[Stoves] Ni/H cooking stone for developing nation cookstoves

Fri Oct 14 10:42:34 CDT 2011

Dear Henry

Thanks for the contribution and the attachments. I have been following this
story and perhaps you could fill in the small blank that remains from the
message.

The process adds one proton to a stable isotope of Nickel and I am going to
assume here that it is 58Ni becoming 59Ni, is that correct? There are
several stable isotopes of Ni
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_nickel 

I wondered if it was clear by now whether it was a particular isotope of Ni
that is needed. There seems to be a lot of speculation about this.

An attractive aspect for cooking is that the energy needed to prepare the
fuels (H and Ni) is less than the gain in energy from the fusion. The
binding energy seems to indicate 58Ni => 59Ni not some other reaction
delivering 62Ni which would be higher.

To develop the product would require skills available at a National
Laboratory.

For those how have little time to read this, see the link
http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/04/swedish-researchers-confirm-rossi-and.html
for a recent update and confirmation that it works.

Thanks

Crispin

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Subject: [Stoves] Ni/H cooking stone for developing nation cookstoves

Replacing charcoal production would save trees and prevent deforestation all
over the world. 

A new reactor Ecat could be simplified into a cooking ceramic stone that
produces 1000 F (580 C) temperature. 

This stone could produce heat for years, replacing wood fires in developing
countries. 

A red brick with a cigarette sized reactor inside could cook food and
sterilize water. 

SAM Kargbo works for SUNY in Albany, NY - Sam is a SUNY educator who grew up
in Africa. "This (nuclear cooking stone) sounds really promising. I believe
it will help millions. You are right, deforestation is one big problem in a
continent like Africa. Many places in Africa are now dry due to the loss of
trees being cut down. I would definitely be the first man to go sell the new
invention (cooking stone) for you in Africa. "

Scratch Ecat Cartoon: There are more references below. 

 <http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/GeneMachine/1791470>
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/GeneMachine/1791470 

Ecat uses hydrogen as its primary fuel. 
Managing hydrogen ions limits sustaining the Ni/H reaction.
A ceramic Ecat using a solid-state hydrogen fuel source would allow Ecat to
be widely used.

US Air Force lab reproduced Ecat and reveals Nickel catalyst.
http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/06/brian-ahern-getting-8-watts-in-low.html

Ecat could be used in the home to produce steam for heating, hot water, and
electric generation for homes and cars.

http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/04/swedish-researchers-confirm-rossi-and.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Catalyzer

See attached (Ecat_Nuclear_Reactor_Rankine_Model.doc)

Nickel is a very common waste product from copper mining ($12.10 /LB).
Nickel is the 5th most common element on earth.

The Ecat uses 50 grams of Ni to produce 25kWh (approx)

http://www.nyteknik.se/incoming/article3144960.ece/BINARY/Download+the+repor
t+by+Kullander+and+Ess%C3%A9n+%28pdf%29

Girls in developing countries must collect firewood and leave school.

Could students devise a small cigarette sized Ecat to place in a brick to
produce heat for cooking?

See attached Nuclear Cooking Stone.doc

I worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory (90-91).
I was a Peace Corps Volunteer working on renewable energy and water in
Jamiaca, WI in the 1970's.

I saw the deforestation by firewood collection in Haiti.

Could NIH and DOE develop a solid state hydrogen fuel to power the cooking
stone?

http://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/2011/03/23/two-new-mgh2-based-approache
s-for-hydrogen-storage-proposed/

Henry Brown
hbrown at sisna.com
505 795-3680

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