Re: Regarding Sonoluminescence

Ken Carrigan ( (no email) )
Mon, 9 Feb 1998 17:01:23 -0500

Jer,
>If you could cohere these bubbles into a stream, you should be able to
>transfer at least a part of those tremendous temperatures (I seem to
>recall 6000 F.?) to maybe produce or direct power using a thermoelectric
>converter.

<<snip>>

>....Huffman said at a conference a couple of years ago
>that he could easily win the $1700 KeelyNet O/U prize if their machine
>output was converted to electricity.....hmm...but the point was a zpe
>tap, maybe another prize? They sell the machines as 'high efficiency'
>heaters....no one will say o/u, just word games with C.O.P. (coefficient
>of performance) as used in thermodynamics.

OK, so if I can produce steam or vapor pressure from water,dueterium
and accoustics then use this process in an engine to power a generator
and produce electricity AND self power the accoustic transducers, would
this then win the $1700 prize?

v/r Ken Carrigan

PS I could spend a little more $$ on the experiment if I thought it could
win some award and have some promising affects.... (-: