On Jun 30, 1999, at 12:17 PM, Horace Heffner wrote:
The use of an AC electrolytic cell in a resonant circuit, primarily
as the
capacitance, be it in series or parallel resonance, achieves an
efficient
high energy flux through the cell, especially when operated at a
high Q.
For convenience, let's call such a cell a resonant electrolytic
cell (REC).
RECs have a myriad of potential uses. Foremost is the achievement of
efficient electrolysis, especially for evolving the soichiometric
hydrogen
and oxygen gas mixture evolved from AC electrolysis, called Brown's
gas,
attributed by some as having special atomic/molecular and engergetic
properties.
Second, the prospect of high electrolytic efficiency raises the
frequently
discussed possibility of further attack on the Second Law of
Thermodynamics
by using ambient heat to add to electrolysis efficiency, and thus
produce a
COP over 1. It is well known that energy from ambient heat
contributes to
electroylsis and use of this fact is made by modern electrolysis
units by
operating at a high temperature. The heat energy is contributed at the
electrodes in the form of vibration of the (H+)-H20 bond in the H3O+
molecules in close proximity to the cathode. A high temperature REC,
operated in a closed highly insulated environment, with the
electrolyte
acting as a heat dump for a heat engine, might close the energy loop.
Third, the fact that capacitive linkage with the high dielectric
constant
water or other high dielectric constant fluids completely bypasses
the two
atom thick layer at electrodes, called the interface, also bypasses
the
majority of potential drop in the cell. Capacitive linkage is thus
a higly
efficient means of deploying energy flux in the water. This high
energy
flux has various potential (wild and not so wild idea) applications:
1. Driving cold fusion. This might be especially facilitated by
using a DC
current flow normal to the AC energy flow, made possible by the
insulation
and isolation provided by the capacitive linkage for the AC
component, and
by inclusion of the standard CF genre of nickel coated plastic
beads, Pd
catalyst on carbon substrate in heavy water, etc.
2. Stimulation of cavitation
3. A aid to sonoluminescence, an added "hammer"
4. Cleaning
5. Sterilization
6. Catalysis of chemical reactions
7. An aid to crystal formation, production of rubies, etc.
8. Stimulation of fluorescing materials for production of light
9. Emulsification and homogenization
10. Hydrogenation
11. Polymerization
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
