Plasma cars Entrepreneur and scientist Randell Mills hopes to debut a plasma automobile engine in California, which has a more aggressive emissions-reduction program than most states.
The invention would rely on his claim to have unleashed energy by "shrinking" the hydrogen atom's electron orbit down to form what he calls a "hydrino."
The engine would use hydrogen extracted from water to generate a hydrino plasma. Mills explained that the extreme-ultraviolet light produced by hydrino transitions rips electrons away from protons to form an energy plasma. An existing technology called a "gyrotron" turns plasmas into microwaves, which are directly convertible into electricity.
"The engine would be a net source of energy, unlike fuel cells," Mills added. "It would produce at least 100 times the energy of burning hydrogen."
"Were convinced hes generating a plasma," said John Malloy of the engineering consulting firm NovaTech, Mills partner in the project. "We plan to get a gyrotron, or similar device, on to their shop floor in about four months, and I figure hell need a month or two to play with it, to adjust the microwave frequency, magnetic-field strength, electric initiation, catalyst and pressure. Hopefully our work will help BlackLight prove or disprove the existence of hydrinos," he said.
If it works, the desktop hydrino-gyrotron prototype could be adapted for cars, home generators and energy substations, Mills said.
Turbines would likely become obsolete and military aircraft would also be stealthier, with no significant heat trail for missiles to zero in on. Because the microwave frequency produced by the gyrotron can be focused to a millimeter (0.03-inch) wavelength, Mills said he has discussed with several companies eventually producing computer-mouse-sized devices to power personal electronics for a full year from a small vial of hydrogen.
Perhaps the sexiest application BlackLight is considering for the hyper-energetic hydrino plasma cells is cutting the number of satellites needed to maintain a wireless World Wide Web from over 200 weakly powered solar units to "about a half-dozen," Mills added.
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