PRACTICAL CONVERSION OF ZERO-POINT ENERGY FEASIBILITY STUDY OF ZERO-POINT ENERGY EXTRACTION FROM THE QUANTUM VACUUM FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF USEFUL WORK Now with “Vacuum Engineer’s Toolkit” – Table 3 – p. 74 Revised Edition, 2005 By Thomas Valone, Ph.D., P.E. Drawing courtesy of Science News Integrity Research Institute 5020 Sunnyside Ave, Suite 209 Beltsville MD 20705 1 PRACTICAL CONVERSION OF ZERO-POINT ENERGY Feasibility Study of Zero-Point Energy Extraction from the Quantum Vacuum for the Performance of Useful Work Thomas Valone, PhD, PE ISBN 0-9641070-8-2 Copyright © 2003 Thomas Valone Second Edition, 2004 Third Edition, 2005 Integrity Research Institute, 5020 Sunnyside Avenue - Suite 209, Beltsville MD 20705 Phone 301-220-0440, 800-295-7674 A nonprofit 501(c)3 organization www.IntegrityResearchInstitute.org This study is also summarized in a 90-minute lecture & slide presentation on DVD from the Institute for New Energy Conference, Salt Lake City, 2004, “Zero Point Energy Extraction from the Quantum Vacuum.” The IRI #821 is DVD only and $10 off for owners of this study when you order online or by phone to Integrity Research Institute. Alternatively, Lost Arts Media (800-952-LOST) has either VHS or DVD of the Valone lecture on zero-point energy from 2004. The first edition of this study was a dissertation presented to the faculty of the School of General Engineering at Kennedy-Western University in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in General Engineering on September 30, 2003. Order Zero-Point Energy: The Fuel of the Future – a popular book for everyone by Dr. Valone 2 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS............................................................................................................. 3 PREFACE to Revised Edition.................................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER 1 - Introduction....................................................................................................... 6 Zero-Point Energy Issues ................................................................................................... 6 Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem...................................................................................... 11 Statement of the Problem................................................................................................. 12 Purpose of the Study ........................................................................................................ 13 Importance of the Study ................................................................................................... 13 Rationale of the Study ...................................................................................................... 15 Definition of Terms ........................................................................................................... 15 Overview of the Study ...................................................................................................... 16 CHAPTER 2 - Review of Related Literature ............................................................................ 17 Historical Perspectives ..................................................................................................... 17 Casimir Predicts a Measurable ZPE Effect....................................................................... 18 Ground State of Hydrogen is Sustained by ZPE............................................................... 19 Lamb Shift Caused by ZPE .............................................................................................. 19 Experimental ZPE............................................................................................................. 20 ZPE Patent Review .......................................................................................................... 20 ZPE and Sonoluminescence ............................................................................................ 21 Gravity and Inertia Related to ZPE................................................................................... 22 Heat from ZPE.................................................................................................................. 22 Summary .......................................................................................................................... 23 CHAPTER 3 - Methodology..................................................................................................... 24 Approach .......................................................................................................................... 24 What is a Feasibility Study?.............................................................................................. 24 Data Gathering Method .................................................................................................... 25 Database Selected for Analysis........................................................................................ 25 Analysis of Data................................................................................................................ 25 Validity of Data ................................................................................................................. 25 Uniqueness and Limitations of the Method....................................................................... 25 Summary .......................................................................................................................... 26 CHAPTER 4 - Analysis............................................................................................................ 27 Introduction to Vacuum Engineering................................................................................. 27 Electromagnetic Zero-Point Energy Converter ................................................................. 27 Microsphere Energy Collectors......................................................................................... 31 4 Nanosphere Energy Scatterers ........................................................................................ 35 Picosphere Energy Resonators........................................................................................ 37 Quantum Femtosphere Amplifiers.................................................................................... 40 Deuteron Femtosphere..................................................................................................... 42 Electron Femtosphere ...................................................................................................... 43 Casimir Force Electricity Generator.................................................................................. 44 Cavity QED Controls Vacuum Fluctuations ...................................................................... 47 Spatial Squeezing of the Vacuum..................................................................................... 48 Focusing Vacuum Fluctuations......................................................................................... 49 Stress Enhances Casimir Deflection ................................................................................ 49 Casimir Force Geometry Design ...................................................................................... 50 Vibrating Cavity Photon Emission..................................................................................... 53 Fluid Dynamics of the Quantum Vacuum ......................................................................... 54 Quantum Coherence Accesses Single Heat Bath ............................................................ 56 Thermodynamic Brownian Motors .................................................................................... 58 Transient Fluctuation Theorem......................................................................................... 61 Power Conversion of Thermal Fluctuations...................................................................... 62 Rectifying Thermal Noise with Ratchets ........................................................................... 63 Ferrofluid Thermal RecifierTorque Engine........................................................................ 64 Rectifying Thermal Electric Noise..................................................................................... 65 Quantum Brownian Nonthermal Recifiers without Ratchets ............................................. 65 Zero Point Energy Corresponds to Dark Energy .............................................................. 67 Vacuum Field Amplification .............................................................................................. 67 CHAPTER 5 - Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations............................................... 68 Summary .......................................................................................................................... 68 Electromagnetic Conversion............................................................................................. 68 Mechanical Casimir Force Conversion ............................................................................. 70 Fluid Dynamics................................................................................................................. 70 Thermodynamic Conversion............................................................................................. 70 Conclusions.....................................................................................................................