Lord Rayleigh patent 1946: Energy from gases after an electrical discharge

[Zephir]

Lord Rayleigh patent 1946: Surprising energy from gases after an electrical discharge. This patent goes well with famous Langmuir experiments with atomic hydrogen which has been used for welding for quite some time (compare Moler generator and its replication with Naudin, who achieved COP ~ 10), Joseph Papp's noble gases engine, Chernetsky's plasma generator and whatever else (Energoniva, BrilliantLight technologies, etc..) Note that these effects manifest usually with monoatomic gases or at high temperatures, where the dissociation of gases becomes dominant.

[Zephir]

Lord Rayleigh:
The Surprising Amount of Energy Which Can Be Collected from Gases after the Electric Discharge Has Passed (PDF)
New Studies on Active Nitrogen I. Brightness of the After-Glow under Varied Conditions of Concentration and Temperature (PDF)
New Studies on Active Nitrogen. II. Incandescence of Metals in Active Nitrogen, and Quantitative Estimates of the Energy Liberated (PDF)
Further Studies on Active Nitrogen. III. Experiments to Show that Traces of Oxygen or Other Impurity Affect Primarily the Walls of the Vessel, and not the Phenomena in the Gas Space (PDF)

[dieter]

intresting, thanks!