A single diode would produce the least power for the least
overcome load. It is the hardest to measure and least
productive. It can be done but is overly academic.
Candidate abrasives for sandpaper can be tested by trying
one grain but practical surface smoothing isn't done that
way.
I am looking for people that sincerely want to escape the
Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Mon, 5 Mar 2007 10:47:50 +0100
"Michel Jullian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"Charlie, Charlie, Charlie Brown" (sorry couldn't
resist), why don't you just try this scheme with a single
resistor and diode in a good Faraday cage rather than
spamming us with it regularly?
Such a prototype wouldn't cost much compared to my
Sterling engine + heat pump scheme ;-)
Michel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles M. Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 2:07 AM
Subject: [Vo]: Diode array 070304
The Johnson noise produced in resistors is A.C. which
will have an average voltage of zero. A group of
resistors
will have act like one equivalent resistor. Diodes in
consistent alignment parallel will conduct more Johnson
noise current and less voltage when the internal
electrons
move from the cathode to the anode. A rectified residue
of
Johnson noise power will be aggregated on the buss
sheets
that merges the outputs of all the consistently aligned
diodes, The anodes connected to one buss and the
cathodes
connected to a second buss. Aggregated D.C. power can be
tapped from the busses while an equivalent amount of
ambient thermal energy is absorbed. Last I heard, Paul
agrees with this design. IIRC Jones Beene rejects it
without comment, and I agree with Paul's further
deductions that a resistor / LED array would convert
ambient heat into light and Paul's other approach that a
ambient IR photocell would convert ambient heat into
D.C.
electrical power where an extensive cathode would be the
negative terminal. I believe that the diode array is the
most practical method. I do not believe that lenses or
mirrors will concentrate ambient IR.
I applied for Branson's prize without spelling out that
the way to use apply diode arrays to CO2 reduction
would
be to use diode arrays as air conditioners in tropical
climates and use the resultant electrical power to
decompose CO2; I mentioned that air conditioners would
yield electrical power but I neglected to immediately
tie
this attribute to CO2 decomposition. I mailed my
narritive in early Feb and have not received an
aknowlegement or reply.
Aloha,
Charlie
