Cold Fusion?!

[Rade]

To Haech,

 

I suggest you get a copy of the book by Edmund Storms, "The science of low energy nuclear reaction", 2007, World Scientific. This is a very good review of ALL the various types of cold fusion experiments since F&P announcement in 1989. The literature cited section of this book is about 1/4 of the book--all dealing with experiments into cold fusion phenomenon.

 

Page 148 has a small section on 'Laser Light' induced cold fusion. Not much research in this area from what is reported by Storms. It appears it may have best use to boost a fusion reaction that was initiated by other means. But, I suspect it may have applied value in the many reports of elemental transmutations that are documented during cold fusion experiments.

 

To answer your final question--we are not at all close to a sustained reaction from cold fusion because governments refuse to fund what they view to be wacky science. What we have now are a very large number of experiments that show different types of evidence of fusion of isotopes with low energy input. Some models do well to explain one set of outcome events, other models other sets of events, but no single model explains all sets of outcome events. Perhaps the experimental results of the Navy will open the funding door, at least a crack.

[Haech]

To Haech,

 

I suggest you get a copy of the book by Edmund Storms, "The science of low energy nuclear reaction", 2007, World Scientific. This is a very good review of ALL the various types of cold fusion experiments since F&P announcement in 1989. The literature cited section of this book is about 1/4 of the book--all dealing with experiments into cold fusion phenomenon.

 

Page 148 has a small section on 'Laser Light' induced cold fusion. Not much research in this area from what is reported by Storms. It appears it may have best use to boost a fusion reaction that was initiated by other means. But, I suspect it may have applied value in the many reports of elemental transmutations that are documented during cold fusion experiments.

 

To answer your final question--we are not at all close to a sustained reaction from cold fusion because governments refuse to fund what they view to be wacky science. What we have now are a very large number of experiments that show different types of evidence of fusion of isotopes with low energy input. Some models do well to explain one set of outcome events, other models other sets of events, but no single model explains all sets of outcome events. Perhaps the experimental results of the Navy will open the funding door, at least a crack.

 

Thanks for the reply. I was worried that people might have forgotten about this thread.

 

Aren't there more funding for the none "cold fusion" types of fusion experiments, or am I misunderstanding the term. Wikipedia seems to define fusion process in terms of Cold, generally cold but locally hot, and hot. I'm looking up Storm's book on amazon right now.

[haram]

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017
R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ON
H.R. 4909
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
MAY 4, 2016.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

 

 

(... page 87 ...)

 

 

Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) Briefing

 

The committee is aware of recent positive developments in developing low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR), which produce ultraclean, low-cost renewable energy that have strong national security implications. For example, according to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), if LENR works it will be a ‘‘disruptive technology that could revolutionize energy production and storage.’’ The committee is also aware of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) findings that other countries including China and India are moving forward with LENR programs of their own and that Japan has actually created its own investment fund to promote such technology. DIA has also assessed that Japan and Italy are leaders in the field and that Russia, China, Israel, and India are now devoting significant resources to LENR development.
To better understand the national security implications of these developments, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing on the military utility of recent U.S. industrial base LENR advancements to the House Committee on Armed Services by September 22, 2016. This briefing should examine the current state of research in the United States, how that compares to work being done internationally, and an assessment of the type of military applications where this technology could potentially be useful.

 

https://www.congress.gov/114/crpt/hrpt537/CRPT-114hrpt537.pdf

 

 

Well, let's see what will happen if the US military takes this issue in charge.

Edited October 25, 2016 by haram

[CraigD]

Welcome to hypography, Haram, and thanks for the Congressional report reference. Please feel free to start a topic in the introductions forum to tell us something about yourself.

 

Well, let's see what will happen if the US military takes this issue in charge.

The US military and DOE have been researching LENRs since shortly after Fleishmann and Pons claimed to have observed it, in 1989, when it was usually called cold fusion. The history of this research (which, unknown to many, was first claimed in a 1927 Swedish patent application) is described on many webpages, including this Wikipedia article.

 

Since despite 27 years of modern effor, no credible researcher, government-sponsored or other, has shown that LENRs actually occur, I’d be surprised if any news is forthcoming.

[haram]

Welcome to hypography, Haram, and thanks for the Congressional report reference. Please feel free to start a topic in the introductions forum to tell us something about yourself.

 

Thanx, will do soon... my apology if my English language is not so perfect occasinoally.

 

 

The US military and DOE have been researching LENRs since shortly after Fleishmann and Pons claimed to have observed it, in 1989, when it was usually called cold fusion. The history of this research (which, unknown to many, was first claimed in a 1927 Swedish patent application) is described on many webpages, including this Wikipedia article.

 

Since despite 27 years of modern effor, no credible researcher, government-sponsored or other, has shown that LENRs actually occur, I’d be surprised if any news is forthcoming.

 

 

 

I have impression that is publicated plenty credible independent researches which confirms that some new nuclear-leveled phenomena is discovered*. Experimental inconsistency is consequence of lack of completed theoretic model. So far, all research was done by small isolated groups with tiny funds (whether within state institutes or private enthusiastic scientific communities). I believe some large unified project (similar to ITER) would much better resolved that matter.

 

* such as:

http://world.std.com/~mica/nanorrefs.html

 

 

Interview with Bo Höistad, Professor at Department of Physics and Astronomy, Nuclear PhysicsUppsala University, Sweden:

Edited October 29, 2016 by haram