Yup. Old Michael Faraday's MHD idea for putting a magnetic field across the Thames and getting a D.C. voltage between the top and bottom will work for tap water, but, should do even better with household Ammonia water run through a rectangular plastic conduit with nickel electrodes between a couple of Neodymium Super magnets.
Jones can Whoop-up--pee a working fluid too. Saves trips to the John if his Pro-State is in good working order. :-) Fred > [Original Message] > From: Michael Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 10/28/05 1:11:30 PM > Subject: RE: Micro comes to Water-power > > > Jones wrote: > > > Magnetohydrodynamic methods can generate electricity > > through natural ionization in plain-old water. At the level of > > the micro-channel, you do not even need to "split" the > > water. This kind of process should make Fred Sparber > > happy, as he has mentioned that the "natural" ionization of > > H2O should be amenable to use on several occasions. > > > Also it vaguely similar to the way an "ultraconductor" > > works, if I am not mistaken. > > > BTW, If you want to get attention these days, just throw the > > prefix "nano" in there, even where it doesn't belong. These > > guys resisted the urge, even though they could have gotten > > away with it, as arguably to get from the 1% eff. to a level > > higher, one is going to need to go smaller: > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3201030.stm#graphic > > > The prototype battery generated 10 volts, and presumably it > > requires pressurization, but that should be "free" from solar > > energy. > > The only problem with this "new" discovery is that Michael > Faraday did it ca 1840. OK, so Mike used pond sediment > pounded into a pipe one time and terracotta for "micro-channels" > another time, still the same damn thing. Neeno nano nyno > noono. > > I've emailed these geniuses about this a few times, but > predictably got no response. Might cost them their grant, > hmm? > > I would do a lot of scientists a lot of good to read works > actually written by Faraday, Maxwell, Lavoisier, Benjamin > Franklin and so on. You really learn a lot from reading the > source as opposed to reading what others had to say about > their work. > > M. > > > _______________________________________________ > Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com > The most personalized portal on the Web! >
