VacuumBattery

(Concept) Foreword Changelog TODO Aboutthebattery Design#1 Containingthecharge Storingthecharge Releasingthecharge Tobeconsidered

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Foreword
Thisdocumentcurrentlyjustdescribesanideaofapossiblenewbattery.AsadreamerI imaginethebatterybeingabletoacquire,containandreleasethelargestchargesIknowof lightningandsuperfluouschargesfromwindpower(whichtomyknowledgearecurrentlya problemtocontain). Asanaivenonphysicist,forthemeantimenocalculationsareincluded.Iinviteanybodywho knowsmoreaboutthisareaofsciencetojoin,commentandeitherimprove,helpevolveor theoreticallydisprovetheconcept. Feelfreetoaskmeforwriteaccessandtellmewhyyouwantit.

1. Changelog
22November2013 AddeddrawingandmaxChargecalculationstoDesign#1 27October2011 AddedadescriptiontoDesign#1 18October2011 Initialization

2. TODO 3. Aboutthebattery
Sothebasicideaistogetridofanythinginsidethebattery(fluids,solids,etc.)thattakesup spacewecoulduse.Thebatteryisonlysupposedtocontainwhatweneedandthatschargei.e electrons.Todoso,beforestarting(theinitialstep)istoemptyacontainersothatitonly containsavacuum. Difficultiesmayarisewhen: storingthecharge Becausethebatteryissupposedtobeabletostoreanypossiblylargecharge,ofcourse storingit(gettingitintothecontainer)maybeaproblem. Whatmaterialshavetobeusedinthestoringprocess? Whichstoringprocessshouldbeused? containingthecharge Whatmaterials releasingthecharge Acontrolledreleasemightbeaproblem VacuumBatterybyMichaelJ.VogelislicensedunderaCreativeCommons AttributionShareAlike3.0UnportedLicense. 2

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(Concept) Inessence,qualityisabigissue.Thebatteryissupposedtobeabletobeusedinmanydevices (bigorsmall)andbymanypeople.Amongothersafewfactorswillbeimportant: Security Youdontwantthebatterytosuddenlyblowupinsomebodysface,releaseallitscharge atonce,createradiationofsomesortorbreakeasily. Efficiency Durability Thebattershouldbelonglivedandshouldntusematerialsthatslowlyreleasecharge (alsoanissueofsecurity)ordegradetoomuch(preferablynotatall)withcontinueduse.

Belowafewdesignideaswilldescribedandexplained.

4. Design#1

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a.

Containingthecharge

Thechargeissupposedtobecontainedinacylindricalcontainermadeof nonconductivematerial,thatinitiallycontainsavacuumandwhenfullychargedonly/ mostly(ideally)electrons.

b.

Storingthecharge

Storingthechargeistobeachievedusinganelectronbeamthatiscreatedononeendof thecontainer.Whatevercreatestheelectronbeamistobeknowninthecurrentmain chapterastheanode. Thebeamcouldbeintroducedintothecontainerataminimalangletowardstheinner wall,soastoreducethepossibilityofcreatingradiationwhenthebeamhitsthewall. Itcouldalsobeconsideredtousemagnetsthatdirectthebeaminaspiralintothetube withoutevertouchingthewall.

c.

Releasingthecharge

Thechargeistobereleasedbyattachingaconsumertothecathodetocreateaflowof electronsoutofthecathode.Thecathodeissituatedoppositethetheanode.

Tobeconsidered
Maximum,theoreticalcapacity Assumingthedesignworksfollowingfactorswouldhavetobeconsidered: 1. Volumeofthecontainer 2. Whenthenonconductivematerialcomposingandsurroundingthecontainer becomesconductivee.gassumingthatceramic,asthematerialcomposingthe container,neverbecomesconductiveandthatairsurroundsthebattery,atsome pointairdoesbecomeconductive(lightning). Using#1arudimentaryformulacouldbe: needed searched

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(Concept) containerV olume chargeP erElectron electronV olume calculation: chargeP erElectron = 1.6021765651019C minimumDistanceBetweenElectrons = 2.071011m electronSphereRadius = minimumDistanceBeteenElectrons = 1.035 1011m 2
3 33 electronV olume = 4 m 3 electronSphereRadius = 4.64419 10 olumne numberOfElectrons = containerV electronV olume

maxCharge

maxCharge = chargeP erElectron numberOfElectrons e.g containerV olume = 1l = 0.001m 0.001m numberOfElectrons =4.6441910 = 2.1532 1029 33 m maxCharge = 1.6021765651019C 2.1532 1029 = 3.4498514595656081048C Tobesecuretheadvised maxCharge shouldnotexceedthechargeneededto makenonconductivematerialconductive.

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