Detailed report on nuclear cold fusion reaction and its future aspects. He is the former editor of fusion technology, the journal of the american nuclear society, and his research dates from the early days of patterson packedbead electrolysis. The more profound thing was that there were a number of oscillations in the megahertz range being created by a. Iccf21 main mckubre introductory summary by ruby carat michael mckubre followed up making a plea that condensed matter nuclear science is anomalous no more. He invited me to visit sri in 2012, and encouraged me to take on a relatively skeptical role within the community. During the last year, the first four patents were issued for cold fusion us, europe. He has closely studied and has a deep understanding of applied science, most engineering disciplines, quantum mechanics, general physics, high energy and condensed matter physics, electronics, control. This is compared with the hot fusion which takes place naturally within stars, under immense pressure and at temperatures of millions of degrees, and distinguished from muoncatalyzed fusion. Michael mckubre and edmund storms are two leaders of a discreet league of scientists who are risking their careers and occasionally their lives to prove the viability of cold, or low. May 03, 20 but when i speak to michael mckubre, hes as fatalistic as ed storms. Well, if there really is an effect, as more and more evidence seems to be piling up that cold fusion effects are real, that would mean that these scientists who ridiculed and mocked cold fusion back in the 80s and 90s and even today can be blamed for. Hansen, report to the utah state fusion energy council on the analysis of selected ponsfleischmann calorimetric data, in t. Mckubre semiretired to new zealand in march 2016, and is currently consulting informally with several international research groups.
Mar 29, 2017 whether its called cold fusion or lenr is out of the question. They say much of it appears to be about plasma fusion rather than cold fusion. Mckubre says he has seen that energy more than 50 times in cold fusion experiments hes doing at sri international, a respected california lab that does extensive work for the government. Hubler from the naval research laboratory in 2007, 88 or enea in 2011 72 have posited that a cell that was loaded with a deuteriumpalladium ratio lower than 100% or 1.
Michael mckubre, former director of energy research at sri international, previously stanford research institute where there continues an almostthirtyyears program of experimental research in lenrcold fusion. Within days, stanley pons and martin fleischmann are on the cover of time magazine. Michael mckubre, former director of energy research at sri international, previously stanford research institute where there continues an almostthirtyyears program of experimental research in lenr cold fusion. Home history and development significant works hydrogen orbitals conferences and. He says that the results are so far inconclusive, but he is planning to discuss his findings at the meeting of the american physical society in atlanta this month. Cold fusion died 25 years ago, but the research lives on. After 25 years experience as an innovator in identifying and developing various clean technology products, robert godes founded brillouin energy. Cold fusion researchers mckubre since 1994, 162 graham k. The short life and weird times of cold fusionmight provide some indication of that. Jul 15, 2015 the characteristics of the cold ddfusion process, are as follows. Mckubre, who is in charge of sris research on cold fusion. Mckubre will discuss current knowledge in the field and explain why some doubts.
Michael mckubre and fran tanzella, electrochemists whod been working in the cold fusion field since the beginning. If we saturate a fusion fuel like deuterium or helium3 with muons, the following happens. But three short months later, their careers in tatters and their reputations ruined, they flee the us as cold fusion becomes synonymous with bad science. Cold fusion times journal is a scientific journal of the loading isotopic fuels into materials yielding anomalous excess heat and excess energy with excess power gain from palladium electrode using heavy water by electrochemically induced reactions making helium nuclear ash for efficient heating and clean heating and green energy using palladium phusortm electrodes making this the ultimate. We create worldchanging solutions that make people safer, healthier and more productive. Cold fusion researchers mckubre since 1994, enea in 2011 have speculated that a cell that is loaded with a deuteriumpalladium ratio lower than 100% or 1. Mckubre s team has been one of the few commercial laboratories in the u. The second in our series surveying the cold fusion landscape features dr. But when i speak to michael mckubre, hes as fatalistic as ed storms. In a photo from 2012, michael mckubre, one of the original cold fusion researchers, inspects a component of sri internationals micromass 5400 mass spectrometer, an instrument dedicated to. Cold fusion times journal is a scientific journal of the loading isotopic fuels into materials yielding anomalous excess heat and excess energy with excess power gain from palladium electrode using heavy water by electrochemically induced reactions making helium nuclear ash for efficient heating and clean heating and green energy using palladium phusortm.
Cold fusion researchers mckubre since 1994, 146 enea in 2011 91 have speculated that a cell that is loaded with a deuteriumpalladium ratio lower than 100% or. The cold fusion demonstrations presented at mit were likewise ignored by the mit community. This is compared with the hot fusion which takes place naturally within stars, under immense pressure and at temperatures of millions of degrees, and distinguished from muoncatalyzed fusionhot fusion which takes place naturally within stars, under. Nagel journal of condensed matter nuclear science 4 2011 116 3 mass and arrangement of the nuclear fuel. A short time after graduation, he started and sold software companies. On the quest for a commercial lenr reactor with robert godes. Michael mckubre, former director of energy research at sri international, previously stanford research institute, where there continues analmostthirtyyears program of experimental research in lenrcold fusion. We believe that the results given above fully explain the process of cold fusion, which had remained an intriguing mystery for science over the course of the last 25 years. Irving dardik discussed the advances in cold fusion research. In december 2002, they thought they saw an excess heat phenomenon, which they presented at iccf10. Last week jan 2731, 2014 i attended the cold fusion iap course at mit, and filmed the lectures for i highly recommend viewing those lectures for anyone who would like dense.
Cold fusion is a hypothesized type of nuclear reaction that would occur at, or near, room temperature. Chemists and cold fusion scientists michael mckubre and melvin miles consulted on story elements. Pdf on the importance of replication semantic scholar. Based on true events, discover cold fusion has text assembled by ruby carat and art by matt howarth. He joined stanford research institute sri in the late 1970s and has served as their director of energy research up till the present day. What is the current scientific thinking on cold fusion. Detailed report on nuclear cold fusion reaction and its. In the years since the famous experiment by martin fleischman and stanley pons, the field of cold fusion has had difficulty igniting the interest of the scientific community. As this issue had then been raised in public, we have felt free to comment on this point in our papers although we have previously drawn attention to this fact in private discussions. Mckubre was the director of the energy research center at sri international in 1998. Schaffer, a senior scientist at one of the major u.
Michael mckubre of sri international gives his views on the state of each of an update on the progress made in the quiet, but exciting, and potentially huge, sector of. Michael mckubre working on deuterium gasbased cold fusion cell used by sri international. Cold fusion the reader wiki, reader view of wikipedia. The characteristics of the cold ddfusion process, are as follows. Proceedings of the ii annual conference on cold fusion, como, italy, 29 june4 july 1991, vol. Sri international inventing a better future together. Cold fusion power international cold fusion energy power. Brillouin energy corporation bec interview with mike mckubre about brillouin at sri international following my tour of stanford research institutes facilities where they are working on testing brillouins cold fusion technology. Michael mckubre is an electrochemist in the forefront of cold fusion energy development.
After all, skeptics have been unimpressed by other evidence of cold fusion. However, recent advances are now sparking renewed promise and focus. So i was pleased today that he sent me the slide deck for his iccf21 presentation, and, with the good quality audio supplied by ruby carat of cold fusion now, his. Mckubre s laboratory research into cold fusion in menlo park, california mckubre, 1994. The case cell is now being studied by veteran coldfusion researcher michael mckubre at the stanford research institute, using mass spectroscopy to evaluate the helium production. Frisone journal of condensed matter nuclear science 8 2012 111 7 we emphasize that qt is a not known perturbative potential. Since most of the negative replications from 1989 to 1990 did not report their ratios, this has been proposed as an explanation for failed replications. Scientists can argue all they want while making use of its energy. Electrochemist michael mckubre, who headed sris energy research center from 1998 until this year, was saluted by wired magazine as being one of the 25 most innovative people in the world. All that matters is that it works and that theres no harmful radiation. It would contrast starkly with the hot fusion that is known to take place naturally within stars and artificially in hydrogen bombs and prototype fusion reactors under immense pressure and at temperatures of millions of degrees, and be distinguished from muon. He echoes tom dardens sentiment that cmns must be integrated into the mainstream of science. In a photo from 2012, michael mckubre, one of the original cold fusion researchers, inspects a component of sri internationals micromass 5400 mass spectrometer, an. He was intimately involved with the research of fleischmann, patterson, mckubre, storms, miles, and other cold fusion pioneers.
Within days pons and fleischmann are on the cover of time. Journal of condensed matter nuclear science cold fusion. Martin fleischmann and stanley pons, fusion technology, 17. On the quest for a commercial lenr reactor with robert. Nevertheless, research continues, and a small but very vocal minority still believes in cold fusion. Fatal explosion closes cold fusion laboratory new scientist. An ebook reader can be a software application for use on a computer such as microsofts free reader application, or a booksized computer this is used solely as a reading device such as nuvomedias rocket ebook. Mike is an accomplished electrochemist who has been working in the field of cold fusion for over 20 years. Hagelstein and swartz mit 1992today about 2030 working groups in the us, western europe, russia, japan, and china. Its time someone should actually make a cold fusion reactor that actually produces energy and powers up machines. Martin was the most highly innovative person i ever knew. In 2002, he worked on project cobalt with dennis cravens, dennis letts, michael mckubre and peter hagelstein to stimulate lenrproduced power using a laser. In 2002, he worked on project cobalt with dennis cravens, dennis letts, michael mckubre and peter hagelstein to stimulate lenr.
In case anyone hasnt noticed, im a fan of michael mckubre. Michael mckubre of sri international gives his views on the state of each of an update on the progress made in the quiet, but exciting, and potentially huge, sector of lenr, or cold fusion. Key info inadvertently omitted from pons and fleischmann report a mild magnetic field, created by a transformer, was on the other side of the wall, which has now been removed. The 17th international conference on cold fusion iccf17 began on august in daejeon, south korea tutorial, optional tour and welcome reception were held from august 10 to 12. Between cold fusion and respectable science there is virtually no communication at all. Whether its called cold fusion or lenr is out of the question. Mckubre has an extensive background in electrochemistry, surface and membrane chemistry, battery systems, and corrosion science. It would contrast starkly with the hot fusion that is known to take place naturally within stars and artificially in hydrogen bombs and prototype fusion reactors under immense pressure and at temperatures of millions of degrees, and be distinguished from muoncatalyzed fusion. I doubt that any single result is going to change everyones minds, he says. Mckubre has been experimenting with cells in which the experiments are kept under pressures of 60 atmospheres.