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I recently came across the following video after trying to find videos on the Viziv Zenneck Wave Power Transmitter. The presentation in question starts at the 23:40 mark, but if you have the time I'd recommend watching the video from the start:
[VIDEO]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFiW2lqdnlM[/VIDEO]
The product in question is a thermionic converter made by Birmingham Technologies. A thermionic converter functions by heating a metal to a temperature where it emits charged particles, which are collected by an collector plate. The technology is not new and has been known since Edison was working on incandescent light bulbs. Research into the devices became popular between the 1950's and 1970's as a means to provide electric power for spaceships and satellites.
Once the Space Race was over, so to did research into thermionic converters. Research picked up again in the 1990's as a means to make fusion reactors more efficient. Developments in nanotechnology processes and materials in the last 10 - 15 years have seen a resurgence in research after it became apparent that it was possible to use such technology to make thermionic converters that utilise ambient heat.
Testing of the Nano-Boxx, the standard device being about the size of a postage stamp, by a Third Party confirmed that the device was able to provide electric power for 3.7 years. Several of the devices can be connected together for a desired application, including industrial levels of power. The device has an energy density approximately ten times greater than current lithium ion batteries, about the same energy density as an equivalent mass of petrochemical fuel when efficiencies are factored in.
Birmingham Technologies received part of their funding from the US Department of Defense for the Nano-Boxx as the DoD were interested in finding more reliable alternatives to conventional batteries. Further testing of the Nano-Boxx by the DoD will be conducted over the next two years. Birmingham Technologies hope to make the Nano-Boxx available for sale to the public within the next 4 years.
[VIDEO]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFiW2lqdnlM[/VIDEO]
The product in question is a thermionic converter made by Birmingham Technologies. A thermionic converter functions by heating a metal to a temperature where it emits charged particles, which are collected by an collector plate. The technology is not new and has been known since Edison was working on incandescent light bulbs. Research into the devices became popular between the 1950's and 1970's as a means to provide electric power for spaceships and satellites.
Once the Space Race was over, so to did research into thermionic converters. Research picked up again in the 1990's as a means to make fusion reactors more efficient. Developments in nanotechnology processes and materials in the last 10 - 15 years have seen a resurgence in research after it became apparent that it was possible to use such technology to make thermionic converters that utilise ambient heat.
Testing of the Nano-Boxx, the standard device being about the size of a postage stamp, by a Third Party confirmed that the device was able to provide electric power for 3.7 years. Several of the devices can be connected together for a desired application, including industrial levels of power. The device has an energy density approximately ten times greater than current lithium ion batteries, about the same energy density as an equivalent mass of petrochemical fuel when efficiencies are factored in.
Birmingham Technologies received part of their funding from the US Department of Defense for the Nano-Boxx as the DoD were interested in finding more reliable alternatives to conventional batteries. Further testing of the Nano-Boxx by the DoD will be conducted over the next two years. Birmingham Technologies hope to make the Nano-Boxx available for sale to the public within the next 4 years.
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