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Can anyone possibly give an opinion on this idea: a combustion-driven "Plasmatronic Oscillator" (for want of a better name) to generate electricity, or, more usefully, a constant source of ions. It's basically ionic circuit that is an LC oscillator ; that is , it has positive and negative ions flowing in it as well as electrons. Ionic circuits are where ionic charge carriers move around as well as electrons. You might have an ionic version of a capacitor, with opposing ionic charges are separated by a dielectric, and an ionic inductor where ions circulate around a magnetic field.
The Plasmatronic Oscillator circuit may be contained almost wholly within a pair of widely-spaced capacitor plates: the electrons and ions flow back and forth between the plates, electron flow causing a spark discharge between the plates.
A continuous oscillator needs a power supply; the plasmatronic oscillator would get its energy from the high temperature combustion inside the electric spark. Fire is not solely a chemical reaction, but also involves electrical or EM interactions. A flame seems to contain some plasma that will allow longer electrical sparks at lower voltage than ordinary air does. The electric arc will ionize the oxygen and fuel molecules for more efficient combustion.
The electric spark gap also acts as a non-linear device, like a transistor in an electronic oscillator.
The process of combustion can be controlled by electrical means. Firstly, the oxidiser and fuel molecules can be efficiently ionised and separated by electrical forces, secondly, the energy released by the recombination process, (which normally degenerates into heat and light), can be controlled so that useful electrical forces are produced to drive an LC oscillator circuit.
The Plasmatronic oscillator could be made in a simplistic configuration, which just uses classical electrodynamic principles. More sophisticated versions of the device may be constructed that utilize quantum effects such as stimulated emission, effectively, you have a fuel MASER.
One possible "classical" configuration is of two metal bowls which act as a capacitor. An electric spark jumps across the gap between the plates, setting up a magnetic field. This tiny lightning bolt ionizes the fuel gas between the plates, while the capacitor's decaying electric field separates the positive and negative ions.
Once the capacitor plates have discharged, the EMF from the decaying magnetic field keeps the spark going for a while, forcing a reversal of the plates charge from the initial state (minus energy losses).
But you now have two clouds of oppositely ionized fuel gases between the capacitor plates which will try to recombine and release their energy. We want the recombination to happen in such a way that charges up the capacitor plates again, and the process can repeat.
Double kudos to anyone who can get this thing going for the sake of the planet, and stop it from becoming a shelved patent or some military black project.
Can anyone possibly give an opinion on this idea: a combustion-driven "Plasmatronic Oscillator" (for want of a better name) to generate electricity, or, more usefully, a constant source of ions. It's basically ionic circuit that is an LC oscillator ; that is , it has positive and negative ions flowing in it as well as electrons. Ionic circuits are where ionic charge carriers move around as well as electrons. You might have an ionic version of a capacitor, with opposing ionic charges are separated by a dielectric, and an ionic inductor where ions circulate around a magnetic field.
The Plasmatronic Oscillator circuit may be contained almost wholly within a pair of widely-spaced capacitor plates: the electrons and ions flow back and forth between the plates, electron flow causing a spark discharge between the plates.
A continuous oscillator needs a power supply; the plasmatronic oscillator would get its energy from the high temperature combustion inside the electric spark. Fire is not solely a chemical reaction, but also involves electrical or EM interactions. A flame seems to contain some plasma that will allow longer electrical sparks at lower voltage than ordinary air does. The electric arc will ionize the oxygen and fuel molecules for more efficient combustion.
The electric spark gap also acts as a non-linear device, like a transistor in an electronic oscillator.
The process of combustion can be controlled by electrical means. Firstly, the oxidiser and fuel molecules can be efficiently ionised and separated by electrical forces, secondly, the energy released by the recombination process, (which normally degenerates into heat and light), can be controlled so that useful electrical forces are produced to drive an LC oscillator circuit.
The Plasmatronic oscillator could be made in a simplistic configuration, which just uses classical electrodynamic principles. More sophisticated versions of the device may be constructed that utilize quantum effects such as stimulated emission, effectively, you have a fuel MASER.
One possible "classical" configuration is of two metal bowls which act as a capacitor. An electric spark jumps across the gap between the plates, setting up a magnetic field. This tiny lightning bolt ionizes the fuel gas between the plates, while the capacitor's decaying electric field separates the positive and negative ions.
Once the capacitor plates have discharged, the EMF from the decaying magnetic field keeps the spark going for a while, forcing a reversal of the plates charge from the initial state (minus energy losses).
But you now have two clouds of oppositely ionized fuel gases between the capacitor plates which will try to recombine and release their energy. We want the recombination to happen in such a way that charges up the capacitor plates again, and the process can repeat.
Double kudos to anyone who can get this thing going for the sake of the planet, and stop it from becoming a shelved patent or some military black project.
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