Following Bologna Test, Andrea Rossi Works Towards 1 MW Plant Launch, Seeks Help in Designing an E-Cat “For the People”

Following the recent Bologna E-Cat test, Andrea Rossi is looking ahead to furthering his development of the E-Cat. He seems satisfied with the results of the Bologna test; his only public comments about it have been in an email to PESWiki where he said that it performed according to his standards. He stated:

“PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT BEFORE THE SELF SUSTAINING MODE THE REACTOR WAS ALREADY PRODUCING ENERGY MORE THAN IT CONSUMED, SO THAT THE ENERGY CONSUMED IS NOT LOST, BUT TURNED INTO ENERGY ITSELF, THEREFORE IS NOT PASSIVE. ANOTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION: IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE REPORT, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE SPOTS OF DRIVE WITH THE RESISTANCE HAVE A DURATION OF ABOUT 10 MINUTES, WHILE THE DURATION OF THE SELF SUSTAINING MODES IS PROGRESSIVELY LONGER, UNTIL IT ARRIVES TO BE UP TO HOURS. BESIDES, WE PRODUCED AT LEAST 4.3 kWh/h FOR ABOUT 6 HOURS AND CONSUMED AN AVERAGE OF 1.3 kWh/h FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS, SO THAT WE MADE IN TOTAL DURING THE TEST 25.8 kWh AND CONSUMED IN TOTAL DURING THE TEST 3.9 kWh. iN THE WORST POSSIBLE SCENARIO, WHICH MEANS NOT CONSIDERING THAT THE CONSUME IS MAINLY MADE DURING THE HEATING OF THE REACTOR DURING THE FIRST 2 HOURS, WE CAN CONSIDER THAT THE WORST POSSIBLE RATIO IS 25.8 : 3.9 AND THIS IS THE COP 6 WHICH WE ALWAYS SAID. OF COURSE, THE COP IS BETTER, BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, THE REACTOR, ONCE IN TEMPERATURE, NEEDS NOT TO BE HEATED AGAIN FROM ROOM TEMPERATURE TO OPERATIONAL TEMPERATURE.”

There has been considerable debate from the E-Cat following public as to whether the Bologna test was convincing or not, and there are a wide range of opinions about it’s success. Some people say it was an unmitigated failure, others seeing it was entirely convincing, and there are a host of opinions in between those two extremes. (Check comments on this site for examples!)

Rossi does not seem to be spending a lot of time dwelling on this test as he is now looking towards the launch of the 1 MW plant. It’s unclear as to where the plant will be when he does launch — right now it seems to be firmly set in Bologna Italy, and it will presumably take considerable time and work to get it shipped and set up in a new location in just a couple of weeks.

In addition to getting the 1 MW plant ready, Rossi is apparently struggling to come up with a satisfactory design for a small E-Cat. Today on his web site he issued this appeal:

“The E-Cat basic module “for the People”, that we will put in commerce within months, will be 40 cm long, 40 cm large, 40 cm high, will weight 60 kg, the shape of a cube. I need a design cheap ( I want to put it in commerce at a price of 500 euros per kW) but nice, very nice. I will buy the design which I will choose and everybody has my honour word that I will not use designs not paid. I need it within two months.
Go to the report of Nyteknik (google “Nyteknic E-Cat Test October 6″) to see the pipes position: that will be it.
Please send proposals to [email protected]
I am sure that from the enthusiasm od our Readers will pop up a masterpiece.”

Rossi’s business plans are still a mystery, and he’s surely taking an unconventional approach by looking for help at this point from the general public — but that is his style. No one can accuse Rossi of being conventional! Perhaps this little square box will be Rossi’s equivalent of the Model T — a cheap and simple machine that will be able to provide heat (perhaps in time electricity) to the general population. Maybe the idea is that just like with his 1 MW plant, you will be able to connect multiple boxes together to ramp up power capabilities.

There is still plenty of mystery surrounding this work — how Rossi is going to pull everything together is still unclear, especially now we hear that the US launch may not happening. Rossi has not, however announced a delay — we’re still looking at the last week in October and Rossie seems to be forging ahead with determination to do what he has said he is going to do.