"Charlie, Charlie, Charlie Brown" (sorry couldn't resist), why don't you just try this scheme with a single resistor and diode in a good Faraday cage rather than spamming us with it regularly?
Such a prototype wouldn't cost much compared to my Sterling engine + heat pump scheme ;-) Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles M. Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 2:07 AM Subject: [Vo]: Diode array 070304 > The Johnson noise produced in resistors is A.C. which > will have an average voltage of zero. A group of resistors > will have act like one equivalent resistor. Diodes in > consistent alignment parallel will conduct more Johnson > noise current and less voltage when the internal electrons > move from the cathode to the anode. A rectified residue of > Johnson noise power will be aggregated on the buss sheets > that merges the outputs of all the consistently aligned > diodes, The anodes connected to one buss and the cathodes > connected to a second buss. Aggregated D.C. power can be > tapped from the busses while an equivalent amount of > ambient thermal energy is absorbed. Last I heard, Paul > agrees with this design. IIRC Jones Beene rejects it > without comment, and I agree with Paul's further > deductions that a resistor / LED array would convert > ambient heat into light and Paul's other approach that a > ambient IR photocell would convert ambient heat into D.C. > electrical power where an extensive cathode would be the > negative terminal. I believe that the diode array is the > most practical method. I do not believe that lenses or > mirrors will concentrate ambient IR. > > I applied for Branson's prize without spelling out that > the way to use apply diode arrays to CO2 reduction would > be to use diode arrays as air conditioners in tropical > climates and use the resultant electrical power to > decompose CO2; I mentioned that air conditioners would > yield electrical power but I neglected to immediately tie > this attribute to CO2 decomposition. I mailed my > narritive in early Feb and have not received an > aknowlegement or reply. > > Aloha, > > Charlie >
