Re: starship-design: Power - T.E.M.I

["N. Lindberg" <nlindber@u.washington.edu>]

Jonathan, 
	Where does the energy come from, that is, what is the theoretical
basis of operation? Are the 'rods' consumed by the reaction?  How many
watts does the thing put out?  Could you give an explanation of the
device.  What is the composition of the three 'rods' and the 'special
ingredient' and how come it costs so much?  How are the rods placed in the
tank, do they touch, are they partially or completely immersed, are the
rods changed any when the reaction starts., where do the power leads come
out of the tank, and is the reaction self-starting, or does it require
some activation energy?  The reason why I ask is that I suspect your
friend has gone and made himself a chemical battery.  Tell him to try
running it without one of the rods or switching it around and see what
happens.
220,284
Nels

On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Jonathan J Jay wrote:

>    A friend of mine reads my e-mails after me and after reading about the
> Thermoelectric Inductor(T.E.M.I.), he wished me to inform the group about
> an experiment of his in which he believes it may be the answer to low
> output clean energy with zero maintenance. It is a hyroniline tank. A
> friend of his at the university believes it will work but he will  need
> MAJOR funding to implement a bigger model than the one he has already
> made. The one he has built is only about 10 centimeters long and produces
> between 15 and 30 volts depending on it's mood. He hasn't altered it's
> condition now for over three weeks and it is still going strong. It is
> hooked up to a transformer and from there to a low wattage light bulb.
> When he sees the bulb go out, he will know the average life-span of the
> unit.
> It works primarily on activating, no... exciting the water molecules in
> the tank using three different elemental bars. With an added bit of the
> special ingredient, the tank produces power. He is not sure, however, if
> the tank will produce more energy on a larger scale but for now it looks
> promising.
> Incidently, It cost him over 800 dollars just to buy enough of three
> different materials for the rods and the rods are only an eighth of an
> inch wide and barely an inch long! It will cost a fortune to build a
> larger model. The only thing that worries him is that it seems to slow
> down when cold so he wanted to ask the group how he could  overcome that
> problem in a star drive. It is minus 200
> up there!
> 
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