Thermacore came very close to the big time when they were granted a patent for a solid state thermal diode. Hagelstein was one of the inventors. Yet another mystery in this field.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US6396191 Thermal diode for energy conversion Abstract Solid state thermionic energy converter semiconductor diode implementation and method for conversion of thermal energy to electric energy, and electric energy to refrigeration. In embodiments of this invention a highly doped n* region can serve as an emitter region, from which carriers can be injected into a gap region. The gap region can be p-type, intrinsic, or moderately doped n-type. A hot ohmic contact is connected to the n*-type region. A cold ohmic contact serves as a collector and is connected to the other side of the gap region. The cold ohmic contact has a recombination region formed between the cold ohmic contact and the gap region and a blocking compensation layer that reduces the thermoelectric back flow component. The heated emitter relative to the collector generates an EMF which drives current through a series load. The inventive principle works for hole conductivity, as well as for electrons. US6396191B1 United States <https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/f1/8f/1e/4a79d210c407a0/US6396191.pdf> InventorPeter L. Hagelstein <https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Peter+L.+Hagelstein>Yan R. Kucherov <https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Yan+R.+Kucherov> ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Application US09/721,051 events 1999-03-11 Priority to US12390099P 2000-11-22 Application filed by Eneco Inc <https://patents.google.com/?assignee=Eneco+Inc> 2002-05-28 Application granted 2002-05-28 Publication of US6396191B1 <https://patents.google.com/patent/US6396191B1/en> 2020-03-06 Anticipated expiration On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 10:53 AM Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > A neglected paper and fringe theory, which may stand up to closer > scrutiny, appeared last year from Romania. It addresses the Kervran effect > and the Mills hydrino with a vortex model somewhat reminiscent of the > recent "Berry" superconductor theory. > > https://medcraveonline.com/PAIJ/PAIJ-04-00204.pdf > > The Kervran effect has an overlooked connection to one of the most > convincing experiments ever in LENR, involving the company Thermacore, Inc > ... and their work with Randell Mills plus the eventual patent nearly 30 > years ago. The important paper from that era has been removed from the BLP > site: Thermacore, Inc. "Final Report, SBIR Phase I, Nascent Hydrogen: An > Energy Source." > > The Thermacore Patent, now expired, is 5,273,635 from 1993 Inventors: > Gernert, Shaubach, and Ernst Note: Randell Mills is NOT listed as > co-inventor. Nor did they mention the Kervran effect, but the did document > a characteristic emission line at 54.4 eV which Mills predicted. There was > no radioactivity. One wonders in hindsight if they would have found calcium > after the year long run, should they have looked. > > Another missed opportunity? > > Consider this quote from Thermacore: "Light water electrolytic experiments at > Thermacore show positive results. The most outstanding example is a cell > producing 41 watts of heat with only 5 watts of electrical input. The cell > has operated continuously for over one year..." That is a COP of 8, claimed > by experts. > > It bears repeating: THE CELL OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY FOR OVER ONE YEAR, and > remember, this statement is not coming from some fly-by-night self-promoting > entrepreneur, nor even university professors who are ignorant of > manufacturing realities - but instead it comes from one of the most > well-respected of high-tech firms in the World, in thermal engineering. This > is the firm which *invented the heat-pipe* and other related devices. > > Yet it all came to naught. Go figure. > > >
