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[[image:RF14062011_Pumpe2.jpg|Pump settings on June 14, 2011 (image: blog of Daniele Passerini)|300px|left|thumb]]

[[image:RF14062011_Pumpe2.jpg|Pump settings on June 14, 2011 (image: blog of Daniele Passerini)|300px|left|thumb]]

[[image:LMI_Pump.jpg| Datasheet of the pump model (LMI [http://www.lmi-pumps.com/Manuals/157983_1615n.pdf])|300px|thumb]]

[[image:LMI_Pump.jpg| Datasheet of the pump model (LMI [http://www.lmi-pumps.com/Manuals/157983_1615n.pdf])|300px|thumb]]

On June 14, 2011 a further demonstration of four Ecat took place in Bologna. The U.S. publisher of "New Energy Times", Steven B. Krivit was invited. Krivit and other visitors were allowed to take pictures and could follow the measurements during the presentation. As before, the actual reactor was not allowed to be inspected. Krivit conducted several video interviews with Andrea Rossi, Sergio Focardi and the physicist Guiseppe Levi.  

On June 14, 2011 a further demonstration of four Ecat took place in Bologna. The U.S. publisher of "New Energy Times", Steven B. Krivit was invited. Krivit and other visitors were allowed to take pictures and could follow the measurements during the presentation. As before, the actual reactor was not allowed to be inspected. Krivit conducted several video interviews with Andrea Rossi, Sergio Focardi and the physicist Guiseppe Levi.  

According to information from an Italian blog the ECat was connected by two power cables to a control unit. The power taken from the mains supply was 805 Watt (230 V / 3.5 A). At an ambient temperature of 31 degree Celsius water with a temperature of 26 degree was heated to 100,1 degrees. Not much is known about the cooling water flow, a single photography suggests that the flow was about 80 ml/min (1.33 ml/s - 4.8 l/Std. stroke vol. 2 ml, speed 40. see photo to the left). Since Rossi guaranteed a sixfold increase in heating output, mathematically speaking the heating output would have been 4800 W.

According to information from an Italian blog the ECat was connected by two power cables to a control unit. The power taken from the mains supply was 805 Watt (230 V / 3.5 A). According to Rossi, heating power was 748 (assuming a tension of 220 V and 3.4 A) and output was 5 kW, beeing more than 6 times higher than input power (5000/748=6,7).

 

At an ambient temperature of 31.8 degree Celsius water with a temperature of 26.5 degree was heated to 100,1 degrees. According to inventor Rossi, the team measured a cooling water flow of 7 kg/hour (=117 gr/min, 1,94 gr/s). But, listening carefully to a video made by visitor Steven Krivit, and observing rythmic movements of the steam hose, it can be seen that the pump used (a LMI P18 pump) was programmed to execute only 20-24 strokes per minute.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-8QdVwY98E</ref> Therefore, the water flow was below or around 48 grams per minute (0,8/s, 2,88 kg/hour). A single photography taken that day (perhaps at a different time) by visiting Daniele Passerini suggests that the flow was about 80 ml/min (1.33 ml/s - 4.8 l/hour. stroke vol. 2 ml, speed 40. see photo to the left).  

   

   

Krivit published a disappointing preliminary report three days later.<ref>Krivit S.B.: ''Preliminary Report of Interviews with E-Cat Trio Rossi, Focardi and Levi''. June 16, 2011. New Energy Times Blog. [http://blog.newenergytimes.com/2011/06/16/preliminary-report-of-interviews-with-e-cat-trio-rossi-focardi-and-levi/]</ref> According to the information in his preliminary report it was not possible to see steam because the outlet is hidden and is fed directly to the drain. Only when a black hose was removed from the drain (Rossi was careful to lift the hose to let any water in the hose run down the drain) "white steam" could be seen exiting the hose . 100 % dry steam is invisible, white steam is a sign for condensed for condensed water droplets.  

Krivit published a disappointing preliminary report three days later.<ref>Krivit S.B.: ''Preliminary Report of Interviews with E-Cat Trio Rossi, Focardi and Levi''. June 16, 2011. New Energy Times Blog. [http://blog.newenergytimes.com/2011/06/16/preliminary-report-of-interviews-with-e-cat-trio-rossi-focardi-and-levi/]</ref> According to the information in his preliminary report it was not possible to see steam because the outlet is hidden and is fed directly to the drain. Only when a black hose was removed from the drain (Rossi was careful to lift the hose to let any water in the hose run down the drain) "white steam" could be seen exiting the hose . 100 % dry steam is invisible, white steam is a sign for condensed for condensed water droplets.