| 摘要 |
It has been discovered that energy can be reliably produced by contacting deuterium, in the gaseous state, with a particularly active metallic catalyst, at an elevated temperature. The product of this process is helium of mass (4). Thus, the reaction appears to be D + D } He-4 + 24 MeV. Only some fraction of metallic "hydrogenation" catalysts are active in this process, and it has not been possible to predict in advance which candidate catalysts will be active, so a simple screening test has been devised to identify the specifically active catalysts. The most promising catalysts for this process may be certain types of supported platinum-group metals. Palladium appears to be a favored metal, although platinum, and possibly other PGMs are also active. It is envisioned that the procedure can be scaled up to produce commercial-scale energy by running steam tubes through the catalyst bed, and removing the heat produced in the form of steam. |
