Pay attention at this: " Experiments directly confirm for the first time that this behavior continues beyond the conventional limit of unity electrical-to-optical power conversion efficiency."
It is above the conventional, not that it produces energy out of nothing. This is just a way of saying that it exceeded expectation of light emission for a LED. 2012/2/28 Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> > Did you ever think you would hear MIT bragging about overunity? > Thermoelectrically Pumped Light-Emitting Diodes Operating > above Unity Efficiency > <http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.097403> > Parthiban Santhanam, Dodd Joseph Gray, Jr., and Rajeev J. > Ram > Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 097403 (2012) > <http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.097403> Published > February > 27, 2012 > > Physicists have known for decades that, in principle, a > semiconductor device can emit more light power than it consumes > electrically. Experiments published in Physical Review Letters finally > demonstrate this in practice, though at a small scale. > > It is clear that the "Joule thief" and "Joule ringer" experiments that > pepper the internet can produce more light from LEDs than should be > available from the electrical input. The best I have seen is 50 uwatts > going > in to light an LED (that's micro- not milli-). This is 1000 times lower > than > the DC rating. > > If you have been around Vortex for a while you may remember 5-6 years ago > there was a vocal proponent of using Silicon chip-making equipment > (microlithography) to fabricate a dedicated ambient-to-electric converter - > the so-called giga-diode TEG array. A interesting fellow named Charles M. > Brown, from Hawaii, was the major proponent of this. > > He seems to have faded from view around 2007 but he claimed to have a "fab" > lined up to produce such an array. His patent goes pack 37 years. In his > last postings, he said this was to be GaAs or GaSb and have several billion > diodes. He was going to enter this device in the Virgin alternative energy > competition and according to this message - he did arrange to have a few > produced. This is an interesting thread but the output is low. Apparently > this is Paul Lowrance's site (former vortician) > > http://www.globalfreeenergy.info/2009/06/18/new-diode-setup-plans/ > > There is old info up on Sterling Allan's site (with Brown's patent > reference), but it seems to have not been updated in a while: > > > http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Charles_M._Brown%27s_Thermal_Electric > _Chip > > Jones > > > BTW- Lowrance adds, "Low leakage *undisturbed* diodes typically produce 0.2 > to 0.5 volts DC. Piezos typically produce 1 to 7 volts DC. The key is in > not > disturbing the diode. The effect is extremely sensitive. Once disturbed, > the > passive component can take weeks to months to recover. > > [why should "undisturbed" matter? Does making a connection to ZPE require > some kind of local stability?] > > The effect has baffled some of the best academic scientists. The unknown > effect appears to be based on E-fields, and nothing to do with diode > rectification. Within the diode is an intense E-field at the junction. > Passive piezo elements have an intense internal E-field. Tests replicated > by > numerous academic scientists clearly show that highly shielded (both > electrical and thermal) and undisturbed piezos produce DC voltage, and > current when loaded. > > This effect is seen in various types of diodes and piezo elements. Low > leakage components are recommended for best results. Experiments were > conducted in rural areas, under-ground, up to three layers of metal > shielding, in oil baths, up to 2 feet of thermal insulation. Dozens of > different types of meters were used, including 100% passive tests void of > all power & active components. > > > -- Daniel Rocha - RJ danieldi...@gmail.com
