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Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 21:45:01 -0500 Tony, You do not have to submit
a working model to the patent office to obtain a patent. There are already proven
COP>1.0 interactions in the hard physics literature; e.g., the Bohren
experiment, which any university nonlinear optical lab can easily
replicate. It puts out 18 times as much energy as one inputs oneself.
The remainder of the input energy comes from the vacuum. When something
has long been proven in physics, one does not have to reprove it. There
are more areas in physics than just the normal electrical engineering. There also is a complete
thermodynamics (of open systems far from equilibrium with an active
environment) which also allows COP>1.0. What is NOT allowed by any kind
of physics or thermodynamics is greater than 100% EFFICIENCY. The
efficiency is defined as the total useful work out in the load, divided by
the TOTAL energy input from all sources. (from the operator, the
environment, etc.) That can never be greater than 100%. The COP is
defined as the total useful work out in the load, divided by the energy
that the OPERATOR inputs. That can easily be greater than 1.0, if the
environment also puts in some energy. E.g., the common home heat pump may
have an EFFICIENCY of 50%, but a decent one will have a COP of 4.0 or so. We never have and never
will claim more than 100% efficiency! But COP>100% is certainly
permissible, and there is no law of thermodynamics or physics prohibiting
it, nor does it violate the conservation of energy law. A windmill, e.g., may have
an efficiency of 35% or so, but it has a COP of infinity! Tom Bearden |