Electricity from HEAT a Technology you've probably never heard of....
I found a YouTube I downloaded about a year ago and just realized today you can't find it online anymore :/
Which is too bad since it had some great information about how to replicate an amazing technology that directly converts HEAT into electricity. It's called a Monotherm and it was originally developed by a company called Lovell that has patents on their technology and are pretty tight lipped about how they do it.
Enter Robert Murray Smith
Robert is a Graphene Guru and I intend to cover him more in future posts, but for now, I'll just say he was kind enough to give his recipe and instructions.
Basically goes like this:
Two kinds of Tape Aluminium (or Aluminium/Magnesium) AND Copper Tape. Looks like two kinds of metallic Duct Tape. One orangey one silvery
Red Phosphorous (he has legitimate laboratory connections for his, Dunno how you could get a reasonable quantity isolated, maybe matchsticks?)
Chrome Oxide
PVA (that part I didn't understand but I think he said he covers it on his Channel in another video)
https://www.youtube.com/user/RobertMurraySmith
I won't give away the rest of the DETAILS but essential you make two kinds of 'paint' which you then apply to the two kinds of tape. After drying, the two are put on top each other, and then I believe he used a 20 Tonne press to improve the contact.
He was then left with a thin sheet about the size of a Smartphone. With Just the heat of a cup of coffee, resting on top, he was able to get a little over 1/2 a volt. Not much, but that's free energy from wasted heat. And using pretty common and cheap materials all with no real way of patenting something you could do in a garage.
Only video I COULD find was this one of someone making a rougher version of what Robert did in the video that has since been taken down (probably because he was asked to).
It gives the same recipe but it isn't as clear as the original.
Where am I going with this?
I dunno, just seems like it might be pretty easy to integrate this technology into existing things that get a lot of heat, have a lot of surface area and are used by Billions of people around the world. Or really anywhere there is excess heat.
What's the Temperature where you are now?
Just a thought.
Keep in mind this is different from Stirling Engines or Thermocouples which require a heat difference (ie one side hotter one side cooler) This thing can all be the SAME temperature and give power.
Do you have the patent number by any chance?
No but it should be available from Lovell's site (in the hyperlink)) online. What excited me about this version of the technology is that it wouldn't require patents since the materials are too common and the construction process too simple. In the missing video, RMS says it is very difficult to figure out how to remake the device from the patent, but if you understand the principle, and how the special properties of each material can be used together to optimize the flow of electrons being released by the heat, then either getting resistance or easy flow (conductivity). I don't pretend to fully understand (patent would do nothing for me) but I think of it like a slide. The heat causes you to go down the slide (you being an electron) you slide down, but instead of reaching the ground, you reach a water slide that you land on, causing you to slide faster and more easily. Instead of landing in a pool of water, you land on another slide but with say, sunflower oil or ferrofluid or something much more slippery that causes you to go even faster and so on. instead of getting to land in a pool of anything, you are swept off to do work in a circuit or stored in a battery. Anyway, I'd check the site, might be able to explain it better than my guesses. Cheers @ecoknowme
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/481392647643993165/
No but it should be available from Lovell's site online. What excited me about this version of the technology is that it wouldn't require patents since the materials are too common and the construction process too simple.
This isn’t my exact area of expertise, however this sounds like a basic Thermionic generator.
You can find more information here:
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/dec/09/new-generator-creates-electricity-directly-from-heat
hope this helps :)
Thank you! I will check it out!
Very interesting. I was not aware of a technology like this. Thanks for the post!