Thermally Reversible Hydrino Catalyst Systems as a New Power Source

Abstract

Energy balances were measured for representative thermally regenerative reactions of four classes of hydrino catalyst systems, each capable of resonantly accepting m × 27.2 eV from H to form H(1/p), Rydberg states of atomic hydrogen called “hydrino atoms” wherein n = 1/2, 1/3, 1/4,…, 1/p (p ≤ 137 is an integer) replaces the well-known parameter n = integer in the Rydberg equation for the excited states of hydrogen. Specifically, hydride–halide exchange reactions were tested where K and NaH served as catalysts since they form K3+ and Na2+ ions by absorbing 3 × 27.2 eV and 2 × 27.2 eV, respectively. Typical parameters measured by absolute water-flow calorimetry were two to five times energy gain relative to regeneration chemistry and 7 W/cm3. The predicted molecular hydrino and hydrino hydride products H2(1/4) and H−(1/4) corresponding to 50 MJ/mole H2 consumed were confirmed by the solution 1H NMR peak at 1.2 ppm and XPS peak at 11 eV, respectively.