Is it possible that the spark required to break apart the molecules needed to inject the exact same amount of energy as that which is returned when they recombine? This might just be a technique that performs a high efficiency transfer of electrical energy into mechanical energy. That might have some uses since it would be similar to an electric motor, but operates with pressure instead of typical motor action.
Do you know of any applications for the direct conversion of electric energy into mechanical energy that would benefit with pressure as the active coupling force? Hum...maybe a new way to build something like a rail gun replacement. Just another wild idea to ponder. Most likely there would not be enough energy transferred to be of great use although direct heating of the gas by the electric current might enhance the power. Dave -----Original Message----- From: James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Thu, Dec 27, 2012 8:43 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Papp and Water The recombination of atomic hydrogen to diatomic hydrogen is notoriously exothermic. Why, then, is it reported that the gas temperature rises little if at all? On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 7:33 PM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> wrote: The discussion of Papp and his engine leads me to one question. Is it possible that the extra force that Russ, the video experimenter, obtained using hydrogen as the active gas was due to the dissociation of the hydrogen molecules into individual atoms? I suspect that the pressure must increase in such an environment due to the fact that there are more particles colliding. This may have been discussed previously, but the thought just came into my mind and I wanted to pass it on. Dave
