During E-CAT
test run some hidden and unknown energy is being coming out in the form of heat
energy in large quantity. Based on the
principle of conservation of energy and from the well-known nuclear fusion and
fission reactions it is possible to guess that, the E-CAT hidden energy may be
in the form of binding of protons and neutrons of the Nickel and Lithium atomic
nuclei. By considering the nuclear binding energies of , and an attempt is
made to understand the energy liberation mechanism in E-CAT. With reference to
the net energy production of (5825 ± 10%) Mega Joules liberated from one gram Ni
of the E-CAT’s 32 days third party test run, it can be suggested that, for every
transformation oftovia, liberated heat energy is 3.64 MeV and for one gram
ofliberated
energy is 5984 Mega Joules. For each transformation oftovia, 3 hydrogen atoms can be expected to be emitted. Note that, energy
liberated for one gram of Nickel 58 in cold fusion is 1.66 MWh and energy
liberated for one gram of uranium 235 in nuclear fission is 22.6 MWh. Clearly
speaking, energy released in E-CAT is just 13.6 times less than the energy
released in Uranium 235 fission.
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