PRACTICAL CONVERSION OF ZERO-POINT ENERGY

1 PRACTICAL CONVERSION OF ZERO-POINT ENERGY FEASIBILITY STUDY OF ZERO-POINT ENERGY EXTRACTION FROM THE QUANTUM VACUUM FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF USEFUL WORK Now with Vacuum Engineer s Toolkit Table 3 p. 74 Revised Edition, 2005 By Thomas Valone, , Drawing courtesy of Science News Integrity Research Institute 5020 Sunnyside Ave, Suite 209 Beltsville MD 20705 1 PRACTICAL CONVERSION OF ZERO-POINT ENERGY Feasibility Study of ZERO-POINT ENERGY Extraction from the Quantum Vacuum for the Performance of Useful Work Thomas Valone, PhD, PE ISBN 0-9641070-8-2 Copyright 2003 Thomas Valone Second Edition, 2004 Third Edition, 2005 Integrity Research Institute, 5020 Sunnyside Avenue - Suite 209, Beltsville MD 20705 Phone 301-220-0440, 800-295-7674 A nonprofit 501(c)

2 3 organization This study is also summarized in a 90-minute lecture & slide presentation on DVD from the Institute for New ENERGY Conference, Salt Lake City, 2004, zero Point ENERGY Extraction from the Quantum Vacuum. The IRI #821 is DVD only and $10 off for owners of this study when you order online or by phone to Integrity Research Institute. Alternatively, Lost Arts Media (800-952-LOST) has either VHS or DVD of the Valone lecture on ZERO-POINT ENERGY from 2004. The first edition of this study was a dissertation presented to the faculty of the School of General Engineering at Kennedy-Western University in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in General Engineering on September 30, 2003.

3 Order ZERO-POINT ENERGY : The Fuel of the Future a popular book for everyone by Dr. Valone 2 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF 3 PREFACE to Revised Edition .. 5 CHAPTER 1 - 6 ZERO-POINT ENERGY Issues .. 6 Fluctuation-Dissipation 11 Statement of the Problem .. 12 Purpose of the Study ..13 Importance of the Study .. 13 Rationale of the Study ..15 Definition of Terms .. 15 Overview of the Study ..16 CHAPTER 2 - Review of Related Literature .. 17 Historical Perspectives .. 17 Casimir Predicts a Measurable ZPE 18 Ground State of Hydrogen is Sustained by 19 Lamb Shift Caused by ZPE .. 19 Experimental 20 ZPE Patent 20 ZPE and Sonoluminescence .. 21 Gravity and Inertia Related to ZPE.

4 22 Heat from Summary .. 23 CHAPTER 3 - Approach .. 24 What is a Feasibility Study?.. 24 Data Gathering Method .. 25 Database Selected for 25 Analysis of 25 Validity of Data .. 25 Uniqueness and Limitations of the 25 Summary .. 26 CHAPTER 4 - Analysis ..27 Introduction to Vacuum 27 Electromagnetic ZERO-POINT ENERGY Converter .. 27 Microsphere ENERGY 31 4 Nanosphere ENERGY Scatterers .. 35 Picosphere ENERGY Resonators .. 37 Quantum Femtosphere Amplifiers .. 40 Deuteron 42 Electron 43 Casimir Force Electricity 44 Cavity QED Controls Vacuum 47 Spatial Squeezing of the 48 Focusing Vacuum 49 Stress Enhances Casimir Deflection .. 49 Casimir Force Geometry 50 Vibrating Cavity Photon 53 Fluid Dynamics of the Quantum 54 Quantum Coherence Accesses Single Heat Bath.

5 56 Thermodynamic Brownian Motors .. 58 Transient Fluctuation 61 Power CONVERSION of Thermal 62 Rectifying Thermal Noise with Ratchets .. 63 Ferrofluid Thermal RecifierTorque 64 Rectifying Thermal Electric 65 Quantum Brownian Nonthermal Recifiers without Ratchets .. 65 zero Point ENERGY Corresponds to Dark ENERGY .. 67 Vacuum Field Amplification .. 67 CHAPTER 5 - Summary, Conclusions and 68 Summary .. 68 Electromagnetic 68 Mechanical Casimir Force 70 Fluid Dynamics ..70 Thermodynamic 70 Conclusions ..72 73 Table 3 - Vacuum Engineer s 74 FIGURE CREDITS .. 76 REFERENCES .. 79 5 PREFACE to Revised Edition Today this country faces a destabilizing dependency on irreplaceable fossil fuels which are also rapidly dwindling.

6 As shortages of oil and natural gas occur with more frequency, the New ENERGY Crisis is now heralded in the news However, an alternate source of ENERGY that can replace fossil fuels has not been reliably demonstrated. A real need exists for a portable source of power that can compete with fossil fuel and its ENERGY density. A further need exists on land, in the air, and in space, for a fueless source of power which, by definition, does not require re-fueling. The future freedom, and quite possibly the future survival, of mankind depend on the utilization of such a source of ENERGY , if it exists. However, ubiquitous ZERO-POINT ENERGY is known to exist.

7 Yet, none of the world s physicists or engineers are participating in any national or international ENERGY development project, such as advocated by the Apollo Alliance, that would extend beyond nuclear power. It is painfully obvious that ZERO-POINT ENERGY does not appear to most scientists as the robust source of ENERGY worth developing. Therefore, an aim of this study is to provide a clear understanding of the basic principles of the only known candidate for a limitless, fueless source of power: ZERO-POINT ENERGY . Another purpose is to look at the feasibility of various ENERGY CONVERSION methods that are realistically available to modern engineering, including emerging nanotechnology, for the possible use of ZERO-POINT ENERGY .

8 To accomplish these proposed aims, a review of the literature is provided, which focuses on the major, scientific discoveries about the properties of ZERO-POINT ENERGY and the quantum vacuum. Central to this approach is the discerning interpretation of primarily physics publications in the light of mechanical, nuclear, thermal, electronic and electrical engineering techniques. Applying an engineering analysis to the ZERO-POINT ENERGY literature places more emphasis the PRACTICAL potential for its ENERGY CONVERSION , especially in view of recent advances in nanotechnology. With primary reference to the works of H. B. G. Casimir, Frank Mead, Fabrizio Pinto, and Peter Milonni, key principles for the proposed extraction of ENERGY for useful work are identified and analyzed.

9 These principles fall into the thermodynamic, fluidic, mechanical, and electromagnetic areas of primary, forcelike quantities that apply to all ENERGY systems. A search of ZERO-POINT ENERGY literature reveals that these principles also apply to the quantum level. Chapter 4 begins the Analysis section with the Frank Mead patent as the Electromagnetic ZERO-POINT ENERGY Converter from pages 27 44. The rest of the examples are much more brief, such as the Pinto patent Casimir Force Electricity Generator analysis from pages 44 50. Though the Mead analysis contains valuable comparisons of four different sphere sizes, it is the most technical physics in the study and may be skipped over for the first reading through, without loss of continuity.

10 The most feasible modalities for the PRACTICAL CONVERSION of ZERO-POINT ENERGY into useful work, such as the fluctuation-driven transport of an electron ratchet, the quantum Brownian nonthermal rectifiers, and the Photo-Carnot engine are also explored in more detail. One-liner, boldface key sentences appear throughout the study for emphasis of the most important discoveries in the field. Specific suggestions for further research in this area conclude this feasibility study with a detailed section devoted to summary, conclusions and recommendations. For a less technical overview, my ZPE lecture DVD is highly recommended as well as the forthcoming book, ZERO-POINT ENERGY : the Fuel of the Future.