Study of deuterium charging in palladium by the electrolysis of heavy water: Heat excess production

An experiment based on the electrolysis of heavy water with a palladium cathode is reported. The production of excess power during the electrolysis has been measured with the help of a quite accurate and reliable calorimeter. The correlation of the detected power excess with some meaningful parameters of the experiment is investigated. Some of the features of the experiment permit to investigate the dynamics of deuterium in the palladium lattice, which is thought of as the basic phenomenon for excess power production.