/media/bill/PROJECTS/My_Clubs/SAFIRE/0_SAFIRE notes.txt www.BillHowell.ca 22Mar2018 ************************* 31Dec2018 SAFIRE videos https://safireproject.com/project/presentation.html THE SAFIRE PROJECT at the ELECTRIC UNIVERSE – UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE & SYMPOSIUM 7th - 11th July 2018, Somerset, UK. Aurtas International Inc. (founded by Montgomerey Childs) 1. "Collaboration and Science" - Montgomery Childs explores the idea of 'two worlds', the theoretical and the empirical, and how the SAFIRE PROJECT maintains a sharp eye on the line between. He also offers an intriguing take on SAFIRE methodology – involving a cigar, sailing, and a bit of wind. - experiment (empirical) as key, theory as aid - elemental changes in the chamber - no forcing of plasma behaviour : "natural" - copious amount of cold fusion? from H2 -> H + D mix 2. "New views on the interstellar medium" - Dr. Michael Clarage talks about his work with SAFIRE from a more philosophical perspective – what an empiricist might ponder outside the lab. He offers some intriguing if not startling observations about the astronomical and the biological, the dead and the living universe. - clear demarcation between theoretical and empirical - lasting impacts from data - much new astronomical data violates existing theories - need new [theories, models] for astronomy - very exciting time for astronomy - dark matter and black holes headed for dust bin - biology and plasma astronomy very similar, same basis? ("Langmuir? gave name "plasma" because of this) - astronomy is alive, like you and I - [directed, managed, purposeful] molecule movement in cells = new views of astronomy, connected [stars, galaxies, clusters, etc], structure and function - more data won't necessarily help unless we ask the right questions - biology recognizes form follows function, not astronomy - stars as "alive"? 3. "SAFIRE project 2018 report" - Montgomery Childs and Dr. Michael Clarage present a review of The SAFIRE PROJECT to date, which includes some new discoveries of the past year. Childs : - plasma regimes (low -> high current) : dark quiescent, tufts, moving tufts, fouble layers, quiescent, assymetric - gravity no effect in chamber - enormous energy storage in plasma layers even though 182 W power input - destructive energy release vaporizes tungsten, melts ceramic - high voltage gradients in vacuum conditions in plasma (>= 8,000 V/m) Clarage : - [voltage, current, resistance, power, fields, electron densities, temperature] across plasma double layers very interesting, much unknown - plasma adjusts itself over enormous ranges, very stable - increasing temperature away from anode is like sun's corona (81,000 Celsius) - is "temperature" a poorly suited concept for the plasmas - nuclear fusion model does only ONE thing well - predict solar power output >> Howell - not really, as they simply adjust parameters to get the output. May be best so far - plasma electric model based on SAFIRE is out by factor of 100 after scale-up by 10^24 (predicts smaller sun than actual) >> Howell - still very early in experiments, simple corrections to huge scale-up would easily handle (as with nuclear model!) - nuclear fusion model does NOT predict [sunspots, coronal loops, relative abundances of electmentsin the photosphere, sunspot 22y cycle, solar magnetic field, convention underneath photosphere, temperature profile of suns atmosphere] - nuclear fusion model does NOT predict existence of [photosphere, chromosphere, corona] Summary of results to date by Childs : - SAFIRE - capable to [contain, control, stabilize] high energy dense plasmas - chemistry changes - slowing the speed of light (UV up to 60,000 times slower in double layers!) - variations in the electron density comparable to [photosphere, heliosphere, nuclear bombs] - plasma double irradiance comparable to the irradiance of photosphere - electrical confinement of high energy photons (photon trapping) - The core of SAFIRE is cooler than its surroundings (like sun;s photosphere versus chromosphere) - Lowell Morgan predicts cathodes may not be required after plasma setup - fed from plasma itself 2017 Electric Universe FUTURE SCIENCE Conference in Phoenix Arizona 4. 90 minute SAFIRE PROJECT presentation, given at the 2017 Electric Universe FUTURE SCIENCE Conference in Phoenix Arizona. ************************* 22Mar2018 new video 04Mar2018 based on Aug2017 EU2017 presentation Facebook posting : Will these guys drive nuclear fusion power [science, technology, commercialisation], blowing away all others, and perhaps sooner rather than later? This is a long shot, but already they have sensible and impressive results on a micro-budget. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeVdzSjPx0g The SAFIRE Project - 2017-2018 / www.safireproject.com "Star in a jar"01:25:38 into the video : "... Shortly after the 2017 Phoenix conference, the SAFIRE team discovered a unique process that initiates and sustains the plasma double layers. This was a major discovery, because it is these plasma double layers that produce both the extraordinarily high energy densities and the electric field that contains these energies within the plasma. This new advancement in plasma science demonstrates a process that consistently creates, contains, and controls the plasma double layers in stable exothermic plasma reactions. Although the energies and densities are comparable to the sun's photosphere and nuclear bombs, the data shows no harmful side effects such as radioactivity. But the science of what is actually happening at the molecular and atomic levels is not yet fully understood. Understanding these reactions will give valuable insight into the way the sun's atmosphere functions and provide the foundation by which these energies can be beneficially harnessed. This research will be the top priority of 2018. ..." http://www.suspicious0bservers.org/dl/march-4-2018/ (You must be a member to access the video) Michael Clarage comments at Suspicious 0bservers' "Observing the Frontier 2018" conference - extrapolate SAFIRE by 24 orders of magnitude to Sun - to within 2 orders of magnitude!! (awesome, just a primitive back-of-the-envelope) ************************* 06Mar2018 EU2017 Future Science Montgomery Childs, Michael Clairidge, Paul Anderson 18Aug2017 "SAFIRE project phase III update" https://www.electricuniverse.live/main-access/ Michael Claridge - probe destruction, double layers, etc Lowell Morgan ?2017? "... Nuclear weapons have little to do with nuclear physics, and a lot to do with radiation hydrodynamics. ..." >> did Michael Claridge misinterpret "radiation hydrodynamics" ? Hydrogen - 122 nm wavelength special frequency (spectral line?), holds onto incident radiation at this frequencey over thoudsands of frequency counts, yields : -> radiation trapping, SLOWS speed of light thousands of times!! Monty Childs - summary of SAFIRE : 1. can [contain,control,stabilize] high energy dense plasmas 2. chemistry changes 3. slowing the speed of light 4. variations of electron density comparable to [photosphere, heliosphere, nuclear bombs] 5. electrical confinement of high energy photons (photon trapping) (06Mar2018 Howell - solar energy BIG time with solar concentrators, fusion projects) 6. core of SAFIRE is cooler than its surrounding atmosphere (< 1000 C versus 10 kC in plasma)!! - riddle of sun Also : - sustains a vacuum in test chamber without mechanical means, and while plasmas under pressure!! eg, why space vacuum 300 miles above Earth's surface? - double layers stabilise plasmas in chamber - do have pressure delta in SAFIRE across doubler layers (Langmuir or Lowell predicted this) - actually have a plasma force field that can contain gases - this is a big deal - termperatures (response temperatures) many orders of magnitude above chamber temperature (max 10000 Celsius) SAFIRE - A Star in a jar. The SAFIRE project generates the same energy densities as the sun's photosphere and nuclear bombs, in a laboratory on Earth. 2013 SAFIRE started - objective is to replicate the sun's atmosphere in a lab on Earth NOT thermodynamics -> need radiation hydrodynamics Howell - why don't they use Don Scott's NPN transistor model? # enddoc