WO2004059654A1

WO2004059654A1 - Plasma electricity generator

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Publication number: WO2004059654A1
Application number: PCT/KR2002/002509
Authority: WO
Inventors: Keith Ludtke
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2002-12-31
Filing date: 2002-12-31
Publication date: 2004-07-15
Anticipated expiration: 2005-06-30
Also published as: AU2002359084A1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a structure of a plasma electricity generator. More specifically, the present invention relates to a structure of an energy generator for converting energy generated from a nuclear fusion reaction into electric energy. The plasma electricity generator of the present invention comprises a main body for causing a fluid mixture containing hydrogen and hydrogen isotopes to pass therethrough and the fluid mixture to be ionized therein, a separating means for separating ions within the ionized mixture, and a collecting means for collecting the ions separated from the separating means. Further, the plasma electricity generator may comprise a reaction means which is positioned within the main body and includes one or more holes for ionizing the mixture.

Description

PLASMAELECTRICITYGENERATOR

Technical Field The present invention relates to a structure of a plasma electricity generator.

More specifically, the present invention relates to a structure of an energy generator for converting energy generated from a nuclear fusion reaction into electric energy.

Background Art Operational characteristics for nuclear reaction in the medium including deuterium are known in the technical papers such as Observation of neutron under the influence of vacuum in the medium including deuterium by A. G. Lipson, V. A. Kluev, B. V. Derjagin, et al., Journal of Technical Physics, 1999, Vol. 16, No. 19, pp. 89-93; and Nuclear fusion reaction generation under the influence of vacuum in medium including deuterium by A. G Lipson, B. V. Derjagin, V. A. Kluev et al., Journal of Technical Physics, 1992, Vol. 62, No. 12, pp.122-130.

According to the prior art, heat loss increases within the nuclear reactor together with an increase in temperature of the plasma, and thus, an energy source is reduced drastically. Thus, there is a problem in that the nuclear reaction is not performed successively or continuously in the conventional nuclear reactors. Further, since the nuclear reaction within the reactor is performed instantly, a particle with predetermined electric energy can neither have energy sufficient for overcoming a Coulomb barrier nor obtain energy sufficient for maintaining interactions between nuclei, even though such a nuclear reaction is generated. As for the most pertinent technical solution to overcome the transience of the nuclear reaction within the reactor, a reactor that operates using a mixture containing hydrogen and its isotopes has been introduced. Such a reactor operates with the mixture containing hydrogen and its isotopes in a flowing dielectric environment and includes a main body made of dielectric material, which is resistant to cavitation emission, in order to receiving the dielectric material. An insert, which is filled with the dielectric material and has cavitation emission characteristics, is positioned within the main body. The insert has a plurality of holes in which an electric charge of high density is formed, and thus, electric potential generated due to the electric charge causes atoms of the hydrogen isotopes to be ionized. For example, the reactor operates in such a manner that a mixture consisting of dielectric fluid such as light water with specific electric resistance of 10^uΩ/m and chemically pure heavy water with the same dielectric characteristics as the dielectric fluid in a ratio of 100:1 is moved into the body and electric impulse is then applied to the nuclei of particles so that the particles, which pass through the insert and are ionized accordingly, can overcome Coulomb barrier and control the interaction between the nuclei. The conventional reactor is capable of maintaining the nuclear reaction controlled in the medium, but the energy generated due to such an operation is only thermal energy. Therefore, there is a problem in that an additional high-priced energy converter should be used for obtaining electric energy.

Disclosure of Invention

The object of the present invention is to solve the aforementioned problems in the prior art. Accordingly, the object of the present invention is to provide a plasma electricity generator capable of generating electric energy as well as thermal energy from an ionized fluid mixture in a nuclear reaction. Another object of the present invention is to provide a plasma electricity generator capable of maximizing an efficiency of electric energy generation by adjusting a mixing ratio of components constituting a fluid mixture to a predetermined level.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a plasma electricity generator capable of generating desired electric energy using low-priced additional equipment instead of a high-priced conventional electricity generator using the nuclear reaction.

According to the present invention, there is provided a plasma electricity generator which comprises a main body for causing a fluid mixture containing hydrogen and hydrogen isotopes to pass therethrough and the fluid mixture to be ionized therein, a separating means for separating ions within the ionized mixture, and a collecting means for collecting the ions separated from the separating means. Preferably, the plasma electricity generator further comprises a reaction means which is positioned within the main body and includes one or more holes for ionizing the mixture.

Brief Description of Drawings

FIG. 1 is a view showing a structure of a plasma electricity generator according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a reaction means inserted into a main body of a plasma electricity generator according to the present invention.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A plasma electricity generator according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention operates using a fluid mixture containing hydrogen and hydrogen isotope, and includes a main body that is strongly resistant to cavitation emission. An insert is positioned within the main body. The insert may be manufactured of plastic material having dielectric characteristics and has cavitation emission characteristics. The insert also has one or more holes. In a case where chemically pure heavy water with the same dielectric characteristics as "light water" is added to a dielectric material with fluid characteristics such as the light water of which specific electric resistance is 10" Ω/m in a predetermined ratio of about 100:3 (light water: heavy water), more strong ionization can be generated. An experiment confirms that a level of ionization flow can be increased as much as about 3% when a mixture ratio of the light water and the heavy water is greater than 100:3. If a magnetic field is applied to the fluid mixture with the level of ionization flow increased as such, a more amount of deuterium is pulled to a direction of magnetic force, whereby a rate of electricity generation can be increased as much as 3% as a whole. Further, a predetermined induced EMF (electromotive force) is generated due to flow of ions generated by the magnetic field, and small charged particles are separated by Lorentz force (F=qvB, where F is Lorentz force, q is a charge, v is a velocity of the charge, and B is a magnetic field). Positively charged ions will move in a first direction, whereas negatively charged ions will move in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

The plasma electricity generator according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is configured in such a manner that the mixing ratio of the heavy water in the fluid mixture is increased three or more times as compared with the prior art, a predetermined magnetic field is applied to a path where the fluid mixture is ionized and moved, the flow of the charged particles is separated under the influence of the magnetic field, and a collecting means for collecting the separated particles is provided. The positively charged particles move toward a first collecting plate, whereas the negatively charged particles move toward a second collecting plate. In this embodiment, an electric current generated due to the charged particles collected at the collecting means becomes a direct current in a case where the applied magnetic field is constant with respect to time. On the other hand, the electrical current generated due to the charged particles collected at the collecting means becomes alternating current (AC) in a case where the applied magnetic field varies with time.

FIG. 1 is a view showing a structure of the plasma electricity generator according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the plasma electricity generator according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a main body 110 made of dielectric material, such as ceramic element (e.g., chinaware) or sapphire, that is resistant to heat and cavitation emission; a reaction means 120 positioned in the path within the main body through which the fluid mixture containing hydrogen and hydrogen isotope flows; a separating means 140 such as a magnet for applying the magnetic field to the fluid mixture; and a collecting means 150 for collecting the ions separated by the separating means 140.

Reaction means 120 may be made of the dielectric material such as asbestos or fluorine-containing synthetic polymer that is resistant to the cavitation emission.

FIG 2 is a sectional view of the reaction means inserted into the main body of the plasma electricity generator according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, a reaction means 220 can one or more holes 230. Each of the holes according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention is of a cylindrical shape that has a depth of 25 to 30 mm and a diameter of 1 to 2 mm. Referring to FIG. 1, main body 110 has separating means 140 such as the magnet for applying the magnetic field of a predetermined intensity. According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, separating means 140 is a permanent magnet and can apply the magnetic field with a magnetic flux density of 1 Tesla or more. Further, in a case where the fluid mixture is ionized while passing through reaction means 120, separating means 140 may perform a function of separating ionized particles into positive and negative particles by applying the magnetic filed with the predetermined intensity thereto. As described above, such a process can be easily understood on the basis of the Lorentz' theorem. The positively or negatively charged ion particles separated by separating means 140 is collected by collecting means 150, and the positively or negatively charged ion particles collected as such comes to generate the electric energy by means of a load circuit (not shown) with predetermined resistive elements.

An operating principle of the plasma electricity generator according to the aforementioned embodiment of the present invention will be described phenomenally as follows. In a case where the fluid mixture consisted of the hydrogen and its isotopes flows at the same frequency as a natural frequency of hole 130 of reaction means 120 located around the path in main body 110, powerful resonant oscillation of the flowing fluid mixture is generated. As the result, the cavitation occurs at an entrance into each hole 130, which inevitably results in the accompanying cavitation emission. The material constituting reaction means 120 emits electrons eliminated by flowing through a concentrated cavitation zone, and the high-density positive charge and relatively very high electric potential up to a million volts are formed in the vicinity of the entrance of hole 130. Due to the influence of the high-density positive charge and the relatively very high electric potential, valence electrons of atoms of the hydrogen isotopes come to go out of its orbit while the fluid mixture is moving. Since the nucleus of hydrogen is positively charged, it is repelled away to an axial direction of hole 130 where a concentration of the positive charge is high while the high-density positive charge is interacting with the nucleus of hydrogen in the vicinity of the entrance in hole 130 of reaction means 120. As a result, a density of plasma is increased at the center of hole 130, and thus, a period of conservation for the nucleus of hydrogen compressed at the high density can be greatly extended as compared to the time consumed for the nuclear reaction. An electric impulse applied to the nucleus of hydrogen from the high-density positive charge in reaction means 120 can exceed lOkeV. Accordingly, conditions that the nuclear fusion reactions can be performed are created. Thanks to the electric impulse, the nucleus of hydrogen can overcome the Coulomb barrier and perform the interaction. The rates of the interactions between the nuclei are closely related to the mixing ratio of the light water and the heavy water. That is, it is experimentally confirmed that a level of the ionization flow of the fluid mixture can be increased as much as about 3% when the mixing ratio of the light and heavy water is greater than 100:3. The particles are ionized in such a manner, and then, the ionized particles are accelerated even more according to Laval's emission principle that kinetic energy of a particle is also increased as heat and pressure applied thereto are increased. The ionized particles accelerated as such pass through the magnetic field, and consequently, the Lorentz' force and the induced EMF are generated. Due to these forces, the positive ions move toward collecting means 150 positioned in the first direction, whereas the negative ions move toward collecting means 150 positioned in the second direction opposite to the first direction. Collecting means 150 can be connected to the predetermined load circuit (not shown) by which the positively or negatively charged particles collected at collecting means 150 can in turn be detected as the electric energy. As described above, the electric current detected through the load circuit becomes the direct current, if the applied magnetic filed is constant with respect to variation in time. On the other hand, the electric current detected through the load circuit can also become the alternating current, if the applied magnetic field varies according to the variation of time.

The plasma electricity generator according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been actually manufactured and passed through a predetermined verification procedure through a test operation thereof. The plasma electricity generator operates as follows.

The fluid mixture is a mixture with the light and heavy water mixed at the ratio of 100:3. Such a mixture has been supplied to main body 110 by a high-pressure pump under the pressure of 5 to 7 MPa. In main body 110 are disposed reaction means 120 made of the dielectric material such as the asbestos, in which holes 130 with cylindrical shape having depths of 25 to 30 mm and diameters of 1 to 2 mm are formed. A special impulse generator excites pulsations in the fluid mixture at the frequency of about 1 kHz. It is apparent that the natural resonance frequency of main body 110 can vary according to the depth and the diameter of each hole 130 formed in reaction means 120 and physical parameters of the fluid mixture capable of obtaining variation in a current wave by means of the special impulse generator. In an initial stage of the nuclear reaction, if main body 110 is made of transparent material such as sapphire, a variety of phenomena such as ion emission, induction of light emission of surrounding substances, dissociation (ionization) flow, neutron flow, exothermic phenomenon of the fluid mixture, change in chemical components, generation of the induced EMF on the circuit, and other parameters are visually observed.

A total amount of the electric energy generated in the process of the actual experiment is about ten to twenty times as much as the total energy consumed for maintaining the nuclear reaction. At the moment when such result has been obtained, the plasma electricity generator according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention has already been operated for 150 hours or more. Thus, durability of the generator itself can also be confirmed.

Industrial Applicability

According to the plasma electricity generator of the present invention, a technical advantage in that both the electric energy and the thermal energy can be generated from the ionized fluid mixture in a nuclear reaction is obtained.

Further, another technical advantage in that the efficiency of electric energy generation can be maximized by adjusting the mixing ratio of components constituting the fluid mixture to a predetermined level is obtained. In addition, a further technical advantage in that a desired electric energy can be generated using a low-priced additional equipment instead of a high-priced conventional electricity generator using the nuclear reaction is obtained.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described for illustrative purposes. Thus, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications, changes or additions may be made thereto within the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims, and all changes and modifications should be construed as falling within the scope of equivalents of the present invention.

Claims

1. A plasma electricity generator, comprising: a main body for causing a fluid mixture containing hydrogen and hydrogen isotopes to pass therethrough and the fluid mixture to be ionized therein; a separating means for separating ions within the ionized mixture; and a collecting means for collecting the ions separated from the separating means.

2. The plasma electricity generator as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the body further comprising a reaction means which is positioned within the main body and includes one or more holes for ionizing the mixture.

3. The plasma electricity generator as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the holes of the reaction means has a predetermined depth and a predetermined diameter from which a natural frequency thereof is determined.

4. The plasma electricity generator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the separating means is a magnet for applying a magnetic field to the ionized mixture.

5. The plasma electricity generator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fluid mixture comprises light water and heavy water.

6. The plasma electricity generator as claimed in claim 5, wherein a mixing ratio of the light water and the heavy water is greater than 100:3.