Good question Peter,
A possible answer begins on page 7 of:
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/CasimirGenerator.pdf
The lateral forces on capacitor plates is due to fringe fields. The
Casimir force is highly non-linear, so fringe forces differ from
electrostatic forces, and this difference leads to a means to extract
zero point energy.
The lateral Casimir force between a square plate edge and an adjecent
parallel plate is not the same as for a beveled plate edge and
opposing plate, and thus a net energy gain is feasible from a Casimir
effect motor provided the edges of the plates are appropriately
shaped. I show in the above essay, by comparative analysis, that the
lateral Casimir force due to forces between a square plate edge and
an adjecent parallel plate is not the same as for a beveled plate
edge and opposing plate, and thus a net energy gain is feasible from
a Casimir effect motor provided the edges of the plates are
appropriately shaped. It is thus feasible to build a motor rotor
consisting merely of a parallelogram shaped lobes, and stator which
is merely a flat surface near which the rotor rotates. Of course it
have to be very small. 8)
On Sep 5, 2011, at 10:24 AM, Peter Heckert wrote:
Hi Frank,
I was thinking about this some time ago.
I see these problems:
When we make the Casimir plates then we must create two surfaces
that fit exactly together. This requires energy. There are some
simple possibilities:
1) We break a piece of metal and then we have two pieces that fit
exactly together. Obvoiusly we need more energy to create the
pieces than we can get when we put the pieces together.
2) We polish two plates, so they fit together. While polishing the
plates, we must overcome the casimir force too!
So we cannot get energy surplus when we put the plates together.
2) We use two plates and put them together. Then we pull both
plates sidewards and we hope this consumes less energy.
Now, there is no reason for this hope. This would not work with a
plate capacitor, and this principle did not work for Brady's magnet
motors, (Brady is in Jail now, because he sold motors but was
unable to deliver, he is not in jail because the motors did not
work, he is in jail because he had no motors, working or not, at
all ;-)
So why should this work with Casimir Plates?
Best,
Peter
Am 05.09.2011 04:31, schrieb Frank:
Scott,
Sorry for the late response but found a couple small
nits to pick. I am ok with your synopsis for a moving plate
[snip] we are left with a net radiation pressure of the larger
waves outside of the cavity that act only on the outside of the
cavity, pushing the one-moveable plate toward the other. [/snip]
but for the case of two “immovable” plates that are braced apart
the pressure on the outside portion of the wavelength causes the
interior portion to defract onto a different angle relative to the
time axis allowing it to fit between the plates even while it
appears to get shorter from our perspective outside the cavity.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
