Over the past few years, we have had
a joint UW-Student Branch/IEEE Section meeting and other discussions
about the emerging technology abbreviated "LENR" that I like to
think of as "Low Energy Nuclear Reactions", though others define it
as "Lattice Enabled Nuclear Reactions". This is an emerging
technology that has evolved from the work of Fleischmann and
Pons. An interesting summary of the technology was presented
by Louis F. DeChiaro, Ph.D, a physicist with the US Naval Sea
Systems Command (NAVSEA), Dahlgren Warefare Center. The presentation
was given at an IEEE Meeting on “LENR Phenomena and Potential
Applications” held on Sept. 23 2015 at Teradyne in North Reading,
Massachusetts. The slides can be viewed
here.
The Naval group also recorded a talk discussing evidence that has
been seen over 20 years and is posted in a youtube video
here. It is
abundantly clear that there are nuclear reactions happening on a
small scale. Why hasn't more US Government Research funding
been applied to this area?
One of the more controversial inventors in this area is Andrea Rossi
whose E-Cat (Energy Catalyzer) technology attains temperatures of
over 1200C and has been reputed to exhibit coffecients of
perfromance of over 50. Researchers in Russia, China, and
Japan have partially duplicated the reactions. The combination of
high COP and high temperatures implies that the technology could be
used for electrical generation. Rossi was funded in part by
Industrial Heat, an investment group out of Cherokee Investment
Partners. They invested about $10.5M dollars based in
demonstration of technology by Rossi. The last demonstration,
a 1-Megawatt Thermal plant producing 105 Degree Centigrade steam for
one year was supposed to result in $89M to Rossi, but IH did not
pay, causing Rossi to sue in court in Florida. The suit will
go to trial in June 2017. In the mean time, we must wait for
details of the test. Since the suit, Rossi has demonstrated a
"quark" that reached 1400C, emits blue light, and provides 100 watts
of energy in a matchstick sized element, trading light, heat, and
direct electrical production depending on how it is used. Is
it fact or fiction? Read more about this continuing saga at
the E-catworld site
here.
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Michel Mardigan, principal author of
Controlling Radiated Emissions by Design, will be joining Donald L.
Sweeney and staff in teaching the October 4-6, 2016 EMC By Your Design
seminar in Northbrook, Illinois. The instructors have more than 100
years of combined EMC experience. Michel, an IEEE Senior Member, has
worked as an EMC Specialist for IBM and was the French delegate to the
CISPR Working Group, which became CISPR 22, the root document for FCC
15-J and European EN55022. Michel has taught EMC seminars in the U.S.
and worldwide to thousands of engineers and currently is a private
consultant in France. He has written numerous books and papers on EMC.
A major project he was involved with was the EMC for the English
Channel Tunnel. EMC By Your Design is a practical applications seminar
and workshop consisting of lectures, discussions, a hands-on-workshop,
a large notebook of slides, take-home proprietary EMC design software,
and individual design evaluations of your product. You will also
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