Table 1 Identification of CO2 presence using isotope ratio K44.
From: Water can trigger nuclear reaction to produce energy and isotope gases
Reactor ID | Tube6 | Tube7 | Tube8 | Tube9 (steam) | Tube10 | Tube12 failure product | Tube13 | Tube14 | Tube 16 | Tube17 baseline test | Tube 18 | Tube 23 | Tube 24 | Tube27 failure product |
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Gas source (Reactor) | VCS (5RT) | VCS (5RT) | VCS (5RT) | only boiler | VCS (5RT) | JT1-n3S | DHX-2B | JT4-BV | DHX-2B | VCS-NTU(c) | JT3-CV | nDHX-2B | VCS-NTU | JT5-A5 |
m/z 44(gas) peak signal | 4.46E−07 | 3.605E−06 | 1.89E−06 | 1.68E−08 | 7.50E−08 | 2.00E−08 | 1.50E−07 | 7.15E−07 | 1.97E−07 | 1.19E−07 | 1.90E−07 | 3.34E−07 | 1.09E−05 | 1.90E−07 |
m/z 44(air) peak signal | 2.77E−07 | 2.857E−07 | 2.70E−07 | 1.79E−08 | 4.00E−08 | 5.10E−08 | 6.00E−08 | 5.50E−08 | 1.10E−07 | 8.01E−08 | 1.10E−07 | 1.39E−07 | 1.39E−07 | 1.39E−07 |
excess heat (COPx > 1.05) | Y | Y | Y | n | Y | n | Y | Y | Y | n | Y | Y | Y | n |
Measured COPx | 1.53 | 1.61 | 1.61 | 1.0 | 1.51 | 1.02 | 1.17 | 1.10 | 1.20 | 1.02 | 1.05 | 1.20 | 1.57 | 1.03 |
m/z 40(gas) peak signal | 2.60E−06 | 3.30E−06 | 2.41E−06 | 1.24E−07 | 3.49E−07 | 1.76E−07 | 5.89E−07 | 4.96E−07 | 8.73E−07 | 6.08E−07 | 2.85E−07 | 1.34E−06 | 1.39E−06 | 1.29E−06 |
m/z 40(air) peak signal | 2.64E−06 | 2.57E−06 | 2.57E−06 | 1.36E−07 | 4.41E−07 | 4.40E−07 | 5.21E−07 | 4.89E−07 | 9.54E−07 | 1.34E−07 | 1.37E−07 | 1.26E−06 | 1.26E−06 | 1.26E−06 |
I44(gas) = m/z 44(gas) ÷ m/z 40(gas) | 0.17 | 1.09 | 0.78 | 0.14 | 0.22 | 0.11 | 0.25 | 1.44 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 0.67 | 0.25 | 7.85 | 0.15 |
I44(air) = m/z 44(air) ÷ m/z 40(air) | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 |
Internal standard ratio: K44 = I44(gas)/I44(air) | 1.63 | 9.84 | 7.47 | 1.03 | 2.37 | 0.98 | 2.21 | 12.8 | 1.96 | 1.46 | 5.56 | 2.26 | 71.0 | 1.33 |
K44 > 1.5 (presence of CO2) | Y | Y | Y | n | Y | n | Y | Y | Y | n | Y | Y | Y | n |