On Jul 23, 2009, at 6:01 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
By the way, the patent which apparently started Frank off on this, and
the effort to produce a device based on it, are described here:
http://peswiki.com/index.php/
Directory:Jovion_Corporation_and_Zero_Point_Energy
It's an interesting concept: squash atoms through tiny cavities which
force them to give up energy, and then let the inflate again with
energy
from the zero point field.
So you sort of treat the atoms like little sponges; squeeze out their
energy using tiny cavities, then let them loose to "sponge up" some
more
from the ZPF.
This Haisch and Moddel patent is very similar to the thruster concept
I posted here in 2003:
http://mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ZPE-CasimirThrust.pdf
The difference between concepts is I proposed extracting momentum
from the energy/(inertial mass) change, dp/dt change, instead of the
energy difference. Both concepts have the difficulty that the energy/
mass change is not experimentally verified, and thus not quantifiable
for engineering purposes. By converting mass/energy changes in cavity
traverses to momentum gain, however, energy is then made available by
converting the thrust into device momentum, especially for space
propulsion. Also, if sufficient momentum is gained with respect to
drive energy input, then such a thruster drive can be mounted on a
large armature of an electric generator in order to produce
electrical energy directly.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
