Some concepts regarding the possible role of zero point energy in the
operation of the dry pile was discussed here:
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/DryPile.pdf
http://tinyurl.com/7esqne
Some concepts regarding the possible capture of zero point energy via
by utilization liquid flow of van der Waals force bound liquids
through cavities sufficiently small to reduce the Casimir force
component, and thus the boiling point, were discussed here:
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/CasimirBoiler.pdf
http://tinyurl.com/lkjfnp
It is notable that these concepts can be combined in various useful
ways.
First, the stacking concept of the dry pile can be applied to the
Casimir boiler to make a series heat pump, which pumps heat between
thin layers, with gaps between the layers, adding energy at each
layer extracted from the zero point field via the Casimir force. This
can be done by stacking layers of foil with gaps between created by
using (relatively) widely spaced separators between the foil layers,
separators like a single dispersed layer of nano-powder grains, or
nano-engineered pillars, in order to maintain a thin gap between
foils. The layers of foil are oriented horizontally so as to make use
of gravity and displacement forces to accumulate liquids or more
dense complexes on the bottom layer. The top of each foil is made to
have a conducting nano-pore covered layer by means explained
regarding the Casimir Boiler. The bottom of each layer separator is
metallic. The nano-pore cavities tend to separate the van der Waals
force bound liquid components, in effect boiling them with an amount
of heat reduced by the lack of Casimir force due to the exclusion of
the zero point field from those nano-pore cavities. Breaking the
van der Waals bond of the entities in the cavities in effect raises
the pressure in the cavity, thus, on average expelling unbound
constituents, and taking in bound constituents. Displacement forces
tend to drive the bound constituents toward the lower layer. The heat
released by Casimir contraction of the constituents is released in
the form of vibration of the van der Waals bound complexes, and this
heat is released upon contact of those bound complexes with the
bottom of the next layer up. In other words, the Casimir boiling
surface creates a vertical thermal gradient between each layer, with
the higher layer being warmer than the layer below it, thus creating
a series of exceptionally thin zero point energy driven heat pumps.
Second, if the van der Waals bound constituents of the above
described series heat pump are feasible electron transporters, the
Casimir Boiler and Dry Pile concepts work very well together because
the heat so generated assists overcoming the potential difference
between layers, and the appropriate conductor layering can be
accomplished without affecting the principles of operation of the
Casimir boiler. It is only necessary to insure that the bottoms of
nano-pores anodized onto the foil top are conductive, which can be
accomplished by acid etching if necessary. The choice of electron
donor metal is then deposited over the pores and pore bottoms, thus
creating Casimir boiler cavities that double as electron donor plates
as well. Any conductive layers further required to maintain required
potential drops, and the acceptor layer, can be added to the bottoms
of the foil plates.
Note that the above manners of construction entirely avoid the need
for fragile pass-through Casimir cavity meshes to achieve the Casimir
boiling. The boil-condense cycle time is utterly minimized. The flow-
by concept is maximized in efficiency. The fragile nano-structures
remain fixed to the much larger and structurally stronger foil,
greatly reducing construction and operating difficulties. The flux of
particles into and out of the cavities is driven by both Casimir
boiling and gravitational displacement. By making the gap between
foils thin, there is no need for actual liquid formation. The
"boiling" then only applies to one complex at a time, the
constituents of which can each consist of a single almost inert
molecule or atom, where the complexes themselves are small and exist
in gas form because they do not have the time or opportunity to form
large droplets. The series operation achieved by stacking very thin
layers permits the accumulation of a sufficient temperature
difference or electrical potential difference to make energy
extraction practical.
It is feasible to use a mixed gas to achieve the above goals. Such a
gas consists of a Casimir boiling gas, like carbon tetrachloride,
mixed with an electron transport gas, like argon.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
