In an unexpected turn of events the highly anticipated test report has recently started to circulate online. Although still pending publication, ECAT.com can today confirm that this is indeed the submitted ECAT Test Report:

Observation of abundant heat production from a reactor device and of isotopic changes in the fuel

Giuseppe Levi

Bologna University, Bologna, Italy

Evelyn Foschi

Bologna, Italy

Bo Höistad, Roland Pettersson and Lars Tegnér

Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Hanno Essén

Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

“New results are presented from an extended experimental investigation of anomalous heat production in a special type of reactor tube operating at high temperatures. The reactor, named E-Cat, is charged with a small amount of hydrogen-loaded nickel powder plus some additives, mainly Lithium. The reaction is primarily initiated by heat from resistor coils around the reactor tube. Measurements of the radiated power from the reactor were performed with high-resolution thermal imaging cameras. The measurements of electrical power input were performed with a large bandwidth three-phase power analyzer. Data were collected during 32 days of running in March 2014. The reactor operating point was set to about 1260 oC in the first half of the run, and at about 1400 °C in the second half. The measured energy balance between input and output heat yielded a COP factor of about 3.2 and 3.6 for the 1260 oC and 1400 oC runs, respectively. The total net energy obtained during the 32 days run was about 1.5 MWh. This amount of energy is far more than can be obtained from any known chemical sources in the small reactor volume.

A sample of the fuel was carefully examined with respect to its isotopic composition before the run and after the run, using several standard methods: XPS, EDS, SIMS, ICP-MS and ICP-AES. The isotope composition in Lithium and Nickel was found to agree with the natural composition before the run, while after the run it was found to have changed substantially. Nuclear reactions are therefore indicated to be present in the run process, which however is hard to reconcile with the fact that no radioactivity was detected outside the reactor during the run. “

Comments:

“Interesting to note is that the report suggests that Lithium-Hydrogen reactions are part of the Rossi-Effect. Given the 17 MeV excess energy from the Li 7 +H 1 ->Be 8 ->2He 4 reaction, data in the report even supports the possibility that Lithium-Hydrogen is one of the main contributors to the excess energy from the Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) involved in the ECAT.”

– Dr. Magnus Holm, CEO, Hydro Fusion Ltd.

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ECAT Test Report 2014