{"id":2357,"date":"2013-05-20T07:01:09","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T07:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2357"},"modified":"2013-05-21T05:55:10","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T05:55:10","slug":"sci-tech-independent-tests-of-rossi-e-cat-lenr-systems-finds-anomalous-heat-energy-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2357","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Independent tests of Rossi E-Cat LENR systems show &#8220;anomalous heat energy production&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An independent team of well respected [scientists, including physicists and chemists] from Italy and Sweden have released the results of extensive tests they made of the LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reaction) <a href=\"http:\/\/ecat.com\/ecat-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\">systems developed by Andrea Rossi<\/a> in partnership with Prof.\u00a0 Sergio Focardi at the University of Bologna. The team found that the excess energy produced by the systems to be at least an &#8220;order of magnitude greater than conventional energy sources&#8221;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecat.com\/news\/3rd-party-report-shows-anomalous-heat-production-the-rossi-effect\" target=\"_d\">3rd party report shows anomalous heat production &#8211; The Rossi Effect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1305.3913\" target=\"_d\">[1305.3913] Indication of anomalous heat energy production in a reactor device &#8211; arxiv.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rossi previously did demonstrations and some tests with outside scientists but his direct involvement was held by some to bias the results. These new tests were done without Rossi&#8217;s presence and the team had access to the &#8220;<a href=\"order of magnitude greater than conventional energy sources.\" target=\"_blank\">E-Cat<\/a>&#8221; systems for long periods and could set up the tests as they saw fit.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the abstract of their report:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An experimental investigation of possible anomalous heat production in a special type of reactor tube named E-Cat HT is carried out. The reactor tube is charged with a small amount of hydrogen loaded nickel powder plus some additives. The reaction is primarily initiated by heat from resistor coils inside the reactor tube. Measurement of the produced heat was performed with high-resolution thermal imaging cameras, recording data every second from the hot reactor tube. The measurements of electrical power input were performed with a large bandwidth three-phase power analyzer. Data were collected in two experimental runs lasting 96 and 116 hours, respectively. An anomalous heat production was indicated in both experiments. The 116-hour experiment also included a calibration of the experimental set-up without the active charge present in the E-Cat HT. In this case, no extra heat was generated beyond the expected heat from the electric input. Computed volumetric and gravimetric energy densities were found to be far above those of any known chemical source. Even by the most conservative assumptions as to the errors in the measurements, the result is still one order of magnitude greater than conventional energy sources.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: Here are a couple of items from Mats Lewan of the Swedish tech magazine NyTeknik. He has been reporting on the Rossi system for the past couple of years:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/matslew.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/20\/two-100-hour-scientific-tests-confirm-anomalous-heat-production-in-rossis-e-cat\/\" target=\"_d\">Two 100 hour scientific tests confirm anomalous heat production in Rossi\u2019s E-Cat &#8211; Mats Lewan: The biggest shift ever.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?sl=sv&amp;tl=en&amp;js=n&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;eotf=1&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyteknik.se%2Fnyheter%2Fenergi_miljo%2Fenergi%2Farticle3697489.ece&amp;act=url\" target=\"_d\">Uppsala researchers are testing Rossi&#8217;s E-cat &#8211; Nyteknik.se &#8211; Google Translate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update 2<\/strong>: More response and info about the tests:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/markgibbs\/2013\/05\/20\/finally-independent-testing-of-rossis-e-cat-cold-fusion-device-maybe-the-world-will-change-after-all\/\" target=\"_d\">Finally! Independent Testing Of Rossi&#8217;s E-Cat Cold Fusion Device: Maybe The World Will Change After All &#8211; Forbes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mail-archive.com\/vortex-l%40eskimo.com\/msg80411.html\" target=\"_d\">Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem &#8211; Jed Rothwell\/Vortex-l<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecat.com\/news\/ecat-ht-validated-by-top-physicists\" target=\"_d\">ECAT HT Validated by Top Physicists &#8211; Ecat.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An independent team of well respected [scientists, including physicists and chemists] from Italy and Sweden have released the results of extensive tests they made of the LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reaction) systems developed by Andrea Rossi in partnership with Prof.\u00a0 Sergio Focardi at the University of Bologna. The team found that the excess energy produced &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2357\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Independent tests of Rossi E-Cat LENR systems show &#8220;anomalous heat energy production&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-C1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8982,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8982","url_meta":{"origin":2357,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Report on an extended study of Rossi LENR reactor confirms high energy output","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"An extended study of a Rossi type reactor device (see posts\u00a0here and here) has been carried out by a team of Italian and Swedish researchers. 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