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Solid State K-Capture Generator
The Solid State K-capture Generator is a computer
controlled system that utilizes the "K-Capture" principle to create electrical
energy.
K-capture has been known to give off tremendous
amounts of energy but no one had discovered a way to control the energy. The
K-capture Generator does this and may prove to be one of the greatest source of
energy discovered.
Unshielded, it does emit x-ray
particles.
The prototype models (for manufacturing) were
expected to produce a constant electrical current of at least 50kw and was
predicted to handle surges and heavier loads of over 200kw for one to two hours
before it heated up to a temperature that would automatically shut the power
off. If this were to occur, there would be no harm sustained by the unit, but
would have to be restarted when the unit's temperature lowers to approximately
60 F.
Most American homes average 5 to 7 kw per day.
However, a 100% electrically powered house could have peak usage of up to 35kw.
With normal power usage, 50kw could handle from three to ten homes, depending on
size and peak demand. Very few small commercial operations would ever require
more than 50kw to supply their needs, if more power is required an additional
unit or units could be added. Each one would operate as a standby unit and
supply the required power without losing power as each one began its
operation.
One unit measures approximately 2' x 2' x 6' but
can also be made smaller by using a different configuration when fitting the
component parts together.
On a standard basis, the unit normally supplies
5kw of AC power and 45kw of DC power. This can be altered by the use of external
inverters, transformers, etc.
It is estimated that under normal conditions that
the fuel used will last over one-million years. However, since it does use other
non moving components, it is expected to have malfunctions in such things as
computer controls, diodes, capacitors, etc. When this occurs replacement would
be required and the unit would have to be restarted.
Starting the unit requires 120 volts and 400 watts
The power available is on an "as needed" basis and if all power was shut-off,
there would be no harm to the unit.
The theory herein described is used as a power source by creating a radio nuclide by K-capture.
The process to reach this goal is initiated by
producing a high intensity ultra-violet burst to cause an irregular condition
where the K electrons in lithium isotope-6, creates a condition where K-capture
is possible.
The ultra-violet burst is produced with a nitrogen
laser. It has been known for some time that a high voltage discharge and high
current electric discharge in nitrogen gas will generate a pulse of coherent
radiation at 3,371 angstroms. The laser action encounters an electron moving in
the discharge, absorbing its energy. The encounter leaves the molecule in an
unstable state. It usually falls to a state of lower energy by emitting a photon
at 3,371 angstroms.
The photon may encounter other excited molecules
causing them to emit their energy in lock step with the encountering photon. The
resulting pulse of radiation has twice the energy of each photon. This is laser
action.
The process continues as long as there are excited
molecules along the path. The process soon stops because when a large number of
molecules are excited, they wil1 begin to cascade at random to lower states of
energy.
The numbers of molecules at lower 1evels build up
rapidly, eventually exceeding those at upper levels and terminating the
amplification.
The laser quickly turns itself off even though
there are excited molecules left behind. The turn off time is fast, usually less
than ten-nanoseconds.
Inducing laser action in nitrogen is dependent on constructing a mechanism that will instantaneously send a huge current of electrons at high voltage laterally through a column of the gas at a pressure of about 100 torr.
An appropriate switching mechanism that can handle
tens of thousands of amperes within nanoseconds turns out to be quite simple
both in principle and in construction.
No laser mirrors are needed, the optical gain of
the rapid discharge is so large that the emission becomes super-radiant, that
laser action takes place without an optical cavity.
Ultraviolet lasers can be scaled to higher powers.
A discharge path one meter long will develop an output pu1se of almost
one-million watts. Output is emitted from both ends of the column of excited
gas, but a mirror at one end will more than double the power at the other
end.
K-CAPTURE TECHNICAL
INFORMATION
In some instances, where the ratio of neutrons to
protons is low, a type of decay has been found to exist. Where a proton is
converted to a neutron in the nucleus by the capture of one of the extra nuclear
electrons, with a neutrino being formed at the same time. The product of this
type of radioactivity would have the same number as its parent, but its atomic
number would be one unit lower.
The phenomenon described is referred to as a decay
by electron capture. The electron is captured usually from the K level, or first
quantum level, for such an electron is likely to be found near the nucleus;
consequently, the expression K-electron capture, or K-capture is often employed.
Instances of an electron being captured from the second quantum level, or L
level, is not unknown although they are not common. The possibility of electron
capture was predicted by the Japanese mathematical physicists H. Yukawa and S.
Sakata in 1936. Proof of its reality was obtained in the United States by L. W.
Alvarez in 1938.
The detection of K-capture is dependent on the
fact that the removal of a K-electron leaves a hole in the K quantum level. An
electron from a higher quanta level will move in to fill the position, with the
excess energy being emitted as a characteristic X-ray. Since K-capture precedes
the electrons' transition and the emission of X rays, the X-ray will be the
characteristic of the product nucleus with an atomic number one unit less. A
case of this is Vanadium Isotope-49. The decay was found to be accompanied by
the characteristic X-rays of the K series of the element of titanium. It is
evident that Vanadium-49 decays by K-capture.
When a Lithium-6 atom encounters an ultraviolet
photon adding enough energy to cause a K-capture, its atomic number is changed
and becomes a Helium-6 atom. Helium-6 is a radio nuclide having a beta emission
of 3.58 MeV. No other radiation is present except for a characteristic X-ray of
Helium.
Beta particles are captured in a magnetic field
and stored in a capacitor bank before using their energy to do work.
The number of reactions needed to produce a
sizeable current flow is small.
In the terms of energy needs, the usefulness of
this process is clear.
Disclaimer:
I did not write this article... I only edited it for clarity.
Nor have I seen this device working. However, I did speak with a person at the
1998 Exotic Research Conference from Utah who had claimed to have built this
type of device with a few of his associates. This guy stated that they did not
know how to convert the x-rays to electricity. He said that the device was very
dangerous and hard to control. It was also stated to have wiped out computer
hard-drives within a few blocks of the operating device. This posted article
seems to answer the conversion problem.
I have no other information on
this device at this time. If I had the time I would set-up this device and use a
lithium niobate crystal as the target. I would also use electrodes that generate
a thermoelectric effect when heated. If any of you have a nitrogen laser this
device should be easy enough to validate. Please share your results with the
rest of us.
-Bruce A. Perreault