GIANT DRINKING BIRDS AND OVERUNITY

[magnetman12003]

I have been also looking at the Puskas engine which works on water with no corrosive chemicals.

Then this thought struck me.  We all know what a water wheel is.  Water flows over a wheel on one side and the wheel turns because that side is heavier than the other side.

Considering this: Say a wheel was made with many individual sponge pads all around its outer circumference. The sponge pads used would have to quickly absorb water. As well as shed water when the sponge is not in water.

This wheel needs to have a water pan on the right or left side of it at a 3 or 9 o'clock position with a water wick hanging out of it making contact with the large wheels circular sponge pattern.

When a sponge pad on the large wheel contacts the water wick coming out of the water pan there is a water transfer to the sponge.

The sponge pad becomes water heavy and drops down and the next pad in line receives the same treatment and does the same thing.  The wheel keeps turning as long as this repetitive action continues and water is kept in the water pan.

As the sponges on the large wheel come away from the water wick they start to drip dry and become lighter. By the time they reach the top of the wheel again they should have only residual moisture in them.

The end result is perpetual motion - Free Energy - using only water and gravity with this setup.

There is no need of rushing water over the wheel to operate it. Only a source of water to feed into the water cup when needed.

I am open for comments about this as it should work if the right sponge material is used.  Any ideas?

[vasik041]

The bird works as a regular heat engine: no work without temperature difference, no matter what kind of material involved inside: more temp difference causes this mechanism more efficient, less temp difference - less efficient, no temp difference - the bird stops its operation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_bird
http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/science-questions/question608.htm

Traditionaly "smart sceptic" guys forgot mention that "no temp difference" is a scientific abstraction which rarely seen in real life :-)

[Qwert]

Traditionaly "smart sceptic" guys forgot mention that "no temp difference" is a scientific abstraction which rarely seen in real life :-)

"Smart sceptic"? Do I say "it does not work"?

[vasik041]

"Smart sceptic"? Do I say "it does not work"?

No, you not. But overall impression from your post is that "it does not worth anything". 

[profitis]

For a solid-state bird you take a chunk of semiconductor eg Fe2S, shove a thin piece toilet paper soaked with ether or water on one side and get a continual thermo-potensi in microamp range