Electrical power generation systems and methods regarding same

{
  "publication_number": "US11230776B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Electrical power generation systems and methods regarding same",
  "abstract": "A solid or liquid fuel to plasma to electricity power source that provides at least one of electrical and thermal power comprising (i) at least one reaction cell for the catalysis of atomic hydrogen to form hydrinos, (ii) a chemical fuel mixture comprising at least two components chosen from: a source of H 2 O catalyst or H 2 O catalyst; a source of atomic hydrogen or atomic hydrogen; reactants to form the source of H 2 O catalyst or H 2 O catalyst and a source of atomic hydrogen or atomic hydrogen; one or more reactants to initiate the catalysis of atomic hydrogen; and a material to cause the fuel to be highly conductive, (iii) a fuel injection system such as a railgun shot injector, (iv) at least one set of electrodes that confine the fuel and an electrical power source that provides repetitive short bursts of low-voltage, high-current electrical energy to initiate rapid kinetics of the hydrino reaction and an energy gain due to forming hydrinos to form a brilliant-light emitting plasma, (v) a product recovery system such as at least one of an augmented plasma railgun recovery system and a gravity recovery system, (vi) a fuel pelletizer or shot maker comprising a smelter, a source or hydrogen and a source of H 2 O, a dripper and a water bath to form fuel pellets or shot, and an agitator to feed shot into the injector, and (vii) a power converter capable of converting the high-power light output of the cell into electricity such as a concentrated solar power device comprising a plurality of ultraviolet (UV) photoelectric cells or a plurality of photoelectric cells, and a UV window.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A method comprising: a) producing a voltage differential between a set of electrodes separated to form an open circuit; b) injecting a conductive material and H 2 O between said electrodes to close said open circuit and form a current and voltage across said conductive material; wherein said conductive material comprises metal and a metal oxide, and wherein the current and voltage in said closed circuit and conductive material is capable of initiating a plasma forming reaction when H 2 O is present as nascent molecules; c) collecting the products of said plasma forming reaction; d) regenerating said conductive material from said collected products; and e) loading said regenerated conductive material between said electrodes.",
    "2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the metal is Cu, Ni, Pb, Sb, Bi, Co, Cd, Ge, Au, Ir, Fe, Hg, Mo, Os, Pd, Re, Rh, Ru, Se, Ag, Tc, Te, Tl, Sn, W, Al, V, Zr, Ti, Mn, Zn, Cr, or In.",
    "3. A method comprising: a) producing a voltage differential between a set of electrodes separated to form an open circuit; b) injecting a conductive material and H 2 O between said electrodes to close said open circuit and form a current and voltage across said conductive material; wherein said conductive material comprises metal and a metal halide; and wherein the current and voltage in said closed circuit and conductive material is capable of initiating a plasma forming reaction when H 2 O is present as nascent molecules; c) collecting the products of said plasma forming reaction; d) regenerating said conductive material from said collected products; and e) loading said regenerated conductive material between said electrodes.",
    "4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the metal is Cu, Ni, Pb, Sb, Bi, Co, Cd, Ge, Au, Ir, Fe, Hg, Mo, Os, Pd, Re, Rh, Ru, Se, Ag, Tc, Te, Tl, Sn, W, Al, V, Zr, Ti, Mn, Zn, Cr, or In."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present disclosure relates to the field of power generation and, in particular, to systems, devices, and methods for the generation of power. More specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to power generation devices and systems, as well as related methods, which produce optical power, plasma, and thermal power and produces electrical power via an optical to electric power converter, plasma to electric power converter, photon to electric power converter, or a thermal to electric power converter. In addition, embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems, devices, and methods that use the ignition of a water or water-based fuel source to generate optical power, mechanical power, electrical power, and/or thermal power using photovoltaic power converters. These and other related embodiments are described in detail in the present disclosure.\n\nPower generation can take many forms, harnessing the power from plasma. Successful commercialization of plasma may depend on power generation systems capable of efficiently forming plasma and then capturing the power of the plasma produced.\n\nPlasma may be formed during ignition of certain fuels. These fuels can include water or water-based fuel source. During ignition, a plasma cloud of electron-stripped atoms is formed, and high optical power may be released. The high optical power of the plasma can be harnessed by an electric converter of the present disclosure. The ions and excited state atoms can recombine and undergo electronic relaxation to emit optical power. The optical power can be converted to electricity with photovoltaics.",
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    "H01L 31/0725",
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  "assignees": [
    "Brilliant Light Power Inc"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Randell L. Mills"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2019-09-11",
  "publication_date": "2022-01-25",
  "grant_date": "2022-01-25",
  "priority_date": "2014-05-29",
  "application_number": "US-201916567689-A",
  "family_id": "53488436",
  "cited_by_count": 12,
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