Pulsed electron jump generator
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1. A gas-phase-reactant-pulsed electric generator, comprising:
- an emitter having at least a reaction surface, the emitter operable to emit hot electrons in pulses into the reaction surface to initiate chemical reactions,a reaction region surrounding the emitter operable to contain the chemical reactions initiated on the reaction surface, the chemical reactions producing highly vibrationally excited products; and
a collector near the reaction region, the collector comprising at least a conductor whose first surface is in contact with a reaction region that is completely or partly enclosed by the first surface and whose second surface is in contact with a semiconductor, the thickness of the conductor from the first surface to the second surface being sufficiently thin to permit hot electrons emitted from highly vibrationally excited products to the conductor to travel through the conductor into the semiconductor, charging the semiconductor to a useful forward bias that is converted into electrical energy.
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Abstract
A device and method for stimulating pulsed chemical reactions in a small volume of gaseous reactants. An emitter stimulates the reactions of a fuel oxidizer mixture and a collector converts the vibrational energy of the resulting products into useful energy. The device may also include a reaction region, a collector, and reactants such as fuel and oxidizer. In one embodiment, air including exhausts is made to flow into and out of the reaction region, and fuel is made to flow into the reaction region. The device may be configured in several geometries, including but not limited to, a V-channel, a box and a plane.
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1. A gas-phase-reactant-pulsed electric generator, comprising:
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an emitter having at least a reaction surface, the emitter operable to emit hot electrons in pulses into the reaction surface to initiate chemical reactions, a reaction region surrounding the emitter operable to contain the chemical reactions initiated on the reaction surface, the chemical reactions producing highly vibrationally excited products; and a collector near the reaction region, the collector comprising at least a conductor whose first surface is in contact with a reaction region that is completely or partly enclosed by the first surface and whose second surface is in contact with a semiconductor, the thickness of the conductor from the first surface to the second surface being sufficiently thin to permit hot electrons emitted from highly vibrationally excited products to the conductor to travel through the conductor into the semiconductor, charging the semiconductor to a useful forward bias that is converted into electrical energy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A device for extracting a net excess of useful work, comprising:
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an emitter having at least a reaction surface, the emitter operable to emit hot electrons in pulses into the reaction surface to initiate chemical reactions, a reaction region surrounding the emitter operable to contain the chemical reactions initiated on the reaction surface, the chemical reactions producing highly vibrationally excited products; and a collector near the reaction region, comprising at least a conductor whose first surface is in contact with a reaction region that is completely or partly enclosed by the first surface and whose second surface is in contact with a semiconductor, the thickness of the conductor from the first surface to the second surface being sufficiently thin to permit hot electrons emitted from highly vibrationally excited products to the conductor to travel through the conductor into the semiconductor, charging the semiconductor to a useful forward bias that is converted into electrical energy, the dimension of the reaction region being such that a distance from a geometric center of the reaction region to a nearest collector surface is less than three times an energy diffusion length of the highly vibrationally excited reaction products.
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