I think an asymmetrical application of the Casimir force is indeed
the free energy source to be engineered for the electron transport
system. Here is how I think it works.
When the (or at least a ZPE tapping) electron transport molecule
takes on an extra electron it does so in a large orbital, i.e. it
expands the size of the molecule. This creates an increased Casimir
force between the transporter molecule and the donor surface. The
low electron affinity plus thermal action allows the donor surface to
overcome the Casimir force of the expanded transport molecule. This
reduces the heat of the donor surface. However, free energy in the
form of ZPE fueled atomic (orbital) expansion also helps the
transport molecule break the increased Casimir force bond.
When the electron transport molecule arrives at the acceptor surface,
it is more strongly attracted to that surface than the donor surface,
due to the high electron affinity of the acceptor surface. However,
due to its large size, it is also attracted by a large Casimir
force. The result is that the transport increases both the thermal
energy and electrical energy of the acceptor electrode upon impact.
After the discharge of the transported electron, the size of the
remaining transport molecule is reduced. Its Casimir force with the
acceptor surface is reduced. It takes away some of the heat it
brought to the acceptor, but not as much as it donated when it
arrived. So, the net effect is the ability to achieve a higher
electrical potential plus excess heat at the donor electrode due to
the Casimir force asymmetries in the process.
Summarizing: The transporter arrives small at the donor and leaves
fat, but the Casimir force is overcome by donor heat plus the
negative electron affinity of the donor plus ZPE atomic expansion
energy. The transporter arrives fat at the acceptor but leaves small,
thus gaining back the Casimir force energy lost at the donor site,
plus the differential electron affinity energy plus the atomic
expansion energy acquired at the donor surface. The net effect is
excess electrical and thermal energy.
On Sep 8, 2007, at 1:17 PM, Jones Beene wrote:
... speaking of
"negative affinity" for the donor - there is boron
nitride would possibly be a double-donor, so to speak
and would not hydride.
BN is indeed an interesting substance in that it is fairly inert and
electronegative, but yet a non-conductor. The fact it is a non-
conductor is a problem in hat it would have to be used in a thin
enough layer that electrons could tunnel to the surface to replenish
those lost to transport molecules. This might cause a loss of energy
to provide a field to make the tunneling feasible at sufficient
current. A conductor might be better.
Hydrogen actually weakly binds to and can be adsorbed by boron
nitride. See:
http://www.nano.com/news/archives/publications/Hydrogen%20adsorption%
20on%20boron%20nitride%20nanotubes.pdf
http://tinyurl.com/2mcen5
I would expect BN saturated with hydrogen to be very strongly
electropositive.
Hydrogen forms boron hydride, and also reacts with nitrogen to form
ammonia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diborane
so there might be some eventual surface deterioration in a pure
hydrogen environment, or an acid environment, especially if it is hot.
At high temperature BN is reactive with water.
http://www.espimetals.com/msds's/boronnitride.pdf
Hydrogen is one of the most reactive substances around, and it is
difficult to contain long term.
Unrelated, but BN applied in a few molecules thick layer might make
an useful backside electrode coating for gas mode back side driven
cold fusion, but it would take periodic maintenance - which may not
be a problem depending on how often.
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
