Lattice Energy LLC- Mystery of the Missing Nickel and Vanadium-Nov 6 2011Lewis Larsen
Mystery of apparently ‘missing’ Nickel and Vanadium: in the refereed paper “Hydrous pyrolysis of crude oil in gold-plated reactors,” Organic Geochemistry 18 pp. 745 - 756 (1992) J.A. Curiale (Unocal) et al. reported results of experiments in which crude oil samples subjected to hydrous pyrolysis showed significant decreases in concentrations of trace metals Nickel and Vanadium over time. In one experiment, Iraq/300, decreases in Ni and V were accompanied by modest shift in Carbon isotopic ratios.
In the above November 6, 2011, SlideShare presentation we discuss Curiale et al.’s experimental apparatus and their observations in the light of an alternative nuclear paradigm: the Widom-Larsen theory of LENRs in condensed matter. Curious readers can examine Curiale et al.’s published data, review our discussion and alternative interpretation of their results, and decide for themselves whether further experimental measurements looking for similar anomalies in products of various types of industrial pyrolysis processes might be interesting and useful for increasing our knowledge of such phenomena.
Lattice Energy LLC- Mystery of the Missing Nickel and Vanadium-Nov 6 2011Lewis Larsen
Mystery of apparently ‘missing’ Nickel and Vanadium: in the refereed paper “Hydrous pyrolysis of crude oil in gold-plated reactors,” Organic Geochemistry 18 pp. 745 - 756 (1992) J.A. Curiale (Unocal) et al. reported results of experiments in which crude oil samples subjected to hydrous pyrolysis showed significant decreases in concentrations of trace metals Nickel and Vanadium over time. In one experiment, Iraq/300, decreases in Ni and V were accompanied by modest shift in Carbon isotopic ratios.
In the above November 6, 2011, SlideShare presentation we discuss Curiale et al.’s experimental apparatus and their observations in the light of an alternative nuclear paradigm: the Widom-Larsen theory of LENRs in condensed matter. Curious readers can examine Curiale et al.’s published data, review our discussion and alternative interpretation of their results, and decide for themselves whether further experimental measurements looking for similar anomalies in products of various types of industrial pyrolysis processes might be interesting and useful for increasing our knowledge of such phenomena.
