The atomic battery I referred to operates in this manner: Rossi wrote a paper which stated that his reaction occurs when a proton enters the nucleus of a nickel atom. The newly minted and excited copper atom then releases an energetic positron by positive beta decay. The energetic positron is capable of overcoming a large voltage potential and reaches the case conductive material where it is annihilated by an electron. This causes a current flow within the outer casing and active medium to reestablish net charge balance. The nickel-hydrogen mixture would attempt to develop a negative charge as the positrons escape.
The original atomic batteries operated in a similar manner. The main problem encountered with this battery system is that the voltage generated is quite large and the current flow small. The open circuit voltage depends upon the energy carried by the charged particles while the short circuit current is determined by the number of reactions occurring per second. The resulting high impedance source is difficult to match as optimum energy delivery is achieved. Newer and improved batteries use a PN junction to multiply the current available at much lower voltage. I suspect that it is possible to extract more of the energy contained within the particles by the original technique provided that an efficient voltage converter is obtainable that operates at high voltage. I currently do not think that the atomic battery concept makes a significant contribution to the reaction, but it does offer an alternate way of thinking. Perhaps the charge imbalance actively stirs up the core mixture as negatively charged nickel nanoparticles become attracted to the outer case where they release the excess electrons. Is it possible that the net negative charge appearing upon each nickel nanoparticle further accelerates protons released by the spark plug ion generator? Perhaps this effect would help explain the concentration of energy in active surface regions of the devices. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Jojo Jaro <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, May 11, 2012 2:57 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:"Progress Photographs" pdf from Defkalion Green Technologies ... I am unfamiliar with the Atomic Battery calculations you are alluding to. Can you please elaborate? Jojo ....
