Please provide a link to the derivation of this over-unity implication. On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 8:13 PM, <qbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'd be very speculative of his work, although he's never said it > publicly, if you follow his line of thinking you get an over unity device. > > At 06:57 PM 3/19/2015, you wrote: > > For those willing to entertain a speculative fuel -- one which has a > potential exhaust velocity (specific energy) of tens of km/s: > > Reading H2O-Based Solid Fuel Power Source Based on the Catalysis of H by > HOH Catalyst > <http://www.blacklightpower.com/wp-content/uploads/papers/SunCellPaper.pdf> > and thinking about what might constitute a relatively simple and > inexpensive qualitative demonstration, it occurs to me that if (as is > indicated by Table 1) titanium is acting as a Mills catalyst, a pure Ti+H > system based on atomic hydrogen welding (AHW) may be worth a try for the > following reasons: > > > - In AHW, the shielding gas is hydrogen. > - The tungsten electrodes could be replaced by titanium electrodes > feeding in at a higher rate. > - Rather than nano-titanium the catalytic surface is vaporized > titanium at 3,287°C -- a temperature readily achievable by AHW. > - Being shielded from oxygen by the hydrogen flow, titanium oxidation > is avoided thereby avoiding a major confounding process and variable. > - The power into the AHW apparatus therefore takes two easily > meterable forms: > - electric power from the wall and > - hydrogen gas > - The power out of the AHW apparatus should be dominated by light, > which is also easily meterable. > - Finally, and perhaps most decisively, the peak temperature should > exceed that achievable by AHW. > > > Further on in the same paper, Figure 10 may indicate a superior fuel > mixture of: > > 50 mg NH4NO3 + KOH + KCl (2:1:1 wt.) + 15 mg H2O > >