The 15th Meeting of Japan CF-Research Society

During the MIT meeting in March 2014, we reported excess heat of 75watt (COP=1.9) and excess energy of 108MJ for over 1 month. After the meeting, we made a few modifications to the reactor. We replaced the original ceramic heater with a new ceramic heater with an embedded thermocouple, capable of producing a higher heat output. We also rearranged the equipment inside the reactor by changing the placement of the electrodes and by improving the reactor vessel. Additionally, we modified the reactor by adding a water cooling device around the reactor which absorbs the heat generated allowing us to measure excess heat more accurately. The following reactant gas and reactive metals were used during the tests of the improved reactor: 1. Reactant gas: pure D2 gas at 10~ 300 Pa 2. Reactive metals: a. Ni wire mesh: (0.15mmφ), s300 x 300mm, 23 g b. Pd wire: (i) (0.2mmφ) x1000mm, 1.14g, (ii) (1mmφ) x300mm, 2.82g, (iii) total weight = 3.96g In addition, 3. Temperature of the heater: 300 ~ 800°C 4. Measured data: temperature, gas pressure, gas component and radiation During the tests with the improved reactor, excess heat generation was observed when deuterium gas was present. We observed that when D2 gas pressure was high, excess heat was generated consistently. Hydrogen isotopes (light and heavy hydrogen) were the reactants. Hydrogen isotopes reacted when they were on the metal surface (or in the vicinity of the metal surface), which generated excess heat. In these tests, nano metal particles acted as a catalyst, causing hydrogen to react and generate heat. Based on the calibration value, these heat generations ranged from 10% to 70% of the input power. Approximately 4g of palladium was used as a catalyst in some tests, and approximately 23g of nickel was used in the other tests. Based on the total energy output with the palladium (4g), power density was approximately 5 watts per gram. With the nickel (23g), power density was approximately 1 watt per gram. These power densities are comparable to that of a nuclear reactor fuel.