Bench
422 published findings from the ongoing work — what has been established, calculated and observed at the bench, each traceable to the session that produced it.
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The water capacitor is subjected to a pulsating, unipolar electric voltage field whose polarity never crosses ground; this charges water molecules with a consistent polarity, distending and elongating...
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Natural water is stated to have a dielectric constant of 78.54 at 20°C and 1 atmosphere pressure, per CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, which underlies the capacitance of the water capacitor form...
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A preferred construction material for the water capacitor plates is Stainless Steel T-304, chosen because it is non-chemically reactive with water, hydrogen, or oxygen.
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The first stage employs a capacitor in which water is the dielectric liquid between capacitor plates, included in a resonant charging choke circuit consisting of an inductance in series with the capac...
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At an applied potential difference of 2000 to 5000 volts to the cell, an amp spike or surge may be caused by inconsistencies in water characteristics producing an out-of-resonance condition, which the...
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Larger resonant cavities and higher rates of water conversion require higher operating frequencies, such as up to 50 KHz and above, with correspondingly increased pulsing rate to sustain the higher co...
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In typical operation with the representative water capacitor (0.5in rod, 0.75in cylinder, 3.0in length), at about 5 KHz with unipolar pulses from 0 to 650 volts at sensed resonance, conversion of abou...
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The resonant scanning circuit (Figure 8) scans frequency from high to low to high, e.g. 0 Hz to 10 KHz to 0 Hz, until signal lock; water contaminants of 1-20 ppm cause about 20% variance in resonant f...
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At startup, current draw through the water cell measures about 25 milliamps; once the circuit finds a tuned resonant condition, current drops to a 1-2 milliamp minimum leakage condition.
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A typical water capacitor cell is formed from a 0.5 inch diameter stainless steel rod concentrically within a 0.75 inch inside diameter cylinder, extending about 3.0 inches, and tunes to resonance typ...
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A gas pressure sensor in the enclosed water capacitor cavity (which includes a gas outlet) is connected to the control circuit to determine gas production rate relative to ambient pressure, and the ga...
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When resonance is achieved in the water capacitor, the atomic bond of the water molecule is broken and current (amp) draw from the power source is minimized while voltage across the water capacitor in...
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When used with a water fuel cell per U.S. Pat. No. 4,936,961, the preferred management system includes a pulse generator for fuel gas production and a phase lock loop circuit that detects and scans a...
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The quantity of fuel gas mixture introduced to the cylinder per intake cycle remains constant regardless of engine RPM, even though the rate of hydrogen production by the fuel cell must increase with...
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The fuel gas mixture produced by the water fuel cell intrinsically includes the optimum 2:1 ratio of hydrogen to oxygen, which must be maintained uniformly across engine operating speeds to control bu...
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Per U.S. Pat. No. 4,936,961, the gas mixture produced comprises hydrogen, oxygen, and other formerly-entrapped gases that were dissolved in the water from which the hydrogen/oxygen mixture was release...
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Shape and size of the resonant cavity (per U.S. Pat. No. 4,936,961) may vary; larger resonant cavities and higher rates of consumption of water in the conversion process require higher operating frequ...
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A gas pressure regulator (13) is positioned proximate the exit orifice of the fuel cell to maintain a consistent back pressure, optimally 15 psi in the preferred embodiment, in the fuel delivery syste...
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The water fuel cell (7) includes a water capacitor (8) immersed in a volume of water (9), producing a hydrogen/oxygen and non-combustible gas mixture (10). The Voltage Intensifier Circuit (12) regulat...
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Per claim 2, the capacitor (water dielectric) is subjected to a pulsating unipolar electric field whose polarity does not pass beyond an arbitrary ground; at the correct pulse frequency this induces r...
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Per claims 1 and 3, the resonant electronic circuit includes a resonant charging choke, and water is included as a dielectric between conductive members that form a capacitor in the resonant circuit;...
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Water enters a first-stage water fracturing module (water fuel cell) at inlet 1; released gases pass through successive resonant cavities (2, 3, etc.) arranged in series or parallel, with each stage c...
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The first-stage fuel gas mixture produced by the water fuel cell contains elemental hydrogen and oxygen plus formerly dissolved/entrapped atmospheric gases such as nitrogen and argon, which were disso...
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The voltage applied to the water fuel cell determines the rate of breakdown of the water molecule into its atomic (hydrogen and oxygen) components.
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Once the resonance frequency is identified, gas output from the water fuel cell is varied by adjusting the applied pulse voltage, pulse shape, amplitude, or pulse train sequence of the initial pulsing...
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An electrolyte is not added to the water; in the process, electrons are extracted from the water bath but are not consumed nor introduced into the water bath by the circuit, distinguishing it from con...
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Under pulsed excitation, the water confined between the capacitor plates takes on an electrical charge via a step-charging phenomenon; voltage continually increases to about 1000 volts and more, causi...
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The text cites natural water as having a dielectric constant of 78.54 at 20°C and 1 atm pressure (per CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics), which determines the capacitance of the water capacitor al...
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Resonance in the circuit of FIG. 2 was achieved at a 26 volt applied pulse to the primary coil of the toroid at 10 KHz, causing the water molecules to disassociate into hydrogen and oxygen along with...
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In Example I, the water capacitor of the fuel cell consisted of two concentric cylinders 4 inches long; the outside cylinder was 0.75 inch OD, the inner cylinder was 0.5 inch OD, with a spacing of 0.0...