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When you think of a power plant, what mental picture comes to mind? Most people think of large complexes with strangely shaped buildings covering acres of land. Coal burning plants have furnaces that must be constantly monitored for correct function, and the steam produced supplies power to the surrounding areas. Nuclear power plants have a signature shape all their own, that is recognizable at a distance. The nuclear power also produces steam, which is used to create electricity.
The industrial sized E-Cat fits into a shipping container. Of course, this is not the entire plant; it is only the heat production unit. But even at that, the container does not take nearly as much space as the heat producing section of the traditional power plant.
The home E-Cat designed to provide heat for a regular household will be intuitively small and will fit easily in different places. But more importantly, its market design will, most likely, revolve around the constant updates in Andrea Rossi’s technology.
Considering that none of the E-Cats emit fumes, smoke, or vapors, and there is no waste other than copper, with a little iron and zinc, this will be one of the most eco-friendly sources of power, and not as unsightly as miles and miles of huge windmills or solar panels. The efficiency of function and reduced actual footprint will be a welcomed, and useful, change.
Mark Coffman
June 25, 2012
Large e-cat power plants of the Rossi type would still be
recognizable by their large cooling towers or the local heating
of bodies of water. These reactors will still need to reject waste
heat into the environment due to limitations of carnot heat engine
efficiency. 600 degree Centigade is about the same temperature
as the hot side of an ICE internal combustion engine averaging
near 33% efficient at converting heat to upgraded energy. This
means a nearly 66% heat energy rejection rate. It is done through
the radiators of existing vehicles. This is better then the original
Rossi reactor which was not suitable for energy upgrade service
but hot-water-only utilization because of it’s lower efficiency.
There is a need to be real. While many of us favor indiviual power
plants for homes which would have an exhaust heat radiator the size
of residential heat pumps housings, Rossi’s current behavior does
not seem to be leading us in that direction.
(1)Water is a poor working fluid for small power plants, but not so bad
in a larger plant, if the power plant can afford to service it’s drawbacks.
Note that existing vehicles do not use water in their *drive* power
transmission path.
(2)Continous power generation of only 1.5KW upgraded energy
is needed to supply existing electrical needs for the average home
(excluding air conditioning and electric vehicles). There is exactly
zero demand for 1MW size power generators for home use.
I surmise that Rossi continues to use water because of it physical
characteristics to stablize his reactor process therefore he currently
can’t eliminate it. I wish Rossi would focus on producing modular
LENR heat sources and leave product systems design to more
qualified personell.
There are several new technology reactors that do not require
low temperature thermodynamics to produce upgraded energy
and I suspect that the total systems cost for producing large
reactors with these technologies will be less than for Rossi e-cat
reaction. In other words in the long run LENR reaction favors the
smaller reactors. Therefore Rossi’s excursions will only need to
be redone.
Jos Treblane
June 29, 2012
Since this technology directly challenges the oil industry and the global warming industry (tax and control politics), will governments interfere to stop this tech from coming to market?
If yes, is anyone documenting the nuts-n-bolts technology that will allow the common man to duplicate the results?
administrator
July 8, 2012
Based on public info from Andrea Rossi, all his work is documented and he will publish theories as soon as certifications & patents are granted.
Plus, there are a lot of physicians and common men, too, constantly experimenting and calculating based on the info the Italian inventor released so far, which makes me think that sooner or later his results will be duplicated.
Dave Vrablic
July 6, 2012
I know this wouldn’t be as simple as it sounds but it would have tremendous support by the common folks.
How about removing all the radioactive material from a decommissioned Nuke site and use LENR to drive the existing steam plant.?
Half of the work has been done.
Everyone wants the nasty stuff gone and it would create jobs for the conversion process as well as provide an excellent test bed for future development.
With the announcement of the 600c device, this does now seem to be a do able project..
administrator
July 8, 2012
Interesting perspective. It’s possible that LENR will eventually become main driving source for these plants.