I have been going through the posts on the Prometheus Yahoo
site and I came across this one from a "true believer",
to wit, Dave Squires, which I thought was a good basis for
further discussion.
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I already know that OU is real. There is no
need to convince me with this device. I am
already convinced and have seen it on the
bench with different devices in both solid
state and rotary forms. It has also been
proven in 3D and 2D magnetics simulations.
I also understand much of the principles
behind creating energy gain. This version of
the SMOT is but one. But it has a very meager
gain.
The gain mechanism is the electron momentum
exchange between the magnets and the iron in
the steel ball. Energy is added to the ball
via electron momentum exchange where the
energy in the magnets is added to the
electrons in the ball. Typically, there is a
clawback mechanism that takes back as much
as was put in that we usually call magnetic
back-drag.
The trick is in altering the balance of that
clawback mechanism to create an asymmetry
such that some remains and the magnets use
their own ZPE energy restoration mechanism rather
than the easier clawback. You are trying to
do this by having the ball exit at a lower
magnetic force point so that it retains most
of the energy of momentum added by the magnets.
Then you are adding a measuring system to show
that it's real. I believe it. No need to prove
it to me. But it's a small gain in this case.
Dave
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Now being a "concrete head" I see the energy tied up in
the magnets as very fine scale positive and negative
strain energy. In effect a magnet is a strain energy
battery or spring.
If you want a macro-scale example of positive and negative
strain energy storage I can think of none better than
toughened glass where the strain energy in input by the
differential cooling of the surface and core. This energy
is released explosively when a crack reaches the core in
a high state of tension and result in the sudden overall
crazing of the glass pane.
Now the strain energy in a magnet is analogous but on a
much, much, much finer scale. The finer the scale, the more
strain energy one can pump into a material. Energy is akin
to information. The higher the resolution, the more potential
information.
At school I was taught not to drop permanent magnets coz they
loose their magnetism if they are banged about. Now the action
of the ball will be to stretch send the magnets around a teeny
weeny hysteresis loop and slowly draw out their strain energy
in the form of kinetic energy.
The crucial question is, do (as Dave claims) "the magnets use
their own ZPE energy restoration mechanism rather than the
easier clawback."
It sounds plausible. What does our resident magneto head think.
Over to you, Horselover Fats. <grin>
I'll now get back to reading the rest of the posts on the
Prometheus Group's site.
Cheers
Frank Grimer
