Engineers' Café Cold Nuclear Fusion (LENR)
Description
With the current success of renewable energy, we would almost forget that, in addition, research into nuclear fusion as a clean and inexhaustible alternative energy source has been going on for more than 50 years. The large and therefore best-known projects are ITER and Wendelstein 7-X, which involve the fusion of hydrogen particles into helium in a plasma at extremely high temperatures.
Much less known is cold nuclear fusion or LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reactions). The main reason for this unfamiliarity is the small scale and limited budgets of this research. Nevertheless, there is interesting news to report on this front this year, namely from 'E-Cat'. This is a patented cold fusion reactor by Italian engineer Andrea Rossi, which runs on hydrogen, nickel powder and lithium (as a catalyst). He completed an endurance test in February 2016 at a US customer with a 1 MW plant, delivering more than 50x the amount of energy as was put in to keep the process going.
The first results of this study have since been announced. Tonight's speaker, Marc Ellenbroek, has been following these developments for some time. He will discuss the technology, the history, the test results and expectations for the future. Afterwards, there will be room for questions, substantive discussion and networking.
Speaker(s)
Marc Ellenbroek
Location
F. Hazemeijerstraat 800, 7555 RJ Hengelo
Organiser
Eastern Region
Name and contact details for information
Dick Kroon