured with a current clamp CIE Model CA-60A ( Accuracy DC Amps ±1.5%, AC Amps±2% (40Hz-2kHz), AC Amps±4%(2kHz-10kHz), AC Amps±6%(10kHz-20kHz) ). The temperature has been measured with a type "K" temp probe ( NiCrNi ) connected on a VC506 digital multimeter ( -20°C to +1200 °C with an accuracy of +/- 3% ). ( see the photo above ).

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3 - RUN #1 - Test results ( with a 1000 mL Dewar ):

Electrolyte solution : 600 mL of K2CO3 ( 0.2 M ), ELECTRICAL INPUT : AVG POWER = 778.4 Watts, Voltage : 211.3 Volts RUNNING TIME = 85.6 secELECTRICAL ENERGY INPUT at the CFR input = 66631 Joules CFR OUTPUT : Start Temp = 83°C - Final Temp = 100°C Evaporated water = 28 mL, Delta T = 17°C CFR ENERGY OUTPUT = 105916 Joules  Pwr OUT = 1237.3.3 Watts - Power Gain = 458.9 Watts COP = Output/Input = 1.59

4 - RUN #2 - Test results ( with a 1000 mL borosilicate glass ):

Electrolyte solution : 600 mL of K2CO3 ( 0.2 M ), ELECTRICAL INPUT : AVG POWER = 767.7 Watts, Voltage : 200.9 Volts RUNNING TIME = 88 secELECTRICAL ENERGY INPUT at the CFR input = 66631 Joules CFR OUTPUT : Start Temp = 76°C - Final Temp = 96°C Evaporated water = 28 mL, Delta T = 20°C CFR ENERGY OUTPUT = 105916 Joules  Pwr OUT = 1289.1 Watts - Power Gain = 521.4 Watts COP = Output/Input = 1.68

Notes from Jean-Louis Naudin : In spite of the voltage and the current used, with a Palladium cathode, the high temperature glow plasma around the cathode seems weaker than with a Tungsten cathode ( see the photos ). The palladium rod doesn't reach a full incandescent state and its seems that a higher voltage is required to get the same efficiency than with the Tungsten. More tests runs with different setups must be soon conducted.

See the video of the CFR test with a Palladium cathode

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I am very grateful to the Professor Pierre Clauzon for his contribution to the CFR project and his help during some CFR tests runs and also to the Professor Jean-François Fauvarque and Gérard Lallevé from the "Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Industrielle" of the CNAM ( Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers ) from Paris, for their scientific support and their contribution to this project.

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Nanotechnology to Enhance Cold Fusion

Arata Solid State Fusion Device in Japanese Laboratory


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[Updated] As a nuclear engineer with a strong interest in nanotechnology for many years, there aren't many cold fusion devices that I've seen and read about over the years that excite me as much as the potential of Dr. Yoshiaki Arata's solid state fusion reactor which uses Palladium nanoparticles to help initiate his cold fusion reaction process, which creates He4, the gas found in children's balloons from Deuterium gas (a readily available hydrogen isotope). What is also released in the process is heat energy from fusion. No small accomplishment as any physicist would tell you, because this process should be impossible according to the known laws of nuclear physics and chemistry.

What is also significant besides excess heat generated [ awaiting confirmation according to latest news update], is that if his process could somehow be scaled up in large volumes, perhaps ...just perhaps it may be a way to replace Helium supplies someday, which according to the latest reports is becoming a scarce non-renewable resource, often times released to the atmosphere as natural gas is collected along with fossil fuels. The US strategic Helium reserves are also known to be a finite supply, and despite this are now being sold off to meet supply needs of the scientific and commercial sectors.

If any cold fusion fans have read Dr. Arata's earlier important papers on this device, first published in 2006 in a very reputable Italian journal found here, then you would probably agree that an announcement like this is significant from the standpoint that it shows for the first time his actual prototype laboratory device and that he is now demonstrating it in public as also reported here in an interview by New Energy Times.

The Atomic Motor would like to send out an atomic guitar hero award to Dr. Arata and other fellow scientists who diligently keep trying and making significant progress against all odds in keeping the clean energy cold fusion spirit alive.

This latest story was first reported here at the LENR.org community web site:

Prof. Y. Arata Plans Demonstration at Osaka University

May 14, 2008

Osaka National University Prof. emeritus Yoshiaki Arata has announced a lecture and demonstration of his latest cold fusion reactor, on May 22, 2008, starting at 1:30 p.m. (subject to change). A photo of the reactor is shown below. The lecture will be on the 1st floor of Arata Hall on the university campus, and the demonstration will be later, on the 3rd floor. (Note that Arata Hall is named after Prof. Arata, who is one Japan's leading scientists, with honors including a building named after him at the university, and an award from the Japanese Emperor in 2006.)

Contact. A. Kobayashi, Tel 06-6879-8694

Atomic Links
[New] Update on Arata Demo- Physics World Blog
Italian Newspaper Features Arata Reactor - ILSOLE24ORE.COM ( Translate Italian URL Here ) 
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Stopping the Exodus of Women in Science - Harvard Business Review
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Italy Opts for New Nuclear Power Program - Red Orbit
Burning Our Way Towards Fusion - Popular Science

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Alternative sun model based on liquid-plasma

Has anyone looked into alternative sun models? The assertions are interesting and I suspect recent liquid deuterium experiments covered by the media are supporting evidence.

http://www.thesurfaceofthesun.com/

http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0410075

I sketched out a simple fusion reactor based on the liquid-plasma model if anyone is interested. (attached)

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