Homopolar generator idea

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Aspiring inventor here, of sorts. I have some questions. Posted this on another site but I think the forums are dead.

So, I was reading about this stuff. www dot dtic dot mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a094910.pdf

That with a switching mechanism, current could be directed from the disk into a primary winding, which would, using a switch, interrupt its own current over and over, creating a high voltage spike in a secondary winding.

What I'd like to know is, would it be practical to use a high voltage "voltage multiplier" (cockcroft-walton) to get static DC from the high voltage pulses? Would I need custom diodes and capacitors in order to achieve this? I'm thinking of using the biefeld-brown effect since the pulses will be over 50 kV, and I can use asymetrical capacitors pulsed with over 50 kv to generator thrust with each pulse in the direction of rotation.

This would be a Faraday disk generator that doesn't require brushes and generates it's own high voltage. Self excited. I am not the only one to think of this but I'm considering using the static DC to supply voltage/current from tungsten rods connected to the disk, in the form of a spark gap. So instead of brushes, it uses plasma contacts. There would need to be a timer probably, because it would generate a lot of heat. so it could only be static for so long, then switched off to cool down, and allow another Faraday Disk generator to take it's place. Suggestions?

Was also wondering if it would be possible to use the static DC generated from the multiplier and pulses to charge the Faraday disk itself. As in, have two disks, one positive and one negative.

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This is also a working variant.

Regards Arne

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From Science Exxience at YouTube you can learn a lot!

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Regards Arne

I believe it (voltage on the axle).
You could be interested in this related setup.
Pdf here.
Your setup is twice that one, provided that your axle is ferromagnetic.
For me, it's no more the Faraday disk principle.
It would be interesting to replace the axle with a non-ferromagnetic one, for instance aluminium. The effect should disappear or becoming very weak.

[seaad]

A quick test at the same speed.
Axis; a thin hollow brass.
In my post above. The voltage across was about 8 - 9 mV.

Regards Arne