| abstract |
The present invention provides a solid fuel power source that provides at least one of heat and electricity, such as direct electricity or thermoelectricity, and powers a power system comprising: (i) at least one reaction cell for catalytic atomic hydrogen to form hydrinos; (ii) a chemical fuel mixture comprising at least two components selected from the group consisting of a source of H2O catalyst or a source of H2O catalyst, a source of atomic hydrogen or atomic hydrogen used to form the source of H2O catalyst or a H2O catalyst and a source of atomic hydrogen or a reactant of atomic hydrogen, one or more reactants for initiating the catalysis of the atomic hydrogen and a material that renders the solid fuel highly conductive; (iii) at least one An electrode that confines the fuel, and a power supply that provides short pulses of low voltage, high current electrical energy to initiate the fast kinetics of the hydrino reaction and the energy gain due to the formation of hydrinos; (iv) a product recovery system, such as a condenser (v) a heavy duty system; (vi) at least one of a hydration system, a thermal system, a chemical system and an electrochemical system for regenerating the fuel from the reaction products; heat of reaction for kinetics; (viii) energy conversion systems, which may comprise direct plasma-to-electric converters, such as plasma power converters, magnetohydrodynamic converters, electromagnetic direct (cross-field or drift) converters, direct conversion converters and charge-drift converters, or thermo-electric energy converters, such as Rankine-type or Brayton-type power plants. |