| abstract |
The present invention further provides a solid fuel power source that provides at least one of thermal power and power, such as direct or thermoelectric, and that powers a power system, the power system comprising (i) at least one reaction cell for catalyzing atomic hydrogen Forming a low energy hydrogen; (ii) a chemical fuel mixture comprising at least two components selected from the group consisting of H2O catalyst sources or H2O catalysts, atomic hydrogen sources or atomic hydrogen, to form the H2O catalyst source or H2O Catalyst and a source of atomic hydrogen or 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 group limiting the fuel An electrode, and a power source that provides short-time low-voltage, high-current electrical energy to initiate rapid kinetics of the low-energy hydrogen reaction and energy gain caused by the formation of low-energy hydrogen; (iv) a product recovery system, such as a condenser; (v) a reloading 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; (vii) a heat sink, which is connected Subject to heat from such power generation; (viii) power conversion system, which may include direct plasma-to-electrical converters, such as plasma power converters, magnetohydrodynamic converters, electromagnetic direct (cross-field or interleaved drift) Converters, direct converters and charge drift converters, or thermo-electric converters, such as Rankine or Brayton-type power plants. |