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Posted by Jerry Anderson --Previous Message--
on 4/14/2006, 10:20 am, in reply to "Re: Tesla patent 512340"
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I guess I should have clarified that we didn't expect to ignite the water vapor directly but hopefully separate water into its basic elements and ignite them. We figure if the Camaro guy is on the level then he accomplished it by using high voltage coupled with significant current. So we are taking two similar approaches, one is to use his piggyback method and the other is to use (and we think this is a beautiful thing) coil packs. They generally come (GM packs) two coils mounted to a single assembly. Our plan is to couple 1 packs' output at a time to a single spark plug until we accomplish our goal or until we've tied all 8 packs together (16 coils). We do understand there will be significant RF energy generated and will test with safety to people and equipment in mind.
We are also in contact with a rotary engine rebuilder and are soliciting his help in possibly configuring a Wankel. Being essentially a single stroke motor with two spark plugs we figure it has the best chance of success if are first tests are successful. I nearly have all components to start the experiment with and am waiting on a primary injector and the fuel cell. Should be interesting to say the least.
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: Bert,
: Yeah I would have to agree with you as that was my first thought as
: well, but with the stories of 100mpg carburetors when I was growing up to
: the internet stories of inventors having their equipment taken and prodded
: to be silent I thought it can't hurt to try it out. I recently hired this
: young man at where I work as a technician, turns out he's been interested
: in running a car on anything other than hydrocarbon fuels. He's also a
: gifted auto mechanic and is still going to school. So naturally we have
: teamed up.
: Let me run this by you. We will shortly have a complete fuel injected
: 4 cyl Honda motor on a test stand. This will of course be our technology
: demonstator. I am building test combustion chamber using acrylic tubing
: with a small spark plug and a primary injector on one end. We are using a
: 5 gallon fuel tank with a built in high pressure fuel pump which we will
: use to atomize the water. We are removing one of the rectifiers off of the
: alternator and plan to try some piggy backing of the half wave rectified
: AC onto the high voltage output of an MSD coil putting out about 100kv. We
: haven't yet figured out how to control the pressure when and if the water
: vapor ignites.
: Your thoughts?
:
: Hi Jerry,
:
: I guess I don't understand just how the water could/would ignite. Whether
: it's atomized water droplets or water vapor, I simply don't understand
: what it is that will be ignited. Unless the water becomes somehow
: disassociated into its constituent elements, there's nothing available to
: ignite. Perhaps the intent is that the high voltage pulse would do
: something to the water vapor/droplets (such as creating some hydrogen that
: could be burned).
:
: In any event, please keep us informed of your progress - it sounds quite
: interesting!
:
: Best wishes,
:
: Bert
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