Project Proposal

[Deco56]

Hello all,

I am meeting with my professor tomorrow and want to lay out a good project proposal that is also realistic and easily duplicated. The video/experiment I am trying to recreate is below:

Eric Dollard - Tesla's Longitudinal Dielectricity (Scalar Demonstrations & Wireless Transmission) - YouTube

I have also attached my project proposal.

What do you guys think? Any comments? Am I missing some goals for the experiment? Any other videos showing similar set up that would be helpful?

I feel like it wouldn't be a good idea to reveal Eric Dollard as the consultant, but there are very few academic articles/information for a proper set-up. What do you think?

Please let me know if I should add anything!

PROJECT
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The goal of this project is to investigate some effects of a single wire transmission system based on Nikola Tesla patents. The patent in question is TESLA PATENT 649,621 APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY (also related is Patent 645,621; Patent US 1119732 A and Patent US787412 A along with some others).
Of interest is the single-wire transmission of the Tesla Transformer along the ground lead. Experiments could include attaching several different things between output of device, including normal wires, vacuum bulbs, plasma columns etc. and observe the effects of the various devices on transmission and any other observed effects. As expected, there is not a lot of academic literature on the subject.
Goals:
- Understand patent and establish circuit diagram
-See, if possible, to simulate it successfully with software (unknown to this point)
- Contact consultant with experimental experience and go over set-up and materials (Consulting Engineer worked at RCA since the 70’s and has built working model). Some dialogue has already been established.
-Set a plan for building the test set-up, including ordering parts and building the frame of the device, for both transmitter and receiver.
- Build frame for test set-up on bench.
- Experiment with RF power source and circuit parameters to achieve resonance.
- Experiment and fine tune (a lot of work to be done here).
- Attach various devices to output along single-wire transmission line and observe effects.
- Determine sensitivity to input currents (pulsed versus alternating currents)
- Investigate Steinmetz’s Zero Impedance Oscillating Current condition. (attached)
-Future work set up for Earth as transmission line (medium).

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I also need to add deadlines, what are some realistic deadlines? What would take the most time?

Thanks!

[wayne.ct]

Advice

This is probably too late to be of any help, but I can give you my suggestion. In short, you need to come up with a project that your professor will be comfortable helping you with at points along the way. If you get too far outside "his" comfort zone, you risk getting a poor grade simply because the communications gap between the two of you will be too great to surmount.

On the other hand, if you have already developed some expertise in the field by doing your own experiments and have shown them to your professor and demonstrated your understanding of the basic concepts, to your professor, then you should have no problem. In that case you don't need any advice from anyone here.

If you DO want advice from the members of this forum, post some pictures, circuit diagrams, etc. of what you have done. You will get plenty of responses and reactions here. Good Luck!