Horace Heffner <[email protected]> wrote: For very small units a turbine could be avoided entirely, by using a free > sliding linear motion armature, driven in a manner similar to old steam > engine pistons. The armature would simply make or break one or two > external magnetic circuits to generate power. It would oscillate back and > forth like a frictionless air hockey puck. >
Some of the microturbine people are using friction-less forced-air bearings for their turbines. I guess they have to pump up the bearings first before spinning, with an outside source of power, or a battery. Small air-bearing gadgets like miniature hovercraft have been used to lift and position heavy machinery that requires precision alignment. > A very small LENR unit could be used to charge an EV battery 24 hours a > day. > Do you mean a LENR unit sitting in the house? Putting it on board the car to trickle charge the battery would not be a good idea, in my opinion. It would be a lot more convenient and practical to make it a large cold fusion battery capable of meeting peak demand, when the car is moving at top speed up the steep grade. That would be the same as the internal combustion engines in today's hybrid cars. If it was a small battery that trickle charged the batteries, the electric car might run out of power in the middle of nowhere. The driver would have to park and wait for hours, or plug into someone else's electric power supply. If the cold fusion battery took a while to reach peak output, say 10 min., that would not be a problem. You could have an auxiliary battery large enough to power the car for 10 min. at top speed. Then after you park, the cold fusion device would continue to run for a while until the auxiliary battery was fully charged. You need an auxiliary battery anyway, to handle sudden changes in demand such as merging onto a highway. I used to have a VW with a radiator fan that ran for a few minutes after you parked the car, on hot days. - Jed
