Stepchange Innovations blog covering latest developments in LENR / cold fusion
Part 2 of the analysis of the e-cat Lugano report, looking deeper into the issue of the isotope changes in nickel and lithium, reaction kinetics and the implications for Industrial Heats´ patent situation.
A group of Swedish and Italian scientists published technical papers that seem to confirm excess heat in a low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) device called e-cat. The scientists found in the ash of the spent fuel dramatic isotope changes in nickel (Ni) and lithium (Li) without any harmful radiation. If this finding would be correct - LENR as transmutation of elements without radiation - it would turn our present knowledge of nuclear physics on its head- a scientific sensation.
In this article we express our view on the e-cat device invented by the Italian engineer Andrea Rossi. Many questions of the validity of the claims remain due to lack of independent peer review and technical concerns about the experiments demonstrated so far.
Alchemists are back - transmutation of elements under mild conditions as claimed by cold fusion scientists
We analyzed Mr Rossi´s e-cat patent. We believe the patent lacks sufficient disclosure, is of speculative nature, the secretive black box approach is a risk for disallowance of the patent.
after 23 years of research, there is robust evidence for nuclear fusion reactions initiated at low temperatures. The blog reports on latest development, pros and cons of the this exiting area of research.
Italian inventor Rossi who claims having built a low energy fusion device called E-cat, expects it take upwards of five years for the US patents to be granted.
Patent attorney view why cold fusion has not attracted more attention
After a series of demonstrations, claims of fraud heating up about the e-cat, claimed to be the ultimate solution of the world´s energy problems.