| Subject: RE: MEG in process.
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 09:57:15 -0500
Jim,
You're getting the
idea; there is real power to be developed by these units in small
packages. But the phenomenology also is rather fearsome, and much of it
is not in the textbook.
The units are indeed
highly nonlinear. High nonlinearity brings in a host of effects one
does not have with a normal transformer. Such as reducing the input to
increase the output, in certain situations. Such as sensitivity to
initial conditions (be sure to turn it off and turn it on in the same
way each time). You can have unanticipated interactions between your
switching units and the rest of the unit, including both input and
output at the various sections. The nanocrystalline core material seems
to be quite sensitive to moisture and corrosion, with exposure to
moisture having essentially destroyed two of our own units. Once the
nanocrystalline core corrodes, it's of no use except for a paper
weight. So we will have to find a good way to seal these cores.
Otherwise, in a fairly humid climate like Alabama, they tend to
gradually degrade due to corrosion. In their commercial use in normal
transformers, of course, they are usually immersed in oil, so hydration
corrosion is not a problem. But in experimenting with open cores on the
bench, on really rainy days etc., it is indeed a problem.
There are some other
effects we're being very close mouthed about at this time, since we are
still in the patent-filing process on some aspects of the units and on
our solutions. All I can say is to please check the relative and
simultaneous timing aspects of all the coils and switching parts of the
system, very rigorously. Be sure you are okay on that. You will find
you can have multiple inputs not predictable by normal theory, and they
can easily be subtractive rather than additive. You must insure the
phasing so that you maximize the multiple inputs as additions. Else your
unit can literally pit one part of itself against another, etc. So if
you can beg, borrow, or steal an 8-channel data sampling and storage
oscilloscope, 300 to 500 MHz, with the software on it to already
integrate under the curve etc., get it. It is really, really, really
needed. And as you know, the quality of the probes and the use of the
proper probes are just as important as the oscilloscope itself.
Sometimes even more so.
Our own best
guestimate at this time is that the little units we ran at 25 watts are
actually capable (with modification) of producing a kilowatt at least,
and more probably 2.5 kilowatts. Once we have obtained development
funding, our plan is to develop first a fundamental 2.5 KW unit with
synchronizer, so that up to 6 units can be added together and sync'd.
That covers from 2.5 KW to 15 KW and it will require one year of very
hard work from where we are right now. A year after that, we would hope
to have a basic 10 KW unit with synchronizer, for covering 10KW to
60KW. And so on. The extreme nonlinearity of the phenomenology means
that one must allow sufficient time to do extensive exploratory
phenomenology at every new scale-up stage. It is certainly doable, but
it is also certainly not simple or easy. It's somewhat comparable to
doing some of the nonlinear work that goes with a new re-entry vehicle
with heat shielding, etc. And it's complicated. The ideal development
team necessary must have specialists in geometric phase, nonlinear
oscillation theory, nonlinear oscillation control theory, math modeling
in a higher group symmetry electrodynamics (can't just use electrical
engineering; it's totally inadequate and it doesn't describe the
phenomenology), etc.
But be prepared to
wrestle mightily with nonlinear phenomena, the theory of nonlinear
oscillation, and the theory of nonlinear oscillation control theory.
These areas are quite different from their normal linear oscillation and
linear oscillation control theory counterparts.
Best wishes on your
project,
Tom Bearden
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