The following method provides what appears to be a means to build a
nanoscale zero point field powered motor, a true free energy motor:
(1) let two parallel thin plates attract in the axis normal to them,
the x axis, gaining energy from the attraction of the plates due to
the Casimir force. Use that movement, say mechanically or by heat
generation or by conversion to electrical energy, to do useful work.
(2) Slide the plates apart sideways, say in the y axis. This will
cost some of the energy gained by the attraction, but should cost far
less than just separating the plates while they move only on the x
axis, because the opposition from the ZPF is base on the size of the
edges of the plates.
(3) Move the now separated but still parallel plates back to the
original position by a route that avoids a separation distance
smaller than the original separation in the x axis. This should take
nominal energy.
(4) Repeat the cycle as fast as practical.
A good means to implement this scheme at nanoscale is to make one
plate, call it the oscillating plate, a plate free to move in the x
axis, though with small angular (tilting) motion, be a long flexible
plate located above a rotating plate. Near the oscillating plate and
parallel to it provide a rotating wheel which brings into proximity
to the oscillating plate a segment of the wheel which acts as the
second plate for the Casimir attraction. A line normal to the plane
of the oscillating plate is approximately parallel to the axis of
motion of the wheel, i.e to the plane of the rotating plate. The
rotating plate could be in the form of a wheel with major portions of
opposed quarters removed. By removing opposed quarters, or at least
a symmetrical group of segments, the wheel remains balanced. The
oscillating plate requires a blocking mechanism to prevent contact
between the oscillating plate and the rotating plate due to a runaway
attraction of the Casimir force. Energy from the motion of the
oscillating plate can be extracted as electrical energy by various
means. Since far less energy is required for the separation of the
oscillating plate and the rotating plate than the energy produced by
their attraction, some of the energy from the motion of the
oscillating plate can be used to drive the motor. The oscillating
plate returns to its starting position by spring action, and is at
the point of maximum spring displacement when closest to the rotating
plate. Multiple oscillating plates can be used with a single wheel,
and if convenient, they can be located on opposed sides of the
wheel. Either the flat side of the wheel or the cylindrical side of
the wheel can be used for the rotating plate active surface. If the
cylindrical side is used then the oscillating plate should be curved
to fit its contour.
Fig. 1 through Fig. 5 portray steps in the relative motion of the
plates of the suggested device. The oscillating plate is represented
by ooo's, the rotating plate by xxx's. For drawing convenience the x
axis is vertical in all the figures, the y axis is horizontal. The
direction of motion of the plates is shown by arrows. The
proportions chosen were merely for ease and clarity of communicating
the motions.
Fig. 1 shows a starting configuration of the repeated steps. As the
rotating plate moves into opposed parallel position the x axis
Casimir force develops between the two plates.
The Casimir force begins to move the oscillating plate toward the
rotating plate, as shown in Fig. 2, and increases as both the exposed
area increases and the x axis separation distance decreases.
The point of maximum approach is shown in Fig. 3. A motion blocking
structure (not shown) stops the x axis motion of the oscillating plate.
When the rotating pate moves laterally away from the oscillating
plate, as shown in Fig. 4, the area exposed to the Casimir force is
reduced and thus the Casimir force is reduced and the oscillating
plate begins to return to its original position due to the spring
action associated with that plate. The increase in the x axis
separation further decreases the Casimir force. Finally the
configuration reaches that shown in Fig. 5, which is identical to
Fig. 1, and thus the cycle is closed.
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Fig. 5
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
