George Miley working on 3KW and 30KW LENR designs
| September 21, 2012 | Posted by admin under George Miley - Lenuco |
George Miley
Infinite Energy has a report on the Williamsburg, Virginia LENR conference (International Low Energy Nuclear Reactions Symposium ILENRS-12) that was held at William and Mary College. The report is interesting on a number of fronts with researchers correlating excess heat with measured nuclear reaction byproducts, theoretical advancements, and more discussion about the conditions necessary to achieve LENR.
News has been somewhat sparse on Dr. George Miley’s work with his company Lenuco, which has the goal of developing a commercial LENR product. If I understand this report correctly, it suggests that Miley’s results demonstrate a COP of 7 after a few minutes but rises to a COP of 70 over 4 hours. However, it appears that the nanoparticles he is using begin to break down after 4 hours. They are working on methods to try to overcome this problem and already have conceptual designs for a 3KW home unit and 30KW industrial unit.
Miley then presented results from a series of deuterium gas loaded nanoparticle experiments running at the 100-300 watt level. Results were shown where the energy gain (LENR/chemical) started at about 7 after a few minutes, but increased another order of magnitude over four hours. Longer runs had problems due to deterioration of the nanoparticles, attributed to sintering. They are now studying methods to overcome this problem, including increasing the layer oxide thickness on the nanoparticles and configurational changes to flatten and control the temperature profile. Changes in nanoparticle composition are also under study. The goal is to get a minimum of six months run time before replacing the nanoparticles. His belief is that this would lead to an economical system; he showed some conceptual designs for a modular 3 kW unit for home use plus larger 30 kW ones for industrial use. Both were intended for co-gen operation using thermoelectric energy conversion. A new company, LENUCO, has been founded in Champaign, Illinois that has the goal of commercializing this technology.
Dr. Miley has some of the best scientific credentials of those working in the LENR field. Combine this fact with his recent LENR-related patent and openness about the technological issues he is facing, make him a major player on the path to commercialize LENR. Additionally, his conceptual designs are not based on heat generation alone, but the co-generation of heat and thus electricity by thermoelectric processes.
Admin; I have re read the Miley patent 8,277,020 issued on July 24, 2012, I didn’t find the part on nano particles but I read claims on a type of layered foil made of Ni, Pd and so on forming NAE’s between the sheet layers, is there another patent by chance from him?
I read your post above on the Miley experimenting with the nanoparticles.I was just wondering if they changed direction subsequent the issuance of the patent referenced.
I wonder if he is trying to apply the patent to a broader range of things than the nanoparticles? If I remember correctly, Miley was using nano-beads of plastic and then depositing many layers of Pd/Ni over the top of it. So maybe the patent applies to the layering rather than the specific bead configuration?
Ah yes, I see, I missed the nano particles, they looked like cracks. Thanks, I guess my head is into this Celani method only because I chose that method to go with over the usage of a nano base for fuel.
There are many more variables in manufacturing nano particles (powder fuel) than a wire constituting of constant resistance. Of course the need of ulta small configurations need examined in the wire method also.
Resonance is the key, and finding out what to resinate and at what ratios compared to the amplitude of whatever wave physics you are using is one critcal stimulating factor of electron capture.
I have re-read Miley’s three issued US Patents, 8277020 issued July 24, 2012 that had claims and the supporting specification written on his foil method fuel preperation. The nickel fibers are there only to create an opening between the layers of foil and makes no mention to the nano fuel particles ie. powdered nickel or any other mixture. I did however find again with Miley that he was onto the “cracks” also in his US patent 7244877 which also referenced the foil and the cracks formed to enhance LENR activity, July 2207. Also I read his US patent 6599404 which he had the paperwork written in 1977 and again on the foil cell design.
He has done a lifetime of research and patent writing and his work is supportive of the Celani, Storms and Zawodny’s current work with the wire and cracks (NAE) as Storms terms them. I had never really read his work because of the foil method which was included as one type of fuel possibility but I am really glad I saw this article, Miley is one more added to the list that has figured a way out to use stack sheets of foil to make his cells produce heat.