Building the Universal LENR Reactor
| October 14, 2012 | Posted by admin under Dale Basgall, Francesco Celani, Universal LENR Reactor |
Dale Basgall has released a presentation on building the core of the Universal LENR Reactor. He informs me that they have started the process of building a reactor in Maui and will detail the steps involved as it proceeds. This is an excellent presentation detailing components, dimensions, tools needed, materials, and prices. In my opinion, this is exactly what we’ve been needing for LENR to progress. Many thanks to Dale and his team for all this hard work. Francesco Celani has noted that his treated wire needs to be tried in different devices with alternative configurations. Hopefully, Mr. Celani would be willing to share some of his treated wire with Mr. Basgall’s group for replication in the Universal LENR Reactor.
In this LENR research the unkowing is very exciting, not many challenges just come into our lives like LENR that have so many unknowns. That after all is what it seems everyone working at a mundane job or having an occupation built from skill of that individual is seeking, the challenge to accomplish and not be so repetetive on a daily basis.
The facts of LENR remain simply unknown to date, so the Universal Reactor is a dreamed up machine coming from creativity, experience, and claims made from the scientists. Nothing more nothing less just straight up focus with no questions other than claim dynamics.
Celani was my choice because he looks like a worker, acts like a worker, speaks with respect, and his mechanical methods looked more practicle than anyone else contending LENR replecation. He also acts like an experienced inventor with a strategy and not running amuck with others information. So I guess it’s moreover who you do business with and not so much what they claim to have.
So important to understand is that the LENR Universal Reactor claims to be a mechanically sound machine or device. Machines usually have obvious parts moving and this particular machine has fluid moving and heat transferring.
My goal as an engineer and mechanic was to get something out there that works for what has been claimed by the scientists and then some, (hence additional control options) as to promote research with LENR and thermodynamics in general. There will be more or perhaps less to the LENR experiments in the future based on what is known today so changes are expected.
Since I am at the end of my carrer so to speak or at least nearing it @58 my concerns are not selling, manufacturing, or promoting products any more, I am done with all that. My total focus was to produce a reactor based on no doubt at all that what was claimed even by Rossi at minimum, the seeder of the LENR today to the general public, and further the many more making statements and as a result this product reactor.
The fun parts of creating an invention include, exploration, learning, understanding, and communicating. I want LENR to work for everyone needing heat, or electricity, or other that may develop for the benefit of others and not specifically for one person or company. So jump aboard the LENR science train and participate in some way, the LENR science encompases multiple art skills at a multitude of levels. What a way to start a new year out for 2013 with many new jobs and a new form of energy to learn from.
I just purchased a copper sleeve to make the water tank #3, it is 2.5625″ ID and 2.75″ OD. X 3.5″Length. $45.00, this
was purchased at a local plumbing store. Also 2 O-rings were bought for $2.50 size 2.5″ID X 2.75″ OD X 1/8th inch thick, at a local auto supply store.
The 4″ X 4″ X .750 thick 316L SS Base Plate 2. material alone costs $65.00 here and the 1.25″ X 1.25″ square rod SS 316L will be priced when it is delivered. I have a hunch it will be around $50.00 to $65.00 dollars also. I will post that price when I get it next week.
When I priced metal on the mainland US, the LA machinist costs were $70.00 also for the metal. This contradicts the onlinemetals.com price, but it will be interesting to find out if the quoted price was actually the final price on the intranet, but then I have to pay shipping here so we went with the local machinist to purchase the metal since it was a 5 hour drive to get to a machinist here.
So right now we have the prices for the hydrogen generator (powder) and there is hazmat to go through for that stuff and I will follow up as I find out. The problem is we don’t really know the quantity or price of the $75.00+ powder. We will need to calculate that and dependent upon the chamber volumes.
For instance the chamber is 50CC and the pressure needs to be at least 100psi. The quantity issue is a physics problem
so how much powder does it take and how much water to make the 50CC chamber pressurize up, for the minimum startup for a LENR reaction? Good question and we need a physicist to figure that one out or just go buy the powder to make hydrogen and test it until we get the quantities right.
I would rather ask a math wizard but then they would need the physicist to let them know the factors. It’s a catch 22 but guessing get’s people hurt so we will rely heavily on the physicists calculations for the hydrogen generator in the Base Plate of the Universal Reactor.
I was simply working on photographing the fuel rods for the next power point, that we have wound for the Universal Reactor Fuel Chamber. So I deal with Jameco electrontic supply and I remembered a wire called “muscle wire” they sell and I thought how the wire worked with so much force and heat, I looked it up after wondering what it could be made of and what a surprise I believe this wire may be the answer to several LENR fuel chamber set backs, and the serious experimenters will need to evaluate this product carefully.
I think we may be onto something here, admin I know you will be very surprised at the elements making up the “muscle wire”.
Check it out on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape-memory_alloy#Crystal_structures
There are some very important features about the wire that make it a more viable commercial product again reducing the fuel further into practice.
Just an update from the Nuclear Physicist on the team, when machining the parts out for the Universal Reactor do not use cobalt tools or any alloys of it. No cobalt alloys for any parts of the reactor assembly can be used, induced radiation will result making the reactor very unfriendly.