Space Heat
Introduction
In the Introduction we presented the science
for extracting heat (Infrared Electromagnetic Radiation) from the
active vacuum. Simply put the
Bohren Experiment extracts 18 times
more energy from the active vacuum than the laser diode supplies as
measured by the Poynting Vector flow. The hypothesis posits that by
providing additional stages as much additional heat as may be desired
may be extracted from the active vacuum using a single laser diode.
Whether or not the hypothesis is true must be determined by
experiment.
The next step is to perform a parametric study to determine different configurations that will work. The parametric study would vary the size of the particles, the charge on the particles, and the material of the particles. Next, we need to determine if the media will "self-stage." That is, if the media boundary is spherical, does the amount of heat increase in steps as the media volume is increased by making the sphere larger. We need to establish the best way to charge the particles. How long do the particles stay charged? If the charge "bleeds off," a method for re-charging the particles will need to be incorporated. How long does it take for the maximum heat to appear after the laser diode is energized? We would expect it to arrive at maximum within a microsecond, but if not this delay must be considered when designing the thermostatic control.
A source for the particles must be established. The particles must be uniform in size and shape. It will probably be necessary that the size and shape of the particles be held to rather tight tolerance.
For reliability purposes we recommend that the total heat desired be extracted with three laser diodes with the staging arranged so that with just one laser diode active the required heat is produced.
After developing the basic 5,000 BTU per hour Free Heat ™ units other designs can be provided. Units can be made in which the power for the laser(s) is a small battery which is recharged by a thermoelectric or thermophotovoltaic generator using the heater output as the heat source. Thermoelectric generators were developed for the unmanned spacecraft; they used heat from the decay of a radioactive source. They are not very efficient, three to seven percent, but they have a long life. The thermophotovoltaic generators have efficiencies up to about 20%; they are basically a photovoltaic cell designed to respond to the infrared EM (which is heat). However, for the Free Heat ™ units efficiency doesn't matter since the losses would simply remain as part of the heat produced. This would mean that ultimately all of the energy is extracted from the active vacuum.
The next development would be larger sized Free Heat ™ units. This could be done either by providing more stages or a cluster of the basic 5,000 BTU per hour Free Heat ™ units. The total heat required for a house might be 100,000 to 300,000 BTU per hour; this would require 6 stages at a COP equal to 10 for each stage. A large building would require thousands of millions (say 3,000,000,000,000) of BTU per hour which would mean ten stages.
The business plan would use the profit generated from the sale of the first, higher priced, units to pay the R&D costs for lower priced units and whole house sized units. The whole house units would be sold initially to replace existing heaters that became obsolete and eventually in all new construction. Within 40 years all the space heat will be supplied by heat extracted from the active vacuum and Free Heat ™ units will be available in every size and shape available today for conventional electric heaters. At that point in time no fuel (coal, petroleum, or natural gas) will be required to heat houses, commercial, or industrial spaces.
Updated May 12, A.D. 2009