Here’s a Q&A from the Journal of Nuclear Physics yesterday:
Anonymous
July 30, 2017 at 10:29 AM
Dr. Andrea Rossi,
The demo you will make in October will be the presentation of the product?Andrea Rossi
July 30, 2017 at 3:09 PM
Anonymous:
No. It will be a technological demo.
Warm Regards,
AR
My interpretation of the difference between a “technological” and “product” demonstration is that Andrea Rossi is not expecting to demonstrate a finished product at the planned presentation. We have learned that he is only now starting to combine his individual 10-20 W E-Cat QX rectors (apparently 20 of them so far) to increase overall output. If he is planning to provide heat to be used on an industrial scale, one would expect that there would need to be thousands of them combined to make plants producing heat in the megawatt range. So it looks like the plan is to show what the E-Cat QX reactors can do, before production of industry-ready plants have started.
Another question regarding the duration of the test was posted today.
Oystein Lande
July 31, 2017 at 3:06 AM
Dear Mr. Rossi,What is the planned duration of the QX demonstration?
Andrea Rossi
July 31, 2017 at 7:43 AM
Oystein Lande:
One to two hours the part that will be public.
Warm Regards,A.R.
This begs the question: what part of the test will not be public? I would guess there will be time involved in setup and calibration, but perhaps Rossi is not planning to broadcast that activity.
It makes me wonder what the overall purpose of the presentation is — who will be the audience that Rossi is trying to reach? Obviously the enthusiasts/detractors who have been following the E-Cat for years will be playing close attention, but maybe this is not the primary audience. Rossi has stated that this demonstration is the opening salvo in his business plan, and maybe he is wanting to reach a wider audience — I expect potential customers will be his priority — who might not have the attention span of the old timers who can watch live streaming data for hour upon hour without getting bored.
