Possibility of liberating solar energy via water arc explosions
- Hathaway Consulting Services, Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
- Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (United States). Center for Electromagnetics Research
This paper reports progress in an experimental investigation, started in the Hathaway laboratory in 1994, which deals with the liberation of intermolecular bonding energy from ordinary water by means of an arc discharge. A new fog accelerator is described and a table of results of the kinetic energies of fog jets is included. The energy of liquid cohesion is stored in water during condensation when the vapor molecules transform their kinetic energy to potential energy. Since the kinetic energy of the vapor was acquired by solar heating of the atmosphere, it is solar energy in concentrated form that is being liberated by water arc explosions. To utilize the internal water energy for electricity generation, large reductions in circuit loss and barrel losses have to be achieved. The objective has been to prove the liberation of internal water energy. The authors have made no effort to optimize the process.
- OSTI ID:
- 435587
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960805-; TRN: IM9710%%245
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 31. intersociety energy conversion engineering conference, Washington, DC (United States), 9-14 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 31. intersociety energy conversion engineering conference. Volume 3: Policy impacts on energy, renewable energy resources, energy systems, environmental impact; Chetty, P.R.K.; Jackson, W.D.; Dicks, E.B. [eds.]; PB: 684 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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