For NGU Power Generators (Power Rating of: 1K, 2K, or 3K) operating with a 12VDC output voltage would generate currents of: 83.3A; 166.7A; and 250A, respectively, when run at fully rated power levels.
So, let me rephrase the previous question.
1. For each of the NGU Power Generators, is there a maximum current limit, or is the maximum current limited by the Power Rating (e.g., 2kW) divided by the specified output Voltage?
2. When the NGU Power Generator is delivered, is the output connector and/or cabling individually sized to accommodate the maximum current at the Power Rating and output Voltage? For example, a 1kW outputting 12VDC and can handle 83.3 Amps or a 1kW operating at 120VDC and capable of handling 8.33 Amps.
Thank you for your response to my questions. They are formulated around understanding the conditions for achieving the reactor life expectancy of 100k hours.
Q5 is a chicken and egg question, the transition from OFF to ON, from an ecat in storage or in transit to it being put into active service, or that initial life giving spark, ala Dr Frankenstein gives his monster a jolt from the electrode 🙂 The ecat must firstly/already be activated and electronics powered even to begin harvesting ZPE and only then can the ecat be ZPE self powered.
5) When set to ON initial activation energy is required. a) the user briefly applies external power?
b) an internal battery supplies the power?
Perhaps I should add another option
c) the ecat has such a high Q (sharply in resonance with the ZPE field) that it will spring into life simply by closing the switch?
For the NGU 10W Power Cell:
1. Is the nominal output voltage 12V +/- 5%?
2. At full load, is the nominal current 0.833 Amps +/- 5%?
For the 100W Basic Generator:
3. Is the nominal output voltage 12V +/- 5%?
4. At full load, is the nominal current 8.33 Amps +/- 5%?
For the NGU 1K Power Generator
5. What is the nominal minimum output voltage that can be specified when ordering?
6. What is the nominal maximum output voltage that can be specified when ordering?
I noted in the new datasheet that there is no more mention of lithium or nickel under Sustainability. Has your usage of nickel and lithium in the NGU changed substanially?
Paul Dodgshun:
The Ecat has its certification necessary for its purposes. We are not responsible for the certifications of connected devices; you must make connections with the assistance of specifically certified contractors.
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Steve D:
1- no load, no energy
2- the energy supplied depends on the energy demanded by the load
3- no
4- no
5a- I do not understand what you mean: please rephrase
5b- no
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Dr. Rossi,
here is a generator made specifically for Campers, and it is widely used: https://www.dometic.com/it-it/professional/soluzioni-per-camion/energia-e-illuminazione/dometic-tec-29-lpg-74777?v=9102900299
even if it is quite silent it cannot be used during stops in public parking lots because it emits polluting fumes, exactly like the exhaust of the Camper engine which is forbidden to keep on during stops.
The 2KW one costs more or less the same as a 2KW E-Cat, but it consumes 1 liter per hour.
Needless to say that in the world of Campers the E-Cat would be a miracle.
I hope to receive news of the start of production as a Christmas present.
Good work
In the UK, equipment such as the SKLep requires MCS certification before it can be fitted in a customer’s property by a qualified electrician. The most likely description of a SKLep falls under the ‘Electricity-led micro-cogeneration package’ category. Without a MCS certificate, no MCS qualified installer will install one. The associated inverter also needs its own certification but many are approved for use with Solar PV panels. May I request that you obtain certification before I am invited to buy the SKLeps that I have ordered?
How can I gain MCS certification for my product range?
Product Manufacturers can gain MCS certification for products if they fall within the scope of the Scheme. You should check that your product(s) meets the relevant Product Standard – these are available in our Standards and Tool Library.
To gain certification, your product(s) are assessed by a Certification Body to ensure that your product(s) meet the technical product standard and that your production environment and processes meet MCS requirements. You will also need to provide product testing results for assessment.
Once your product is certified, it will be uploaded into our Product Directory and the product information will be made available to MCS certified Installers as well as consumers.
1. Is it true that on all NGU components, there is a manually operated On/Off switch?
2. That the NGU components are delivered with the On/Off switch in the Off position (during shipment)?
3. And that the User activates the NGU component by manually turning the On/Off switch to the On position for operation?
4. That the User, when shipping the NGU component, must manually turn the On/Off switch to the Off position prior to shipment?
THe voltage is fixed, but is it possible to order or adjust it within some interval? (12.0-14.0V)
If I want to reach a certain voltage, for instance 230V DC, by series units.
Best wishes and hopes for your planned production!
Dear Andrea
The E-Cat is a device that only may have any significance if it is mass-produced.
Advancing more ideas for applications does not seem necessary.
There must be at least 50 existing large global industrial groups that could quickly and easily secure their place among the 10 globally most valuable companies, if they gained A: confidence in the invention and B:an attractive license for production.
The necessary materials for mass production do not seem to be a problem.
E-Cat would probably be considered a “blessing” by at least 90% of the world’s population.
If one of these two mentioned conditions A or B is missing, there will hardly be any products on the market.
What is today the main problem that prevents production?
Svein
Steven Nicholes Karels:
1. yes
2. by a switch
3. no, because it is useless. There is a max power specification; being fixed the Voltage, the Ampères depend on the ratio Power/V
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Thank for the updated spec sheet on the NGU family.
Questions:
1. May I presume that mounting holes are on one or more of the sides?
2. On the 10W and 100W units, how are the units turned On or Off?
3. On the modular units, is there a maximum amperage specification?
Also from Bing “Typical per-watt cost of solar panels”:
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The typical cost of solar panels per watt is between $0.70 and $5. The cost per watt is the price for each unit of energy the solar panel system can produce1. For example, if a 5-kW (5,000-watt) system costs $3 per watt, the system’s total cost is $15,000 (5,000 watts x $3 per watt)1. The cost of solar panels alone can range from 80 cents to $2.20 per watt.
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The pertinent information is that the panels themselves (as opposed to the entire system) cost between $0.80 to $2.20 per Watt.
Because Solar Panels are exposed to the Sun, at best, 25% of the day, these numbers need to be effectively de-rated to 4x that cost. I.e., $3.20 to $8.80 per Effective-Watt.
In comparison, the ECat’s cost is $2.50 per Watt which:
– Can run 24 hours per day
– Doesn’t require expensive, rooftop installation
– isn’t exposed to wind, snow and dust conditions and
– doesn’t require periodic washing.
Many people eagerly await the news of the beginning of your ecat distribution! You have shown it convincingly to work with the demonstration of Latina in September. There is no doubt it is a revolution in energy technology and so your contribution to mankind is immense.
But for it to benefit people everywhere it must be available for use. If you still lack pre-orders, it is probably because of lack of knowledge about your Ecat. Your YT channel is still small, so preorders will be limited.
Your product is something that everyone will want!! Media is silent about Ecat tech so few people know about it to place preorders. Word of mouth marketing works when people show and tell their own stories with products.
My advice is, if you need more preorders. Find a small number of people you trust (maybe include Mr Marzocchi??), let them do some Ecat tests and let them post them online. These days video is essential communication method. More video, more preorders!
From Bing search:
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As of November 2024, the national average electricity rate in the United States is 16.62 ¢/kWh. The average residential U.S. electricity price is 16.63 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh). Louisiana has the cheapest electric rate, with customers paying 11.23 cents per kWh for electricity, while Hawaii has the highest rates, over 40 cents (42.10¢) per kWh
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These prices make ECat’s 9.5 cents per kWh for 24/7 generation look really, really good!
Dear Readers:
Today has been published on the Journal of Nuclear Physics thenew paper “Open Letter to Andrea Rossi About the September 27 Latina Test of the Ecat”
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Two years ago you launched the E-Cat lamp SKLep. At that time it did not materialize into a commercial product. Today with the Data Sheet in hand (12V 10W cylinder version), the lamp would become a very simple and attractive product as it only comprises of the E-Cat NGU with a 10W LED and an on/off switch. May I ask if this would not be a faster way to market (reaching the 1 mil target with a simple, well-defined and mass-produced friendly product) than taking the fight for a very complex multi-kW E-Cat NGU targeting the EV market?
On 12. December it will be 9 years since the Paris Agreement was established.
This gives us an opportunity to highlight the opportunities that E-Cat gives the world.
Here, each nation must present its conditions. For me in Norway, I have thought this:
For us in Norway, With 100% water-powered electricity, the following facts are important in relation to our opportunities to create global changes:
1. Norway’s CO2 emissions are 1 per thousand of the global emissions. A net “zero emission” with us is hardly registerable.
2. Our oil and gas production is 2% of the global one. If it stopped now, this would immediately be replaced by Russia and OPEC countries, both of which have enough capacity and need more income for wars and weapons.
3. Since the Paris Agreement in 2015 on halving CO2 emissions by 2030, emissions have only increased.
4. Today, more than 50% of the world’s electricity is produced in coal-fired power plants. China and India now lead the way.
5. If only weather-based energy sources are to cover the market, huge battery stores must be established.
6. Replacing Norway’s hydropower-pools with “electric-car-batteries” would require 2 billion units of each 45 kWh.
7. Our need for storage to achieve energy-security, globally, becomes almost just a “stone” in the “necesari battery mountain”.
8. Nuclear power seems to be considered the most relevant for nations’ base-load to the grid.
9. It will take a long time before the coal power plants’ 50% here is replaced with nuclear power.
10. It does not seem possible to prevent the global temperature from exceeding the 2 grade target by 2050.
11. A ZPE electric generator was patented in 2015. A successful test was carried out in September 2024.
(The device with “zero-emissions” will, in terms of price, be able to outperform both fossil energy-sources and large electric car-batteries.)
Regarding point 11 above, the following can now be said and assumed:
a) Inventor is Andra Rossi. The device is called E-Cat NGU. Mass production may come in 2025.
b) E-Cat is also suitable for mobile use. The weight is approx. 1/10th of equivalent electric batteries.
c) In terms of cost, the energy will be delivered to approx. 1/10th of today’s European consumer prices.
d) In terms of efficiency, the E-Cat will work as long as a diesel engine without any “fuel supply”.
e) E-Cat seems suitable for all energy purposes except commercial aircraft and rockets.
f) E-Cat will make users independent of an electricity network and works very well together with solar cells.
g) E-Cat will change global energy use to the benefit of all large and small energy users.
h) The national economy in the major oil and gas producing countries will be strongly affected.
i) A phasing out of fossil energy use probably still takes 20 years. E-Cat will contribute early on to lowering the prices of oil and gas.
j) Additional technical information can be found here: https://ecatthenewfire.com/ Happy reading!
@Alexw
actually your calculation is theoretically correct if the cost of the kilowatt in your country is what you say. in Italy where I live the cost is similar but the real cost of the kilowatt of energy is about €0.15 the rest of the price is due to the fixed costs of distribution and system so the calculation of the savings I have to do only on the value of the kilowatt of energy and this already changes things. At this point I make a comparison with another very popular generator in Italy, the photovoltaic one, today a photovoltaic watt costs let’s say €0.15 (in reality at this moment it is regularly purchased wholesale even at €0.10 per watt). I consider only the generator as everything needed afterwards, i.e. inverter etc. is very similar to what is needed to integrate an ecat. Statistically 1 photovoltaic kilowatt produces 1kW of energy in a year in northern Italy and also 1.3kW in southern Italy, I live in the north, so with 1kW photovoltaic I produce 1kW in a year and I have a generator cost equal to €0.15 x 1,000 = €150 therefore to have your 8760 kW in a year I will have to have an investment in photovoltaic modules of €150 x 8.76 = €1,376 which is almost half of the investment in ecat.
Am I wrong ?
“A battery management system (BMS) is any electronic system that manages a rechargeable battery (cell or battery pack) by facilitating the safe usage and a long life of the battery in practical scenarios while monitoring and estimating its various states (such as state of health and state of charge),[1] calculating secondary data, reporting that data, controlling its environment, authenticating or balancing it.[2] ” – Wikipedia
“Monitor
A BMS may monitor the state of the battery as represented by various items, such as:
Voltage: total voltage, voltages of individual cells, or voltage of periodic taps[clarification needed]
Temperature: average temperature, coolant intake temperature, coolant output temperature, or temperatures of individual cells
Coolant flow: for liquid cooled batteries
Current: current in or out of the battery
Health of individual cells
State of balance of cells
Electric vehicle systems: energy recovery
The BMS will also control the recharging of the battery by redirecting the recovered energy (i.e., from regenerative braking) back into the battery pack (typically composed of a number of battery modules, each composed of a number of cells).
Battery thermal management systems can be either passive or active, and the cooling medium can either be air, liquid, or some form of phase change. Air cooling is advantageous in its simplicity. Such systems can be passive, relying only on the convection of the surrounding air, or active, using fans for airflow. Commercially, the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius both use active air cooling of their battery systems.[5] The major disadvantage of air cooling is its inefficiency. Large amounts of power must be used to operate the cooling mechanism, far more than active liquid cooling.[6] The additional components of the cooling mechanism also add weight to the BMS, reducing the efficiency of batteries used for transportation.
Liquid cooling has a higher natural cooling potential than air cooling as liquid coolants tend to have higher thermal conductivities than air. The batteries can either be directly submerged in the coolant or the coolant can flow through the BMS without directly contacting the battery. Indirect cooling has the potential to create large thermal gradients across the BMS due to the increased length of the cooling channels. This can be reduced by pumping the coolant faster through the system, creating a tradeoff between pumping speed and thermal consistency.[6]
Computation
Additionally, a BMS may calculate values based on the items listed below, such as:[1][4]
Voltage: minimum and maximum cell voltage
State of charge (SoC) or depth of discharge (DoD), to indicate the charge level of the battery
State of health (SoH), is a variously defined measurement of the remaining capacity of the battery as a fraction of the original capacity
State of power (SoP), is the amount of power available for a defined time interval given the current power usage, temperature and other conditions
State of Safety (SOS)
Maximum charge current as a charge current limit(CCL)
Maximum discharge current as a discharge current limit (DCL)
Energy delivered since last charge or charge cycle
Internal impedance of a cell (to determine open circuit voltage)
Charge delivered or stored (sometimes this feature is called coulomb counting)
Total operating time since first use
Total number of cycles
Temperature monitoring
Coolant flow for air or liquid cooled batteries
Communication
The central controller of a BMS communicates internally with its hardware operating at a cell level, or externally with high level hardware such as laptops or an HMI.[clarification needed]
High level external communication is simple and uses several methods:[citation needed]
Different types of serial communications.
CAN bus communications, are commonly used in automotive environments.
Different types of wireless communications.[7]
Low-voltage centralized BMSes mostly do not have any internal communications.
Distributed or modular BMSes must use some low-level internal cell–controller (modular architecture) or controller–controller (distributed architecture) communication. These types of communications are difficult, especially for high-voltage systems. The problem is the voltage shift between cells. The first cell ground signal may be hundreds of volts higher than the other cell ground signal. Apart from software protocols, there are two known ways of hardware communication for voltage shifting systems, optical-isolator and wireless communication. Another restriction for internal communications is the maximum number of cells. For modular architecture, most hardware is limited to a maximum of 255 nodes. For high-voltage systems the seeking time of all cells is another restriction, limiting minimum bus speeds and losing some hardware options. The cost of modular systems is important, because it may be comparable to the cell price.[8] Combination of hardware and software restrictions results in a few options for internal communication:
Isolated serial communications
Wireless serial communications
To bypass power limitations of existing USB cables due to heat from electric current, communication protocols implemented in mobile phone chargers for negotiating an elevated voltage have been developed, the most widely used of which are Qualcomm Quick Charge and MediaTek Pump Express. “VOOC” by Oppo (also branded as “Dash Charge” with “OnePlus”) increases the current instead of voltage with the aim to reduce heat produced in the device from internally converting an elevated voltage down to the battery’s terminal charging voltage, which however makes it incompatible with existing USB cables and relies on special high-current USB cables with accordingly thicker copper wires. More recently, the USB Power Delivery standard aims for a universal negotiation protocol across devices of up to 240 watts.[9]
Protection
BMS main controller
A BMS may protect its battery by preventing it from operating outside its safe operating area, such as:[1][10]
Over-charging
Over-discharging
Over-current during charging
Over-current during discharging
Over-voltage during charging, especially important for lead–acid, Li-ion, and LiFePO4 cells
Under-voltage during discharging, especially important for Li-ion, and LiFePO4 cells
Over-temperature
Under-temperature
Over-pressure (NiMH batteries)
Ground fault or leakage current detection (system monitoring that the high voltage battery is electrically disconnected from any conductive object touchable to use like vehicle body)
The BMS may prevent operation outside the battery’s safe operating area by:
Including an internal switch (such as a relay or MOSFET) which is opened if the battery is operated outside its safe operating area
Asking the devices to reduce or even stop using or charging the battery.
Actively controlling the environment, such as through heaters, fans, air conditioning or liquid cooling
Reduce processor speed to reduce heat.
Battery connection to load circuit
A BMS may also feature a precharge system allowing a safe way to connect the battery to different loads and eliminating the excessive inrush currents to load capacitors.
The connection to loads is normally controlled through electromagnetic relays called contactors. The precharge circuit can be either power resistors connected in series with the loads until the capacitors are charged. Alternatively, a switched mode power supply connected in parallel to loads can be used to charge the voltage of the load circuit up to a level close enough to the battery voltage in to allow closing the contactors between the battery and load circuit. A BMS may have a circuit that can check whether a relay is already closed before recharging (due to welding for example) to prevent inrush currents from occurning.
Balancing
Distributed battery management system
In order to maximize the battery’s capacity, and to prevent localized under-charging or over-charging, the BMS may actively ensure that all the cells that compose the battery are kept at the same voltage or State of Charge, through balancing. The BMS can balance the cells by:
Dissipating energy from the most charged cells by connecting them to a load (such as through passive regulators)
Shuffling energy from the most charged cells to the least charged cells (balancers)
Reducing the charging current to a sufficiently low level that will not damage fully charged cells, while less charged cells may continue to charge (does not apply to Lithium chemistry cells)
Some chargers accomplish the balance by charging each cell independently. This is often performed by the BMS and not the charger (which typically provides only the bulk charge current, and does not interact with the pack at the cell-group level), e.g., e-bike and hoverboard chargers. In this method, the BMS will request a lower charge current (such as EV batteries), or will shut-off the charging input (typical in portable electronics) through the use of transistor circuitry while balancing is in effect (to prevent over-charging cells).” – wikipedia
Steve D:
The user turns on the Ecat and the load either is already connected, or it is connected eventually, doesn’t make any difference.
How it works is confidential so far.
The theoretical principles at the base of its work are explained in the publication
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/330601653_E-Cat_SK_and_long_range_particle_interactions
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Dear Andrea, do you have a forecast for the start of marketing?
Dear Andrea Rossi,
For NGU Power Generators (Power Rating of: 1K, 2K, or 3K) operating with a 12VDC output voltage would generate currents of: 83.3A; 166.7A; and 250A, respectively, when run at fully rated power levels.
So, let me rephrase the previous question.
1. For each of the NGU Power Generators, is there a maximum current limit, or is the maximum current limited by the Power Rating (e.g., 2kW) divided by the specified output Voltage?
2. When the NGU Power Generator is delivered, is the output connector and/or cabling individually sized to accommodate the maximum current at the Power Rating and output Voltage? For example, a 1kW outputting 12VDC and can handle 83.3 Amps or a 1kW operating at 120VDC and capable of handling 8.33 Amps.
Dear Andrea Rossi,
Thank you for your response to my questions. They are formulated around understanding the conditions for achieving the reactor life expectancy of 100k hours.
Q5 is a chicken and egg question, the transition from OFF to ON, from an ecat in storage or in transit to it being put into active service, or that initial life giving spark, ala Dr Frankenstein gives his monster a jolt from the electrode 🙂 The ecat must firstly/already be activated and electronics powered even to begin harvesting ZPE and only then can the ecat be ZPE self powered.
5) When set to ON initial activation energy is required. a) the user briefly applies external power?
b) an internal battery supplies the power?
Perhaps I should add another option
c) the ecat has such a high Q (sharply in resonance with the ZPE field) that it will spring into life simply by closing the switch?
Thank You
Gregory Daigle:
Additional nformation about the charge is confidential matter,
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Nils Fryklund:
I don’t think it will be necessary; we’ll see,
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Steven Nicholes Karels,
First of all, Happy Birthday !
Answers:
1. yes
2. yes
3. yes
4. yes
5. 12 V
6. depends on the situation
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Dear Andrea Rossi,
For the NGU 10W Power Cell:
1. Is the nominal output voltage 12V +/- 5%?
2. At full load, is the nominal current 0.833 Amps +/- 5%?
For the 100W Basic Generator:
3. Is the nominal output voltage 12V +/- 5%?
4. At full load, is the nominal current 8.33 Amps +/- 5%?
For the NGU 1K Power Generator
5. What is the nominal minimum output voltage that can be specified when ordering?
6. What is the nominal maximum output voltage that can be specified when ordering?
Dear Andrea!
Do you think that it will be enough with the car-demo or do you need to do some other demo to reach
the 1 million-order?
I wish you a Merry Christmas
Nils Fryklund
Dear Andrea,
I noted in the new datasheet that there is no more mention of lithium or nickel under Sustainability. Has your usage of nickel and lithium in the NGU changed substanially?
Warm regards,
Greg
Paul Dodgshun:
The Ecat has its certification necessary for its purposes. We are not responsible for the certifications of connected devices; you must make connections with the assistance of specifically certified contractors.
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Steve D:
1- no load, no energy
2- the energy supplied depends on the energy demanded by the load
3- no
4- no
5a- I do not understand what you mean: please rephrase
5b- no
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Gavino Mamia:
Thank you for the information; sorry, by Christmas 2024 is not possible,
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Steven Nicholes Karels:
+/- 0.5%
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Wilfried:
+/- 0.5%
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Dear Andrea,
In which voltage range is the 10 W E-Cat available?
Does 1.5 Vdc with 6.67 A also work?
Best regards
Wilfried
Dear Andrea Rossi,
The revised datasheet suggests units that can produce: 10W; 100W; 1kW; 2kW; and 3kW dc electrical output.
Given the law that Voltage times Amperage = power AND
also output wires have a limited current carrying capacity for safe operation,
can describe the range of output voltages for each of the aforementioned products?
Dr. Rossi,
here is a generator made specifically for Campers, and it is widely used:
https://www.dometic.com/it-it/professional/soluzioni-per-camion/energia-e-illuminazione/dometic-tec-29-lpg-74777?v=9102900299
even if it is quite silent it cannot be used during stops in public parking lots because it emits polluting fumes, exactly like the exhaust of the Camper engine which is forbidden to keep on during stops.
The 2KW one costs more or less the same as a 2KW E-Cat, but it consumes 1 liter per hour.
Needless to say that in the world of Campers the E-Cat would be a miracle.
I hope to receive news of the start of production as a Christmas present.
Good work
Dear Andrea Rossi,
We now know definitively there is an ON/OFF switchÂ
1) When set to ON the reactor ages for both conditions that a load is present or not?
2) When set to ON the reactor aging rate is the same for max load and no load
3) When set to OFF is the reactor active and ageing?
4) When set to OFF does it anytime momentarily self switch ON
5) When set to ON initial activation energy is required. a) the user briefly applies external power?
b) an internal battery supplies the power?
Thank You
In the UK, equipment such as the SKLep requires MCS certification before it can be fitted in a customer’s property by a qualified electrician. The most likely description of a SKLep falls under the ‘Electricity-led micro-cogeneration package’ category. Without a MCS certificate, no MCS qualified installer will install one. The associated inverter also needs its own certification but many are approved for use with Solar PV panels. May I request that you obtain certification before I am invited to buy the SKLeps that I have ordered?
The way into certification is described at the following URL.
https://mcscertified.com/faq/installer-and-manufacturer-faqs/
How can I gain MCS certification for my product range?
Product Manufacturers can gain MCS certification for products if they fall within the scope of the Scheme. You should check that your product(s) meets the relevant Product Standard – these are available in our Standards and Tool Library.
To gain certification, your product(s) are assessed by a Certification Body to ensure that your product(s) meet the technical product standard and that your production environment and processes meet MCS requirements. You will also need to provide product testing results for assessment.
Once your product is certified, it will be uploaded into our Product Directory and the product information will be made available to MCS certified Installers as well as consumers.
MCS 015
Product certification scheme requirements: Electricity-led micro-cogeneration packages or add-on units
https://mcscertified.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MCS-015.pdf
Steven Nicholes Karels:
1. yes
2. yes
3. yes
4. yes
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Rupert:
Thank you for your support,
Warm Regards,
A.R.
M.Elschoff:
See the photo in
http://www.ecat.com
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Hallo A. Rossi
The ecat ngu 3 Kw-h is also available in the form of an Easter egg ?
Dr Rossi,
I watched the video of the Latina race with the victory of the Ecat NGU: fantastic !
Rupert
Dear Andrea Rossi,
1. Is it true that on all NGU components, there is a manually operated On/Off switch?
2. That the NGU components are delivered with the On/Off switch in the Off position (during shipment)?
3. And that the User activates the NGU component by manually turning the On/Off switch to the On position for operation?
4. That the User, when shipping the NGU component, must manually turn the On/Off switch to the Off position prior to shipment?
Svein:
Thank you for your insight and for your kind support,
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Mats Heijkenskjold:
Thank you for your kind wishes.
Better always adjust in excess,
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Dear Andrea,
THe voltage is fixed, but is it possible to order or adjust it within some interval? (12.0-14.0V)
If I want to reach a certain voltage, for instance 230V DC, by series units.
Best wishes and hopes for your planned production!
Regards,
Mats Heijkenskjold
Dear Andrea
The E-Cat is a device that only may have any significance if it is mass-produced.
Advancing more ideas for applications does not seem necessary.
There must be at least 50 existing large global industrial groups that could quickly and easily secure their place among the 10 globally most valuable companies, if they gained A: confidence in the invention and B:an attractive license for production.
The necessary materials for mass production do not seem to be a problem.
E-Cat would probably be considered a “blessing” by at least 90% of the world’s population.
If one of these two mentioned conditions A or B is missing, there will hardly be any products on the market.
What is today the main problem that prevents production?
Svein
Steven Nicholes Karels:
1. yes
2. by a switch
3. no, because it is useless. There is a max power specification; being fixed the Voltage, the Ampères depend on the ratio Power/V
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Dear Andrea Rossi,
Thank for the updated spec sheet on the NGU family.
Questions:
1. May I presume that mounting holes are on one or more of the sides?
2. On the 10W and 100W units, how are the units turned On or Off?
3. On the modular units, is there a maximum amperage specification?
@WaltC
please WaltC believe me: not bing, photovoltaic wholesale cost in Europe is between 0,1 to 0,15 per Watt.
Prof:
Thank you for the update,
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Ecat Enthusiast:
Thank you for your suggestion,
Warm Regards,
A.R.
WaltC:
Thank you for yor insight,
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Joseph:
Thank you for the information,
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Dr Rossi,
Tha publications of Researchgate, of the Stanford University of New York, are more than 16.5 millions; this means that the paper
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/330601653_E-Cat_SK_and_long_range_particle_interactions
obtained more total readings than 16.5 million publications on Researchgate !
All the best,
Joseph Ingroia
Dr. Rossi,
Another price comparison data-point…
Also from Bing “Typical per-watt cost of solar panels”:
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The typical cost of solar panels per watt is between $0.70 and $5. The cost per watt is the price for each unit of energy the solar panel system can produce1. For example, if a 5-kW (5,000-watt) system costs $3 per watt, the system’s total cost is $15,000 (5,000 watts x $3 per watt)1. The cost of solar panels alone can range from 80 cents to $2.20 per watt.
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The pertinent information is that the panels themselves (as opposed to the entire system) cost between $0.80 to $2.20 per Watt.
Because Solar Panels are exposed to the Sun, at best, 25% of the day, these numbers need to be effectively de-rated to 4x that cost. I.e., $3.20 to $8.80 per Effective-Watt.
In comparison, the ECat’s cost is $2.50 per Watt which:
– Can run 24 hours per day
– Doesn’t require expensive, rooftop installation
– isn’t exposed to wind, snow and dust conditions and
– doesn’t require periodic washing.
Best Wishes,
WaltC
Dr Rossi:
Many people eagerly await the news of the beginning of your ecat distribution! You have shown it convincingly to work with the demonstration of Latina in September. There is no doubt it is a revolution in energy technology and so your contribution to mankind is immense.
But for it to benefit people everywhere it must be available for use. If you still lack pre-orders, it is probably because of lack of knowledge about your Ecat. Your YT channel is still small, so preorders will be limited.
Your product is something that everyone will want!! Media is silent about Ecat tech so few people know about it to place preorders. Word of mouth marketing works when people show and tell their own stories with products.
My advice is, if you need more preorders. Find a small number of people you trust (maybe include Mr Marzocchi??), let them do some Ecat tests and let them post them online. These days video is essential communication method. More video, more preorders!
Best of luck Dr Rossi!! We need your help.
Warm regards,
Ecat Enthusiast
Dr Rossi,
Here are the stats I found today on
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/330601653_E-Cat_SK_and_long_range_particle_interactions
Total Readings: 152000, more than all the millions of publications on Researchgate
And counting…
WaltC:
Thank you for your insight,
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Dr. Rossi,
From Bing search:
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As of November 2024, the national average electricity rate in the United States is 16.62 ¢/kWh. The average residential U.S. electricity price is 16.63 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh). Louisiana has the cheapest electric rate, with customers paying 11.23 cents per kWh for electricity, while Hawaii has the highest rates, over 40 cents (42.10¢) per kWh
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These prices make ECat’s 9.5 cents per kWh for 24/7 generation look really, really good!
Best Wishes,
WaltC
Dear Readers:
Today has been published on the Journal of Nuclear Physics thenew paper “Open Letter to Andrea Rossi About the September 27 Latina Test of the Ecat”
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Calle H:
Thank you for your opinion,
Warm Regards,
A.R.
Dear Dr. Rossi,
Two years ago you launched the E-Cat lamp SKLep. At that time it did not materialize into a commercial product. Today with the Data Sheet in hand (12V 10W cylinder version), the lamp would become a very simple and attractive product as it only comprises of the E-Cat NGU with a 10W LED and an on/off switch. May I ask if this would not be a faster way to market (reaching the 1 mil target with a simple, well-defined and mass-produced friendly product) than taking the fight for a very complex multi-kW E-Cat NGU targeting the EV market?
Kind regards,
Calle H
Svein:
Thank you for your insight,
Warm Regards,
A.R.
On 12. December it will be 9 years since the Paris Agreement was established.
This gives us an opportunity to highlight the opportunities that E-Cat gives the world.
Here, each nation must present its conditions. For me in Norway, I have thought this:
For us in Norway, With 100% water-powered electricity, the following facts are important in relation to our opportunities to create global changes:
1. Norway’s CO2 emissions are 1 per thousand of the global emissions. A net “zero emission” with us is hardly registerable.
2. Our oil and gas production is 2% of the global one. If it stopped now, this would immediately be replaced by Russia and OPEC countries, both of which have enough capacity and need more income for wars and weapons.
3. Since the Paris Agreement in 2015 on halving CO2 emissions by 2030, emissions have only increased.
4. Today, more than 50% of the world’s electricity is produced in coal-fired power plants. China and India now lead the way.
5. If only weather-based energy sources are to cover the market, huge battery stores must be established.
6. Replacing Norway’s hydropower-pools with “electric-car-batteries” would require 2 billion units of each 45 kWh.
7. Our need for storage to achieve energy-security, globally, becomes almost just a “stone” in the “necesari battery mountain”.
8. Nuclear power seems to be considered the most relevant for nations’ base-load to the grid.
9. It will take a long time before the coal power plants’ 50% here is replaced with nuclear power.
10. It does not seem possible to prevent the global temperature from exceeding the 2 grade target by 2050.
11. A ZPE electric generator was patented in 2015. A successful test was carried out in September 2024.
(The device with “zero-emissions” will, in terms of price, be able to outperform both fossil energy-sources and large electric car-batteries.)
Regarding point 11 above, the following can now be said and assumed:
a) Inventor is Andra Rossi. The device is called E-Cat NGU. Mass production may come in 2025.
b) E-Cat is also suitable for mobile use. The weight is approx. 1/10th of equivalent electric batteries.
c) In terms of cost, the energy will be delivered to approx. 1/10th of today’s European consumer prices.
d) In terms of efficiency, the E-Cat will work as long as a diesel engine without any “fuel supply”.
e) E-Cat seems suitable for all energy purposes except commercial aircraft and rockets.
f) E-Cat will make users independent of an electricity network and works very well together with solar cells.
g) E-Cat will change global energy use to the benefit of all large and small energy users.
h) The national economy in the major oil and gas producing countries will be strongly affected.
i) A phasing out of fossil energy use probably still takes 20 years. E-Cat will contribute early on to lowering the prices of oil and gas.
j) Additional technical information can be found here: https://ecatthenewfire.com/ Happy reading!
@Alexw
actually your calculation is theoretically correct if the cost of the kilowatt in your country is what you say. in Italy where I live the cost is similar but the real cost of the kilowatt of energy is about €0.15 the rest of the price is due to the fixed costs of distribution and system so the calculation of the savings I have to do only on the value of the kilowatt of energy and this already changes things. At this point I make a comparison with another very popular generator in Italy, the photovoltaic one, today a photovoltaic watt costs let’s say €0.15 (in reality at this moment it is regularly purchased wholesale even at €0.10 per watt). I consider only the generator as everything needed afterwards, i.e. inverter etc. is very similar to what is needed to integrate an ecat. Statistically 1 photovoltaic kilowatt produces 1kW of energy in a year in northern Italy and also 1.3kW in southern Italy, I live in the north, so with 1kW photovoltaic I produce 1kW in a year and I have a generator cost equal to €0.15 x 1,000 = €150 therefore to have your 8760 kW in a year I will have to have an investment in photovoltaic modules of €150 x 8.76 = €1,376 which is almost half of the investment in ecat.
Am I wrong ?
To all JONP readers,
Some may not familiar with BMS
“A battery management system (BMS) is any electronic system that manages a rechargeable battery (cell or battery pack) by facilitating the safe usage and a long life of the battery in practical scenarios while monitoring and estimating its various states (such as state of health and state of charge),[1] calculating secondary data, reporting that data, controlling its environment, authenticating or balancing it.[2] ” – Wikipedia
“Monitor
A BMS may monitor the state of the battery as represented by various items, such as:
Voltage: total voltage, voltages of individual cells, or voltage of periodic taps[clarification needed]
Temperature: average temperature, coolant intake temperature, coolant output temperature, or temperatures of individual cells
Coolant flow: for liquid cooled batteries
Current: current in or out of the battery
Health of individual cells
State of balance of cells
Electric vehicle systems: energy recovery
The BMS will also control the recharging of the battery by redirecting the recovered energy (i.e., from regenerative braking) back into the battery pack (typically composed of a number of battery modules, each composed of a number of cells).
Battery thermal management systems can be either passive or active, and the cooling medium can either be air, liquid, or some form of phase change. Air cooling is advantageous in its simplicity. Such systems can be passive, relying only on the convection of the surrounding air, or active, using fans for airflow. Commercially, the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius both use active air cooling of their battery systems.[5] The major disadvantage of air cooling is its inefficiency. Large amounts of power must be used to operate the cooling mechanism, far more than active liquid cooling.[6] The additional components of the cooling mechanism also add weight to the BMS, reducing the efficiency of batteries used for transportation.
Liquid cooling has a higher natural cooling potential than air cooling as liquid coolants tend to have higher thermal conductivities than air. The batteries can either be directly submerged in the coolant or the coolant can flow through the BMS without directly contacting the battery. Indirect cooling has the potential to create large thermal gradients across the BMS due to the increased length of the cooling channels. This can be reduced by pumping the coolant faster through the system, creating a tradeoff between pumping speed and thermal consistency.[6]
Computation
Additionally, a BMS may calculate values based on the items listed below, such as:[1][4]
Voltage: minimum and maximum cell voltage
State of charge (SoC) or depth of discharge (DoD), to indicate the charge level of the battery
State of health (SoH), is a variously defined measurement of the remaining capacity of the battery as a fraction of the original capacity
State of power (SoP), is the amount of power available for a defined time interval given the current power usage, temperature and other conditions
State of Safety (SOS)
Maximum charge current as a charge current limit(CCL)
Maximum discharge current as a discharge current limit (DCL)
Energy delivered since last charge or charge cycle
Internal impedance of a cell (to determine open circuit voltage)
Charge delivered or stored (sometimes this feature is called coulomb counting)
Total operating time since first use
Total number of cycles
Temperature monitoring
Coolant flow for air or liquid cooled batteries
Communication
The central controller of a BMS communicates internally with its hardware operating at a cell level, or externally with high level hardware such as laptops or an HMI.[clarification needed]
High level external communication is simple and uses several methods:[citation needed]
Different types of serial communications.
CAN bus communications, are commonly used in automotive environments.
Different types of wireless communications.[7]
Low-voltage centralized BMSes mostly do not have any internal communications.
Distributed or modular BMSes must use some low-level internal cell–controller (modular architecture) or controller–controller (distributed architecture) communication. These types of communications are difficult, especially for high-voltage systems. The problem is the voltage shift between cells. The first cell ground signal may be hundreds of volts higher than the other cell ground signal. Apart from software protocols, there are two known ways of hardware communication for voltage shifting systems, optical-isolator and wireless communication. Another restriction for internal communications is the maximum number of cells. For modular architecture, most hardware is limited to a maximum of 255 nodes. For high-voltage systems the seeking time of all cells is another restriction, limiting minimum bus speeds and losing some hardware options. The cost of modular systems is important, because it may be comparable to the cell price.[8] Combination of hardware and software restrictions results in a few options for internal communication:
Isolated serial communications
Wireless serial communications
To bypass power limitations of existing USB cables due to heat from electric current, communication protocols implemented in mobile phone chargers for negotiating an elevated voltage have been developed, the most widely used of which are Qualcomm Quick Charge and MediaTek Pump Express. “VOOC” by Oppo (also branded as “Dash Charge” with “OnePlus”) increases the current instead of voltage with the aim to reduce heat produced in the device from internally converting an elevated voltage down to the battery’s terminal charging voltage, which however makes it incompatible with existing USB cables and relies on special high-current USB cables with accordingly thicker copper wires. More recently, the USB Power Delivery standard aims for a universal negotiation protocol across devices of up to 240 watts.[9]
Protection
BMS main controller
A BMS may protect its battery by preventing it from operating outside its safe operating area, such as:[1][10]
Over-charging
Over-discharging
Over-current during charging
Over-current during discharging
Over-voltage during charging, especially important for lead–acid, Li-ion, and LiFePO4 cells
Under-voltage during discharging, especially important for Li-ion, and LiFePO4 cells
Over-temperature
Under-temperature
Over-pressure (NiMH batteries)
Ground fault or leakage current detection (system monitoring that the high voltage battery is electrically disconnected from any conductive object touchable to use like vehicle body)
The BMS may prevent operation outside the battery’s safe operating area by:
Including an internal switch (such as a relay or MOSFET) which is opened if the battery is operated outside its safe operating area
Asking the devices to reduce or even stop using or charging the battery.
Actively controlling the environment, such as through heaters, fans, air conditioning or liquid cooling
Reduce processor speed to reduce heat.
Battery connection to load circuit
A BMS may also feature a precharge system allowing a safe way to connect the battery to different loads and eliminating the excessive inrush currents to load capacitors.
The connection to loads is normally controlled through electromagnetic relays called contactors. The precharge circuit can be either power resistors connected in series with the loads until the capacitors are charged. Alternatively, a switched mode power supply connected in parallel to loads can be used to charge the voltage of the load circuit up to a level close enough to the battery voltage in to allow closing the contactors between the battery and load circuit. A BMS may have a circuit that can check whether a relay is already closed before recharging (due to welding for example) to prevent inrush currents from occurning.
Balancing
Distributed battery management system
In order to maximize the battery’s capacity, and to prevent localized under-charging or over-charging, the BMS may actively ensure that all the cells that compose the battery are kept at the same voltage or State of Charge, through balancing. The BMS can balance the cells by:
Dissipating energy from the most charged cells by connecting them to a load (such as through passive regulators)
Shuffling energy from the most charged cells to the least charged cells (balancers)
Reducing the charging current to a sufficiently low level that will not damage fully charged cells, while less charged cells may continue to charge (does not apply to Lithium chemistry cells)
Some chargers accomplish the balance by charging each cell independently. This is often performed by the BMS and not the charger (which typically provides only the bulk charge current, and does not interact with the pack at the cell-group level), e.g., e-bike and hoverboard chargers. In this method, the BMS will request a lower charge current (such as EV batteries), or will shut-off the charging input (typical in portable electronics) through the use of transistor circuitry while balancing is in effect (to prevent over-charging cells).” – wikipedia