The Rossi Cold fusion E-cat invention - details and patents

Andrea Rossi’s E-cat invention which he has collaborated on for so long with friend and consultant Sergio Focardi has been taking energy studies by storm recently. Though the reaction that takes place between the elements involved is being explained as LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reaction) by Rossi, the actual reaction occurring has very similar processes to the cold fusion experiments of 1989. What the device is designed to do is catalyze a simple reaction between hydrogen and nickel called nickel hydrogen fusion. In this process, the hydrogen would turn the nickel into copper, and produce a low level of energy as a byproduct. However, the larger the scale of the reaction, the more energy is produced, and this is the theory behind LENR research, that production of low energy at high enough levels will result in an acceptable amount of energy for other uses.

Of course, because of the level of attention that the device is receiving, and because it has, as of now, never failed to perform when required to do so, Rossi was prompted to seek out a patent for the device. Currently he only possesses an Italian patent, but he is working on an international one. The details of the patent are publicly available now.

The patent itself includes claims that the device is an apparatus that is designed to inject hydrogen into a metal tube filled with a nickel powder, granules, or bars in a high pressure and temperature environment in order to create energy from the reaction of hydrogen and nickel. The reaction should be carried out anywhere from i50 to 500 degrees Celsius and that the nickel will contain catalyzing materials within it in order to assist in said reaction.

The patent further goes on to state that the temperature is non-constant and variable, and that the tube itself is to be surrounded by a solution made up of water and boron, or of steel and boron as well as a second layer of lead and a third layer of steel. A steel pipe is to come out of the metal tube where the hydrogen will be inserted in order to begin the reaction of the hydrogen and nickel. Apparently the model will also be able to be coupled with other models as well according to the terms of the patent, which could result in an interesting dynamic once mass production begins. Also apparently the nickel can be replaced with copper and still have a similar reaction which means that there will be multiple energy sources which to take from.
Those are the main details of the patent, but the full text can be found here:
http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?IA=IT2008000532&DISPLAY=STATUS

Since the patent has gone through, Rossi had been into negotiations with the Greek company, Defkalion green technologies, as well as the American Ampenergo in an agreement to let both companies produce and market the E-cat device, but he has recently pulled out of the contract with Defkalion for unspecified reasons. Both Rossi and Defkalion have released their commentary on Rossi’s decision to cut ties with the company, but few concrete details are discussed in them. Rossi merely states that no company secrets were sheared with Defkalion that weren’t already terms of the patent, and that he had no interest in working with any more Greek companies in the future. Defkalion hypothesizes that his decision to leave was based on international pressures attempting to keep him from allowing his device to be manufactured on a massive scale so as to save the position of other larger companies in the energy market. Many believe that Rossi’s device has serious potential to take over the energy market in coming years, and that makes them wary of him.

Probably in response to the great amount of press that Rossi’s E-cat has been getting, another company has sprung up that is determined to research similar alternatives still involving cold fusion and LENR technologies. The company was started by a man named Francesco Piantelli and although little is known about it at this point, it is assumed that he will be researching methods very closely to what Rossi has already accomplished in order to improve upon the original idea, though nothing can be said for sure at this point.

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