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(19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub 111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 us 20200002828Al (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2020/0002828 At MILLS (43) Pub. Date: Jan. 2, 2020 (54) ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION Publication Classification SYSTEMS AND METHODS REGARDING (51) Int. Cl. SAME e25B 13104 (2006.01) H05H 1124 (2006.01) (71) Applicant: BRILLIANT LIGHT POWER, INC., HOlL 3110725 (2006.01) Cranbury, NJ (US) HOlL 3110735 (2006.01) H02S 40132 (2006.01) (72) Inventor: RANDELL L. MILLS, CRANBURY, H02S 40138 (2006.01) NJ (US) H02S 40122 (2006.01) H02S 40142 (2006.01) (73) Assignee: BRILLIANT LIGHT POWER, INC., e25B 1104 (2006.01) CRANBURY, NJ (US) (52) U.S. Cl. CPC ............... e25B 13104 (2013.01); H05H 1124 (21) Appl. No.: 16/567,689 (2013.01); HOlL 3110725 (2013.01); HOlL 3110735 (2013.01); H05H 2277/13 (2013.01); (22) Filed: Sep. 11, 2019 H02S 40138 (2014.12); H02S 40122 (2014.12); H02S 40142 (2014.12); e25B 1104 (2013.01); Related U.S. Application Data H02S 40132 (2014.12) (63) Continuation of application No. 15/314,196, filed on (57) ABSTRACT Nov. 28, 2016, now Pat. No. 10,443,139, filed as A solid or liquid fuel to plasma to electricity power source application No. PCTlUS2015/033165 on May 29, that provides at least one of electrical and thermal power 2015. comprising (i) at least one reaction cell for the catalysis of (60) Provisional application No. 62/004,883, filed on May atomic hydrogen to form hydrinos, (ii) a chemical fuel 29, 2014, provisional application No. 62/012,193, mixture comprising at least two components chosen from: a source of H 0 catalyst or H 0 catalyst; a source of atomic filed on Jun. 13, 2014, provisional application No. 2 2 hydrogen or atomic hydrogen; reactants to form the source 62/016,540, filed on Jun. 24, 2014, provisional appli­ of H2 0 catalyst or H2 0 catalyst and a source of atomic cation No. 62/021,699, filed on Jul. 7, 2014, provi­ hydrogen or atomic hydrogen; one or more reactants to sional application No. 62/023,586, filed on Jul. 11, initiate the catalysis of atomic hydrogen; and a material to 2014, provisional application No. 62/026,698, filed cause the fuel to be highly conductive, (iii) a fuel injection on Jul. 20, 2014, provisional application No. 62/037, system such as a railgun shot injector, (iv) at least one set of 152, filed on Aug. 14, 2014, provisional application electrodes that confine the fuel and an electrical power No. 62/041,026, filed on Aug. 22, 2014, provisional source that provides repetitive short bursts of low-voltage, application No. 62/058,844, filed on Oct. 2, 2014, high-current electrical energy to initiate rapid kinetics of the hydrino reaction and an energy gain due to forming hydrinos provisional application No. 62/068,592, filed on Oct. to form a brilliant-light emitting plasma, (v) a product 24, 2014, provisional application No. 62/083,029, recovery system such as at least one of an augmented plasma filed on Nov. 21, 2014, provisional application No. railgun recovery system and a gravity recovery system, (vi) 62/087,234, filed on Dec. 4, 2014, provisional appli­ a fuel pelletizer or shot maker comprising a smelter, a source cation No. 62/092,230, filed on Dec. 15, 2014, pro­ or hydrogen and a source of H2 0, a dripper and a water bath visional application No. 62/113,211, filed on Feb. 6, to form fuel pellets or shot, and an agitator to feed shot into 2015, provisional application No. 621141,079, filed the injector, and (vii) a power converter capable of convert­ on Mar. 31,2015, provisional application No. 621149, ing the high-power light output of the cell into electricity 501, filed on Apr. 17, 2015, provisional application such as a concentrated solar power device comprising a No. 621159,230, filed on May 9, 2015, provisional plurality of ultraviolet (UV) photoelectric cells or a plurality application No. 621165,340, filed on May 22, 2015. of photoelectric cells, and a UV window. US 2020/0002828 Al Jan. 2, 2020 1 ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION [0006] In one embodiment, the present disclosure is SYSTEMS AND METHODS REGARDING directed to a power system that generates at least one of SAME electrical energy and thermal energy comprising: [0007] at least one vessel capable of a pressure of below CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED atmospheric; APPLICATIONS [0008] shot comprising reactants, the reactants compris­ ing: [0001] This application is a continuation application of, [0009] a) at least one source of catalyst or a catalyst and claims priority under 35 U.S.c. § 120 to U.S. applica­ comprising nascent H20; tion Ser. No. 15/314,196, filed on Nov. 28, 2016, which is a [0010] b) at least one source of H20 or H20; national stage entry under 35 U.S.c. § 371 ofPCT Interna­ [0011] c) at least one source of atomic hydrogen or tional Application No.: PCTIUS2015/033165, filed May 29, atomic hydrogen; and 2012, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Appli­ [0012] d) at least one of a conductor and a conductive cation Nos. 62/004,883, filed May 29, 2014; 62/012,193, matrix; filed Jun. 13,2014; 62/016,540, filed Jun. 24, 2014; 62/021, [0013] at least one shot injection system comprising at 699, filed Jul. 7, 2014; 62/023,586, filed Jul. 11, 2014; least one augmented rail gun, wherein the augmented 62/026,698, filed Jul. 20, 2014; 62/037,152, filed Aug. 14, rail gun comprises separated electrified rails and mag­ 2014; 62/041,026, filed Aug. 22, 2014; 62/058,844, filed nets that produce a magnetic field perpendicular to the Oct. 2, 2014; 62/068,592, filed Oct. 24, 2014; 62/083,029, plane of the rails, and the circuit between the rails is filed Nov. 21, 2014; 62/087,234, filed Dec. 4, 2012; 62/092, open until closed by the contact of the shot with the 230, filed Dec. 15, 2014, 621113,211, filed Feb. 6, 2015; rails; 621141,079, filed Mar. 31, 2015; 621149,501, filed Apr. 17, [0014] at least one ignition system to cause the shot to 2015; 621159,230, filed May 9, 2015 and 621165,340, filed form at least one oflight-emitting plasma and thermal­ May 22, 2015. emitting plasma, at least one ignition system compris­ ing: SUMMARY [0015] a) at least one set of electrodes to confine the shot; and [0002] The present disclosure relates to the field of power [0016] b) a source of electrical power to deliver a generation and, in particular, to systems, devices, and meth­ short burst of high-current electrical energy; ods for the generation of power. More specifically, embodi­ [0017] wherein the at least one set of electrodes form ments of the present disclosure are directed to power gen­ an open circuit, wherein the open circuit is closed by eration devices and systems, as well as related methods, the injection of the shot to cause the high current to which produce optical power, plasma, and thermal power flow to achieve ignition, and the source of electrical and produces electrical power via an optical to electric power to deliver a short burst of high-current elec­ power converter, plasma to electric power converter, photon trical energy comprises at least one of the following: to electric power converter, or a thermal to electric power [0018] a voltage selected to cause a high AC, DC, converter. In addition, embodiments of the present disclo­ or anAC-DC mixture of current that is in the range sure describe systems, devices, and methods that use the of at least one of 100 A to 1,000,000 A, 1 kA to ignition of a water or water-based fuel source to generate 100,000 A, 10 kA to 50 kA; optical power, mechanical power, electrical power, andlor [0019] a DC or peak AC current density in the thermal power using photovoltaic power converters. These range of at least one of 100 Alcm2 to 1,000,000 and other related embodiments are described in detail in the Alcm2, 1000 Alcm2 to 100,000 Alcm2, and 2000 present disclosure. Alcm2 to 50,000 Alcm2; [0003] Power generation can take many forms, harnessing [0020] the voltage is determined by the conductiv­ the power from plasma. Successful commercialization of ity of the solid fuel or energetic material wherein plasma may depend on power generation systems capable of the voltage is given by the desired current times efficiently forming plasma and then capturing the power of the resistance of the solid fuel or energetic mate­ the plasma produced. rial sample; [0004] Plasma may be formed during ignition of certain [0021] the DC or peak AC voltage is in the range fuels. These fuels can include water or water-based fuel of at least one of 0.1 V to 500 kV, 0.1 V to 100 kV, source. During ignition, a plasma cloud of electron-stripped and 1 V to 50 kY, and atoms is formed, and high optical power may be released. [0022] the AC frequency is in range of at least one of The high optical power of the plasma can be harnessed by 0.1 Hz to 10 GHz, 1 Hz to 1 MHz, 10 Hz to 100 kHz, an electric converter of the present disclosure. The ions and and 100 Hz to 10 kHz. excited state atoms can recombine and undergo electronic [0023] a system to recover reaction products of the relaxation to emit optical power. The optical power can be reactants comprising at least one of gravity and an converted to electricity with photovoltaics.
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