e-cat patent

e-cat – The scientific basis – Why scientists question the e-cat

Published 11/01/2013 | By Christian Schumacher

e-cat - A detailed scientific analysis of the Rossi-Focardi energy catalyser (e-cat), looking at the evidence for excess energy, nuclear reaction products, and the theoretical model.

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Posted in Energy, Physics | Tagged e-cat, e-cat patent, LENR, rossi | 11 Comments

e-cat – the fading dream for free and abundant energy

Published 21/12/2012 | By Christian Schumacher

Lack of independent verification, issues with patents and trademarks, questionable scientific basis - the e-cat dream for free and abundant energy is fading

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Is the Rossi e-cat real ?

Published 06/04/2012 | By Christian Schumacher

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.

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Posted in Energy, Physics | Tagged e-cat, e-cat patent, LENR / Cold Fusion, nuclear fusion, rossi | 2 Comments

What is going on inside the e-cat machine ?

Published 31/03/2012 | By Christian Schumacher

Rossi claims his e-cat device would use a secret catalyser to fuse hydrogen and nickel together to form copper. The excess energy would be released in the form of a gamma ray - Some insights about what could be possibly going on in the e-cat.

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Mr. Rossi´s e-cat patent and black box approach

Published 22/03/2012 | By Christian Schumacher

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.

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