Moin Jeff! The rotary cavitation device is still a very interesting machine, in my opinion. I think that it would make a dandy subcritical neutron generator, ala Jones Beene. It would bring the cost down to under 20K per unit as opposed to 500K. It can be used for many, many other things as well, of course.
I do remember your plans to build one, and if I remember correctly, your idea for the shaft seal was the major problem with your design. You need to be able to be able to build a certain amount of pressure inside the device for it to work properly. For about seven years I did not have the money to work on the device, myself. I have the money now actually, but no time. I do plan to get back to it eventually, but I am currently working another one of those 24/7 jobs. I have had 2 days off in the last 11 months, and whenever I mention the vacation word to my boss, he laughs, and says "Sure! Next Year!". He's a real funny guy. I am looking around for a job that lets me eat, sleep, go to the bathroom, take showers, take days off, vacations, etc., without interruption. Anyway, that is the state of that. If you or anyone else is interested in developing the cavitation device further, I will be glad to assist as my time permits. All of my work or ideas however, will be publically posted so that they are in the public domain. Knuke Am Donnerstag, 12. Mai 2005 14:34 schrieb revtec: > Hey Knuke, > > I have a question for you. What ever happened to your experiment with the > run away plexiglass cavitating turbine. That was a really interesting > article in IE about ten years ago. So interesting that at that time I > attempted to approximate in steel what you did in plastic. I'm sure Mike > Carrell would chide me for not duplicating your machine exactly, but that's > just the way I am. After all, your version melted, and I didn't want that > to happen to me. I put about a thousand bucks into it without getting any > notable results. (That on top of a few thousand into PAGD.) > Not long after that, I spent a hundred dollars on refrigerator magnets a la > Greg Watson. > > I met Gene Mallove twice and spoke to him numerous times on the phone. He > was a bit dismayed when I called once to cancel my subscription to IE. He > said, "don't you like the magazine?" I said, " Sure I do. I just can't > afford it any more because I keep trying to build this stuff." > > Back to the turbine. Perhaps a lot of info was posted years ago and I > missed it. Could someone fill me in? > > Jeff
