Method and apparatus that uses pulsed, counter-rotating plasmas to extract useful energy from the zero-point field and/or to modify or nullify the forces of gravity and inertia, or the properties of mass

Abstract

Numerous patents have been granted for methods to extract useful zero-point energy (ZPE). However, these methods utilize the Casimir force, which is orders of magnitude too small to power an electrical grid. The method and apparatus described here uses counter-rotating mercury based plasmas pulsed with a high frequency, high voltage discharge to create a coherence with the zero-point field, allowing for unlimited extraction of ZPE, which may ultimately replace polluting fossil fuel derived energy. Mainstream physics models gravity as a curvature of space (general relativity), but there are profound problems with this model. An alternative model of gravity advanced by some physicists models gravity (and inertia) as an induced effect resulting from the interaction of ZPE with subatomic charge. By creating a coherence with the zero-point field, this method causes an interference with this interaction, allowing gravity and inertia to be engineered or nullified, representing a breakthrough in propulsion.

Claims

1. Any method that uses counter-rotating plasmas, including mercury-based plasmas, that are pulsed with a high-voltage, high-frequency discharge for the purpose of extracting useful energy from the zero point field, and/or altering or nullifying gravity, inertia, or the properties of mass.

2. Any apparatus that uses counter-rotating plasmas, including mercury-based plasmas, that are pulsed with a high-voltage, high-frequency discharge for the purpose of extracting useful energy from the zero point field, and/or altering or nullifying gravity, inertia, or the properties of mass.

3. Any method that uses counter-rotating magnetic fields that are pulsed with a high-voltage, high-frequency discharge for the purpose of extracting useful energy, and/or altering or nullifying gravity, inertia, or the properties of mass.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0032] FIG. 1 depicts the first embodiment of the apparatus, where the two counter-rotating cylindrical plasma chambers are stacked one on top of the other, each mechanically driven by a motor.

[0033] FIG. 2 depicts the apparatus described in FIG. 1, after the addition of the concentric cylinders that encompass each cylindrical plasma chamber and consist of an induction coil for the extraction of useful energy and a boron carbide neutron shield.

[0034] FIG. 3 depicts the preferred embodiment of the apparatus where there are no moving parts, and where the two counter-rotating plasmas are concentric, and in between these two plasmas are the induction coil, and in the final ring on the outside of the outer plasma there is a boron carbide neutron shield.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0035] In the first embodiment of the apparatus, the two counter-rotating cylindrical plasma chambers (13) are stacked one on top of the other, each mechanically driven by a motor (10). These chambers are held in place by a support frame (17), with the bottom spindle/electrode (12) of the upper chamber resting in a bearing (14) on a dielectric crossmember (15). The lower chamber has its upper spindle resting on another bearing (14) in the bottom of the crossmember.

[0036] The interior of the plasma chambers consist of a 100% argon atmosphere evacuated to approximately 6 to 10 torr and contain mercury in an amount empirically determined based on the measurements of the plasma chambers and power output of the high-voltage, high-frequency discharges. This mercury is doped with thorium dioxide, at about three parts thorium to 100,000 parts mercury, by weight.

[0037] High torque motors drive each of the plasma chambers. The plasma chambers rotate at a speed that is determined empirically based on the dimensions of the device. The spindles, which couple to the drive motors dielectrically, also function as electrodes for the high-voltage, high-frequency discharges that pulse the plasmas. Brushes (16) attach to each spindle to energize the electrode function.

[0038] The high-voltage, high-frequency discharges are generated by circuitry that produce at least 150 kilovolts per plasma chamber, with the preferred voltage being in excess of 1 million volts, and have a pulse duration no greater than 100 microseconds. Each plasma chamber has its own separate circuitry for this purpose (19). The two rotating plasma chambers are encompassed by an induction coil (21) and neutron shield (22).

[0039] In the preferred embodiment, the two plasma chambers (31, 33) are concentric, with one plasma chamber inside the center of the second. In this embodiment, the plasmas are rotated non-mechanically, by energizing fixed biased electrodes located on the sides of the cylinders sequentially (35), by using common techniques familiar to researchers who need to rotate plasmas in controlled laboratory conditions. This technique also employs the use of fixed concentric magnets at the top and bottom of the plasma chambers to aid with the initial rotation of the plasmas. There are also electrodes protruding from the tops and bottoms of the chambers (30) in order to pulse the plasmas with the high-voltage, high-frequency electrical discharges.

[0040] The gap distance of these electrodes determines the frequency of the discharges and is calculated empirically by the voltage output of the high-voltage, high-frequency discharge (37) equipment.

[0041] This embodiment has the induction coil (32) ideally positioned between the two counter-rotating plasmas, with the outer concentric cylinder consisting of the neutron shield (34).

[0042] The advantages of the preferred embodiment are twofold: a greater coherence with the ZPE field is obtained by having the two rotating plasmas in nearer proximity to each other than the stacked configuration, and the lack of any moving parts eliminates the possibility of a mechanical breakdown, making the apparatus extremely reliable. This extreme reliability, coupled with the self-perpetuating property of the plasma rotations once a coherence is established, makes this embodiment ideal for aerial or space propulsion applications where reliability must be nearly perfect.