OK - let's pile-it-on ... with ZPE The next step beyond the normal pila seca would be the one where zinc (or other donor) is not consumed, and the battery goes from very long-lived to perp-mo.
The pile would need to contain no oxidizer, and it needs to work solely via (e-) affinity, possibly employing magnetism and the Casimir force. It would seem that since the pile battery which was drawn by Horace, below, has a charge transport gap, that by making the gap of such a dimension that it becomes Casimir active, then we are almost there. IOW one would first need to etch a plethora of few nanometer deep pits into a dielectric; and into each pit is admitted one H2 molecule - the (e-) affinity transport medium. The pit array is the charge transport gap, sandwiched by a donor plate and acceptor plate of maximum difference in (e-)affinity.... and/or speaking of "negative affinity" for the donor - there is boron nitride would possibly be a double-donor, so to speak and would not hydride. Anyway, the H2 molecule/ion can oscillate rapidly by approximately 10-20x its own diameter in the terahertz range, without any power input, and is kept aligned by a magnetic field (to avoid parasitic heat loss); and is, in effect "powered" by ambient heat perhaps using the Casimir with perhaps a kinetic rebound at the end of each excursion. This is actually not far removed from what a former poster to Vortex (Charlie Brown?) wanted to do under the hypothesis of a nanometer sized "thermal diode"... Jones --- Horace Heffner wrote: > V2 > o---------------- > | | > ddddddddddddd | > ================= | > aaaaaaaaaaaaa | > ................. | > ddddddddddddd | > ================= | > aaaaaaaaaaaaa Load > ................. | > ddddddddddddd | > > . . > . Repeated . > . . > > aaaaaaaaaaaaa | > ................. | > ddddddddddddd (+) > ================= Pulsed Supply > aaaaaaaaaaaaa (-) > ................. | > ddddddddddddd | > | | > o---------------- > V1 > > Key: > > == - Dielectric with leakage current > aa - Electron acceptor > dd - electron donor > .. - Charge transport gap > -| - Conductors > > Fig. 1 - Pulsed Pile Diagram > > Figure 1 illustrates the pulsed pile concept. > > When a negative pulse is applied to the negative end > of the pile at > v1, it permits electron charge transporters in the > first gap to > transition to the acceptor across the first gap. > The difference in > electron affinities amplifies the pulse, which is > carried forward to > the next donor electrode through the dielectric > separator. This > pulse amplification continues through the cell until > the current at > V2 is driven at a high voltage dependent primarily > on the difference > between electron affinities of the donor and > acceptor electrodes, > but multiplied by the number of transport gaps. > > The donor and acceptor electrode can be separated by > use of a > dielectric nano-powder. > > The dielectric material == used for the capacitive > linkage needs to > have a leakage current sufficient to reset the > potential values > between pulse cycles. > > Another variation is to drive a pulsed pile by AC, > with a transformer > primary in the circuit. this would result in > imbalanced current and > voltages on alternate half-cycles. Twin primary > coils on the > transformer can each be driven in alternate > half-cycles by a pair of > pulsed piles operated in power generating mode on > alternate half- > cycles in order to give a balanced magnetic load on > the transformer. > > Deja vous. > > Horace Heffner > http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ > > > >
