Patent # GB 763062 1kW Output 6 Million Amp Hour Battery HUGE!!!!

[triffid]

test,just want a link to back here.triffid

[exxcomm0n]

Ditto link to post and bump for the importance of more efficient batteries.

I wish this weren't radioactive and didn't need lead sheilding.

[kampen]

Just curious, somebody working / replicating this, if not, why?
Let me know.

[saintsnick]

Would love to take on yet Another project!  Problem.. Another!  Too many already! lol  Anyone else working on this?

-Saintsnick

[ZathEros]

I am intrigued  this.
It  alledgedly works on the fact that many elements in nature can absorb energy at one frequency and re-emit energy at a different frequency often at an over unity gain.

Reading thru the patent it sounds like the process is:
1) Charge tube with 300Mhz RF field for 15-30 seconds. (wattage unknown but in the 1950's UHF power was still pretty low)

2) After absorbing the RF energy, one of the compounds in the mixture changes state (probably the Cobalt) and becomes             radioactive  for about an hour.

3) During this period of radioactivity one of the compounds in the mixture  (probably the cadmium) absorbs some of the radiation and down converts into IR  energy (heat)

4) This excess heat drives the crude thermocouple in the tube producing our coveted D.C. current.

Sounds good so far, but I am not holding my breath.

It  wouldn't cost very much to try, I think.  As long as the NRC doesn't get involved. Its hard to put the genie back in the bottle sometimes.
There was a boy scout in michigan a few years back who was determined to solve America's energy crisis. They say his shed in the backyard glowed at night.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn