Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.

jabowery

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1575, on January 29th, 2013, 03:36 PM »Last edited on January 29th, 2013, 03:38 PM by jabowery
Quote from jabowery on January 26th, 2013, 08:26 AM
[Once the breakdown voltage of the spark gap is reached, what is the expected resistance of the spark?
Here's a possible answer from Wikipedia:
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An electric arc is the form of electric discharge with the highest current density. The maximum current through an arc is limited only by the external circuit, not by the arc itself. The voltage across an arc decreases as the current increases, giving it a dynamic negative resistance characteristic. Where a sustained arc is required, this characteristic requires some external circuit element to stabilize current, which would otherwise increase bounded only by the supply limit.
This tells me that the only place voltage is important is in the initiation of the arc -- and that the energy that goes into forming the plasmoid is limited only by the current capacity of the energy source.

It is conceivable that with the right kind of electrode and gas mixture, you may need nothing but a spark coil and 12V car battery to get enormous plasmoid energy.

simonderricutt

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1576, on January 29th, 2013, 04:04 PM »
James - on top of the arc resistance ( somewhere in the 10 milliohm range) there's also a stand-off voltage made up of the anode drop, cathode drop and the column drop. It's complex, but in essence there's a minimum voltage at which the arc stops. For Russ's setup it seems to be around 160V (same for Heinz).

The anode drop is around constant, the column drop depends upon its length and the cathode drop varies with current. They all depend upon the gas mix, of course, and can (I think) be modified by a good dose of alphas and betas in the gas to ionise it. Getting to a 12V arc is difficult - I've tried welding with a 12V battery before, but I'm told it's possible with 24V.

Expensive surge arrestors (gas discharge tubes) use some radioactive gas between the electrodes to make the strike easier, but cheaper ones just use a non-radioactive gas mix. Worth looking at to get some ideas, I've found.

jabowery

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1577, on January 29th, 2013, 07:12 PM »Last edited on January 29th, 2013, 10:58 PM by jabowery
Quote from simonderricutt link=msg=12443
...there's a minimum voltage at which the arc stops...
Click on this link for a circuit simulation of what I'm thinking of.  The components are 12VDC, 1H inductor and spark gap in parallel with 2 switches segregating the parallel paths.

If you right click on the spark gap component, there is an "Edit" option in the dropdown which, if you select, will present you with the parameters of the spark gap.  Note that the bottom one is "Holding current (A)".  That looks to me like once the arc is formed, the critical sustaining dimension is current, not voltage.

Let it build up a little current then quickly open and close the right switch to do an interrupt on the inductor so it jumps the spark gap's standoff voltage and then quickly open the left switch to see what I mean.


FaradayEZ

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1578, on January 29th, 2013, 10:31 PM »Last edited on January 29th, 2013, 11:09 PM by FaradayEZ
Quote from element 119 on January 26th, 2013, 09:48 PM
Papp talks about the gas layering from the coils playing a part in its operation.

If I did the circles % right this shows a basic distribution of the gasses.

Kind of looks like the krypton and xenon do not interact with the electrodes.


element 119
In fluid dynamics and flow charts, the rim is always of interest as there the weird stuff happens. So it is likely that the four obstacles interact, when the general motion is a circulating on the higher plane where the coils do their work in spinning the gas.

And an engine in motion will have the next pattern of even more mixing up.



Quote from element 119 on January 27th, 2013, 01:01 AM
Tim and Bob here is what it says about the layering from the patent. The exterior coils form a magnetic field that forces the lighter gasses to the center.  
 

The amount of electricity that can be produced in this manner is a function of how many magnetic field lines are available to be cut. If one of the coils, or all three of the coils or two adjacent coils were energized, there would be only one field with electricity produced at each end. By energizing the top and the bottom coil, two separate fields are produced, with electricity produced at four points. A five coil system, if there were sufficient space, would produce three fields with the top, bottom and middle coils energized. Six points for electricity production would result. The number of coils that can be installed on a given cylinder is a function of space limitations."
 
element 119
Here i think Papp had it wrong. He assumes that when you brake up a coil into separate one's you have more beginning and endings. And that those are the places where the electricity is made.

Where in conventional theory the amount of windings is considered  






Quote from simonderricutt on January 29th, 2013, 02:37 PM
It's not like mixing oil and water, where the ingredients don't mix. It's somewhat more like mixing salt water and fresh water. If you're careful and pour in the fresh water on top of the salt water, then you can make two layers (add a bit of food dye to one of them). Sir it once, and you'll get them mixing. Possibly more instructive if you use a coloured salt like Copper Sulphate - you can then see that once it's mixed, the Copper ions (much heavier than water) don't all drop to the bottom. The concentration gradient in an undisturbed solution could probably be measured, but to the eye it looks pretty constant.


Shows me it is more like water and oil then first imagination lets us believe.

element 119

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1579, on January 29th, 2013, 11:21 PM »
Quote from FaradayEZ on January 29th, 2013, 10:31 PM
Quote from element 119 on January 26th, 2013, 09:48 PM
Papp talks about the gas layering from the coils playing a part in its operation.

If I did the circles % right this shows a basic distribution of the gasses.

Kind of looks like the krypton and xenon do not interact with the electrodes.


element 119
In fluid dynamics and flow charts, the rim is always of interest as there the weird stuff happens. So it is likely that the four obstacles interact, when the general motion is a circulating on the higher plane where the coils do their work in spinning the gas.

And an engine in motion will have the next pattern of even more mixing up.



Quote from element 119 on January 27th, 2013, 01:01 AM
Tim and Bob here is what it says about the layering from the patent. The exterior coils form a magnetic field that forces the lighter gasses to the center.  
 

The amount of electricity that can be produced in this manner is a function of how many magnetic field lines are available to be cut. If one of the coils, or all three of the coils or two adjacent coils were energized, there would be only one field with electricity produced at each end. By energizing the top and the bottom coil, two separate fields are produced, with electricity produced at four points. A five coil system, if there were sufficient space, would produce three fields with the top, bottom and middle coils energized. Six points for electricity production would result. The number of coils that can be installed on a given cylinder is a function of space limitations."
 
element 119
Here i think Papp had it wrong. He assumes that when you brake up a coil into separate one's you have more beginning and endings. And that those are the places where the electricity is made.

Where in conventional theory the amount of windings is considered  






Quote from simonderricutt on January 29th, 2013, 02:37 PM
It's not like mixing oil and water, where the ingredients don't mix. It's somewhat more like mixing salt water and fresh water. If you're careful and pour in the fresh water on top of the salt water, then you can make two layers (add a bit of food dye to one of them). Sir it once, and you'll get them mixing. Possibly more instructive if you use a coloured salt like Copper Sulphate - you can then see that once it's mixed, the Copper ions (much heavier than water) don't all drop to the bottom. The concentration gradient in an undisturbed solution could probably be measured, but to the eye it looks pretty constant.


Shows me it is more like water and oil then first imagination lets us believe.
In the drawing art Papp has coil 1 well above the spark chamber and coil 3 well below the farthest travel of the piston. Only coil 2 covers the full travel of the piston.  Not sure if coils 1 & 3 were intended for some kind of circulation you know an end of a magnet thing?


~Russ

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1580, on January 30th, 2013, 01:31 AM »
Quote from zerwell on January 28th, 2013, 04:19 PM
Hey guys,
Just wanted to pass on a tid-bit of information I just read in Infinite-Energy magazine, issue 51, 2003. Gene Mallove is interviewing a guy named Cecil Baumgartner.
Cecil is one of the first engineers to see Papp's 4 cylinder converted volvo engine run. It was sitting on a conference table in Gardena Calif. in the fall of 1968.
Now here is the interesting part. It had no coils around the cylinders. Papp mentioned to Cecil that he was having trouble with excess electrons being developed.  Cecil Recommended installing coils to help harvest the excess electrons. Cecil also recommended installing a bellows inside the cylinders to cut down on gas leakage. Both of these suggestions appeared in the next Papp patent.

So, the thing is...the coils do not appear necessary to make the engine run.

Regards,

Chuck Bagwell
thank you chuck for the info!! ~Russ

~Russ

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1581, on January 30th, 2013, 01:57 AM »
Quote from crzfshm on January 29th, 2013, 02:04 PM
Hi Russ, thank you for the great video, http://youtu.be/IdYIBJcz6mk
my name is Joe from Alhambra, CA
 got some question to ask of this circuit?
at 2:11 & 7:56 what is the 2 component left of the resister, cap? or coil?
at 2:18 don't see any connection at back, what those component(resister,cap ? coil?) doing in this circuit?
at 2:30 what is in the box, 50kv cap? what value?
at 2:53  usually ferrite core is for high frequence,  and laminate core is for low frequence.  is this circuit is high & low frequence ?
    pleas someone give me the answer, or email to me at
      hstnu.jc@gmail.com  thank you
hey joe, got your email just getting back to responding to this thread and emails. lol to much going on!

as suggested, watch the next series of videos and it will help a lot!!

but it is posted here:

http://open-source-energy.org/?tid=659&pid=7658#pid7658

PS> the resisters and such was for a different part of the circuit... it did not work and is not used.

sory for the delayed response...

~Russ

~Russ

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1582, on January 30th, 2013, 02:04 AM »
Quote from ghobbs003 on January 26th, 2013, 07:53 PM
Some minor edits and added some waveform hypotheses... just a guess. Would love some more informed opinions. Some observations:
1. Energy harvested on BDC to TDC by cathode/anode only used for recharging same cylinders caps
2. Energy harvested on BDC to TDC by electrodes only used to transfer to other cylinder
3. No harvesting of energy from the coils? Doesn't appear the circuit supports this, and I just kinda assumed there was.
4. The cathode is floating with respect to ground. Kind of looks suspiciously like a tank circuit, with Cap 2 and the coils (though not sure to what degree the decoupling diodes and resistors will dampen that). Possible resonance scenario, what with the HF oscillator pumping in?? If there is some form of resonance effect, there would be three resonant frequencies as each of the 3 coils is switched in. But then again, the oscillator is variable (in his high HP design), so maybe not...

--Glen
again. nice work glen. thank you so much for taking the time. i know its crazy! lol but im glad you are on it. your doing an amazing job!

simonderricutt

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1583, on January 30th, 2013, 04:06 AM »
Quote from jabowery on January 29th, 2013, 07:12 PM
Quote from simonderricutt link=msg=12443
...there's a minimum voltage at which the arc stops...
Click on this link for a circuit simulation of what I'm thinking of.  The components are 12VDC, 1H inductor and spark gap in parallel with 2 switches segregating the parallel paths.

If you right click on the spark gap component, there is an "Edit" option in the dropdown which, if you select, will present you with the parameters of the spark gap.  Note that the bottom one is "Holding current (A)".  That looks to me like once the arc is formed, the critical sustaining dimension is current, not voltage.

Let it build up a little current then quickly open and close the right switch to do an interrupt on the inductor so it jumps the spark gap's standoff voltage and then quickly open the left switch to see what I mean.
James - the link does not match your description of it - only one switch in it and no spark gap. I explored the list of circuits and couldn't find one that matched. If you run a coil, then the voltage output is *sufficient* to jump a gap unless you snub it. With insufficient voltage to overcome the voltage drop across the arc, the current will drop below the holding current, so both parameters are interdependent. I've been trying to get enough details to build a spice model of a real spark gap, since the available models (in LTspice) are somewhat simplistic - adequate to model a protection circuit protecting but not to get the correct voltage/current plots. In the spark gap model they use in the sawtooth oscillator, the on-resistance of 2K is unrealistic (it will be milliohms) but overall it gives a close approximation of the voltage stand-off and on-resistance combined.

It's a good link for visualisations - amongst them is one of 3 gases where you can vary gravitational attraction which could be useful for Ed Hemphill. http://www.falstad.com/gas/


Axil

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1584, on January 30th, 2013, 07:24 AM »Last edited on January 30th, 2013, 08:24 AM by Axil
Quote from simonderricutt on January 29th, 2013, 02:37 PM
Quote from edxhemphill on January 29th, 2013, 07:20 AM
Dear simon ,You have said that once mixed the noble gases stay mixed and I 'm not smart enough to under stand why.I don't dought you but would like to know how to test your statement. Common sense would lead me to believe that helium which has a atomic weight of 2  should rise to the top of the vessel when mixed with the other 5 noble gases. Once running in the engine they wouldn't have time to separate with being acted by some force like magnetic which will move the electrons  even in a noble gas. I'm only a electronic tech. so please answer in laymans terms  if thats possible. Thanks Ed Hemphill

Dear Simon I ment to say Would not separate with out being being acted on by a force . sorry Ed
Ed - there will be a gradual and partial separation through gravity, and this can be improved upon by using a centrifuge. Normal diffusion will keep some degree of mixing even in still air (or gas mix) but as soon as there is some turbulence (say moving the piston) then that will remix the gases pretty quickly.

It's not like mixing oil and water, where the ingredients don't mix. It's somewhat more like mixing salt water and fresh water. If you're careful and pour in the fresh water on top of the salt water, then you can make two layers (add a bit of food dye to one of them). Sir it once, and you'll get them mixing. Possibly more instructive if you use a coloured salt like Copper Sulphate - you can then see that once it's mixed, the Copper ions (much heavier than water) don't all drop to the bottom. The concentration gradient in an undisturbed solution could probably be measured, but to the eye it looks pretty constant.

What I should have said is that the gravitational separation of the gases is unlikely to make that much of a difference in real life.
Referencing the September 19 of 2012(Update 8) video:


Later analysis and refection indicates this first effort was marred by the gas injection process. The gas mix bottle is subject of strong gas gravitational layering do to the large differences in the atomic weights of the noble gases from helium to Xenon. The extraction of a proper mix of gases from the gas bottle is not possible, since the gas extracted is subject to the orientation of the mix bottle in space.


Maintaining the proper gas mix when stored in bulk is the purpose of the gas mix method defined in the Papp patent. The various noble gases must be processed together to be properly stored in a mix gas bottle. But even this method is in question as ineffective.

The only sure way to get the noble gas mix right is to inject each noble gas into the cylinder in five  separate operations.

As revealed in the video of the cannon demo, Papp loaded each of the five gases separately into the breach of the cannon.

This evidence speaks against the need for a dedicated gas mixing procedure, only that the gas mix is applied to the cylinder in the proper proportion.

In the cannon application, there is no piston movement to churn up the gas mix, so once the gases are properly installed into the cylinder in the proper proportions, they will prove to be effective when the spark is applied to them.
Chris Zell states as follows:
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The work of Ken Shoulders (EV's or charge clusters) appears to me to be the most ignored critical discovery of the age. It promises free energy and outright transmutation - and if you read his background and lengthy patent, it appears credible.

Also, a Russian scientist may have independently discovered the same phenomena - called 'ectons'.

There is also the work of Lawrence Nelson with screened electrons and a patented free energy device that generates 5X the input.
http://www.rexresearch.com/nelson/nelson.htm

The Nelson patent

http://www.rexresearch.com/nelson/us2001040434.pdf

The Papp engine includes many of the principles that Lawrence Neldon explains. Papp goes through extraordinary efforts to pack as many electrons as possible into the cylinder including x-ray irradiation of noble gases. This includes constraining coils which act to keep electrons away from the cylinder walls.

As happens in the Papp process, X-rays will also be produced by the electron gun to break down metal crystals through ion explosion.

High electron density in and around the point of electron impact also induces coulomb barrier lowering in facilitation and amplification of the crystal ion explosion process in the metal producing a positive feedback effect.

The like charge repulsion rule is simplistic and not universally applicable when other stronger charge concentration mechanisms override it.



simonderricutt

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1587, on January 30th, 2013, 02:45 PM »
Quote from jabowery on January 30th, 2013, 10:37 AM
Quote from simonderricutt on January 30th, 2013, 04:06 AM
James - the link does not match your description of it - only one switch in it and no spark gap.
Try this link:

http://bit.ly/116KCVU
James - thanks but that's the same link as before and points to the circuit of the attached screenshot. Which of the circuits on the list do you mean? Could be the quick link sends me something different since I'm in France.

BobN

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1588, on January 30th, 2013, 05:59 PM »
Quote from simonderricutt on January 30th, 2013, 02:45 PM
Quote from jabowery on January 30th, 2013, 10:37 AM
Quote from simonderricutt on January 30th, 2013, 04:06 AM
James - the link does not match your description of it - only one switch in it and no spark gap.
Try this link:

http://bit.ly/116KCVU
James - thanks but that's the same link as before and points to the circuit of the attached screenshot. Which of the circuits on the list do you mean? Could be the quick link sends me something different since I'm in France.
Simon - Its not France, I can't get anything either. The links are the same.

jabowery

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1589, on January 30th, 2013, 07:44 PM »
Quote from BobN on January 30th, 2013, 05:59 PM
Quote from simonderricutt on January 30th, 2013, 02:45 PM
Quote from jabowery on January 30th, 2013, 10:37 AM
Quote from simonderricutt on January 30th, 2013, 04:06 AM
James - the link does not match your description of it - only one switch in it and no spark gap.
Try this link:

http://bit.ly/116KCVU
James - thanks but that's the same link as before and points to the circuit of the attached screenshot. Which of the circuits on the list do you mean? Could be the quick link sends me something different since I'm in France.
Simon - Its not France, I can't get anything either. The links are the same.
If you're on Internet Explorer, to see the correct circuit you must dismiss the applet window with the bogus circuit and click on the reload icon (F5 apparently isn't sufficient) so it parses the URL's arguments correctly.  IE has a bug.

Slickhanz

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1590, on January 30th, 2013, 09:12 PM »
Quote from k c dias on January 30th, 2013, 10:12 AM
Quote from simonderricutt on January 29th, 2013, 04:04 PM
Getting to a 12V arc is difficult - I've tried welding with a 12V battery before, but I'm told it's possible with 24V.
A 36 volt golf cart makes for a nice portable arc welder :D
Then my 144v EV should make plasma easy. ;)

input current is obviously important for stepup transformers as you have to keep wattage in= to wattage out. This is why most people are using PbA batteries for the "working" systems.  A standard starter battery will pump out between 600-800A.  This is possibly the spark inconsistency.  Not enough constant supply current.  Your wall outlet is probably giving you 25A max for inrush.  Now a 60ah lithium battery will give you 600A+. But you have to pay attention to the discharge C rate. Most avg lithiums produce a 3c discharge the better quality ones produce 10C+.  12v starter battery at 700 cca is around $100. A 3.2v lithium 60ah with 10c+ is around $65.  I can provide more info on batteries if its helpful.

Tim

FaradayEZ

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1591, on January 30th, 2013, 10:51 PM »
Quote from Axil on January 30th, 2013, 07:24 AM
Referencing the September 19 of 2012(Update 8) video:
Later analysis and refection indicates this first effort was marred by the gas injection process. The gas mix bottle is subject of strong gas gravitational layering do to the large differences in the atomic weights of the noble gases from helium to Xenon. The extraction of a proper mix of gases from the gas bottle is not possible, since the gas extracted is subject to the orientation of the mix bottle in space.


Maintaining the proper gas mix when stored in bulk is the purpose of the gas mix method defined in the Papp patent.
Is this what Papp says himself? Cause it makes no sense, doing so much trouble, effort to force things in a mix where one can easily use the separate gases. As he already did in his early days with the cannon.

With the cannon the question remains, what was the function of the fluids in the flascs of gases?
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The various noble gases must be processed together to be properly stored in a mix gas bottle. But even this method is in question as ineffective.

The only sure way to get the noble gas mix right is to inject each noble gas into the cylinder in five  separate operations.

As revealed in the video of the cannon demo, Papp loaded each of the five gases separately into the breach of the cannon.

This evidence speaks against the need for a dedicated gas mixing procedure, only that the gas mix is applied to the cylinder in the proper proportion.
The only valid reason for Papp to make such a fuss about the mixing, and also keep that process more secret, is that it has a real purpose and meaning in the whole invention.
He changed and or added stuff. And as we have no video on Papp filling the engine procedure (he kept it secret) we can't be sure how accurate he was with the percentages of the separate ingredients. Could be he used his after treatment mix and that it didn't matter if he got some more helium into the chamber. As long as the secret ingredient was with it. Could be he still used separate ingredients when filling.

But be sure, the reason he kept it secret can only mean that he did something different and crucially important. Something that can not be easily deducted from his actions before or after.
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In the cannon application, there is no piston movement to churn up the gas mix, so once the gases are properly installed into the cylinder in the proper proportions, they will prove to be effective when the spark is applied to them.
The further back in history the simpler it has to be to find Papps secrets. Do we know if he had already his gas treatment setup? In any case he could produce a big enough bang with what he had. So should we try to replicate that? Use the 5 gases separate and do something with chlorine or water? Put it in a balloon and get some explosion.

This must be an easy enough setup to try to find out what Papps basics are, no?










simonderricutt

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1592, on January 31st, 2013, 02:01 AM »
Quote from jabowery on January 30th, 2013, 07:44 PM
Quote from BobN on January 30th, 2013, 05:59 PM
Quote from simonderricutt on January 30th, 2013, 02:45 PM
Quote from jabowery on January 30th, 2013, 10:37 AM
Quote from simonderricutt on January 30th, 2013, 04:06 AM
James - the link does not match your description of it - only one switch in it and no spark gap.
Try this link:

http://bit.ly/116KCVU
James - thanks but that's the same link as before and points to the circuit of the attached screenshot. Which of the circuits on the list do you mean? Could be the quick link sends me something different since I'm in France.
Simon - Its not France, I can't get anything either. The links are the same.
If you're on Internet Explorer, to see the correct circuit you must dismiss the applet window with the bogus circuit and click on the reload icon (F5 apparently isn't sufficient) so it parses the URL's arguments correctly.  IE has a bug.
James - I'm using Firefox anyway, and a reload gets the same circuit (same using Iron). From what you say, it implies that this is a circuit you made rather than a standard one, so anyone else may not be able to see it anyway (possibly the URL is too long). Please just put up a screenshot of it, and I can either simulate it in spice or the Java applet you used and have a stab on commenting on what you found.

k c dias

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1593, on January 31st, 2013, 06:58 AM »Last edited on January 31st, 2013, 07:13 AM by k c dias
Regarding the cannon test, the following is a quote from fb Papp NGE fangroup:

"Papp showed up to publicly fill the cannon with 5 flasks that were clearly labeled?? Seriously folks, that's not the Josef Papp that we have all read about, and in the case of Bob and John knew personally. He most likely showed up with 5 flasks of identical pre-processed gas, he painstakingly measured and fiddled around with each one to put on a good show. The wet (vs the later dry) gas takes advantage of the water dipole molecule in the gas preparation. The dry gas process did away with the dipole molecule, and uses a strong magnetic field instead to achieve the desired end result of the processed gas."
   
To which Bob replied:

"Dr. Dr. John was not involved with Joseph Papp or the Papp project in any way. Tom Rohner from Advance Informatics and Bob Rohner from Rohner Machine Works did all the design and construction work."

I agree with the information quoted above.

kcd
Regarding the three (3) pulses Papp calls out for the down (power) stroke, Bob said:

"Papp asked for at least three pulses (we gave him four). From our experimental evidence, each pulse is at least as powerful as the proceeding one, and perhaps even greater although we have no means of measuring this."

When asked about the timing and the characteristics of the pressure pulse: "Is the gas pressure applied throughout the cylinder, including the walls? or is the pressure wave-front just exerted on the piston face?"

Bob replied:

"+5 -35-75-115 I am of the opinion that the pressure acts normally. Did some minor tests for a shock wave and did not find it? My tests and judgement in this case could easily be wrong."

It was later clarified that the numbers are degrees of crank rotation, (+) for before TDC and (-) for after TDC.

kcd

FaradayEZ

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1594, on January 31st, 2013, 08:20 AM »
Quote from k c dias on January 31st, 2013, 06:58 AM
"Papp asked for at least three pulses (we gave him four). From our experimental evidence, each pulse is at least as powerful as the proceeding one, and perhaps even greater although we have no means of measuring this."
I'd really like to know how much energy Papp used to get/keep his engine running.

After knowing that and finding the feedbackcurrent, we at least get the picture if the engine is overunit or not.

And from the horsepower readings we should be able to calculate how much energy a generator / dynamo could make from it.

What is the maximum amount of current that Russ may use in o.u. conditions?


jabowery

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1595, on January 31st, 2013, 09:54 AM »Last edited on January 31st, 2013, 10:43 AM by jabowery
Quote from simonderricutt on January 31st, 2013, 02:01 AM
Quote from jabowery on January 30th, 2013, 07:44 PM
Quote from BobN on January 30th, 2013, 05:59 PM
Quote from simonderricutt on January 30th, 2013, 02:45 PM
James - thanks but that's the same link as before and points to the circuit of the attached screenshot. Which of the circuits on the list do you mean? Could be the quick link sends me something different since I'm in France.
Simon - Its not France, I can't get anything either. The links are the same.
If you're on Internet Explorer, to see the correct circuit you must dismiss the applet window with the bogus circuit and click on the reload icon (F5 apparently isn't sufficient) so it parses the URL's arguments correctly.  IE has a bug.
James - I'm using Firefox anyway, and a reload gets the same circuit (same using Iron). From what you say, it implies that this is a circuit you made rather than a standard one, so anyone else may not be able to see it anyway (possibly the URL is too long). Please just put up a screenshot of it, and I can either simulate it in spice or the Java applet you used and have a stab on commenting on what you found.
Here is a youtube screencast of the inductor, spark gap, high current 12VDC power source circuit in action with the properties of the spark gap drop-down shown.



I should state the significance of sustaining enormous power through the arc is the possibility of imparting that energy to a compound plasma structure.

The key is the construction of the spark gap.

In Koloc's patent, cited by Papp, he describes a coaxial "gun" where the central electrode is actually a number of parallel electrodes twisted in a compound helix that impart curl, which in turn, causes a kink instability in the arc resulting in a coiled arc that then collapses into a central torus that, through the pinch instability then pinches off into a plasmoid that can remain stable in the atmosphere, aka "ball lightning".  It was this plasmoid, constructed of boron-11 and hydrogen, that he envisioned being compressed by a piston to fusion unstable C12 decaying to 3 energetic alpha fission ignition.

My work with Koloc leads me to believe Koloc's main technical challenges were:

* His inability to obtain the desired O(ns) rise time and this was due to his reliance on capacitor-initiation of the plasma gun rather than inductor initiation.
* His inability to obtain a large enough capacitor bank.

Axil

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1596, on January 31st, 2013, 10:40 AM »Last edited on January 31st, 2013, 10:42 AM by Axil
Quote from k c dias on January 31st, 2013, 06:58 AM
Regarding the cannon test, the following is a quote from fb Papp NGE fangroup:

"Papp showed up to publicly fill the cannon with 5 flasks that were clearly labeled?? Seriously folks, that's not the Josef Papp that we have all read about, and in the case of Bob and John knew personally. He most likely showed up with 5 flasks of identical pre-processed gas, he painstakingly measured and fiddled around with each one to put on a good show. The wet (vs the later dry) gas takes advantage of the water dipole molecule in the gas preparation. The dry gas process did away with the dipole molecule, and uses a strong magnetic field instead to achieve the desired end result of the processed gas."
   
To which Bob replied:

"Dr. Dr. John was not involved with Joseph Papp or the Papp project in any way. Tom Rohner from Advance Informatics and Bob Rohner from Rohner Machine Works did all the design and construction work."

I agree with the information quoted above.
http://www.google.com/patents/US3680431?dq=3,680,431&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xrIKUfanIrSv0AG804HgDQ&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA

Papp lays it all out in his patent. It looks like high pressure noble gases with just bit of chlorine and water. He uses an exploding thin wire to cause pre-ionization to form a spark in the high pressure gas. The spark produces a plasmoid.

A lot of x-rays are produced by sparking radioactive isotopes.

The power of the pop from the noble gases must scale upward with the pressure of the gas.

In October 1968, the date of the cannon demo, there was no gas processing invented, either for the cannon or the engine.

The first engine design worked without gas processing so not using gas processing is possible.

easy




k c dias

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1598, on January 31st, 2013, 11:36 AM »
Quote from Axil on January 31st, 2013, 10:40 AM
Quote from k c dias on January 31st, 2013, 06:58 AM
Regarding the cannon test, the following is a quote from fb Papp NGE fangroup:

"Papp showed up to publicly fill the cannon with 5 flasks that were clearly labeled?? Seriously folks, that's not the Josef Papp that we have all read about, and in the case of Bob and John knew personally. He most likely showed up with 5 flasks of identical pre-processed gas, he painstakingly measured and fiddled around with each one to put on a good show. The wet (vs the later dry) gas takes advantage of the water dipole molecule in the gas preparation. The dry gas process did away with the dipole molecule, and uses a strong magnetic field instead to achieve the desired end result of the processed gas."
   
To which Bob replied:

"Dr. Dr. John was not involved with Joseph Papp or the Papp project in any way. Tom Rohner from Advance Informatics and Bob Rohner from Rohner Machine Works did all the design and construction work."

I agree with the information quoted above.
http://www.google.com/patents/US3680431?dq=3,680,431&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xrIKUfanIrSv0AG804HgDQ&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA

Papp lays it all out in his patent. It looks like high pressure noble gases with just bit of chlorine and water. He uses an exploding thin wire to cause pre-ionization to form a spark in the high pressure gas. The spark produces a plasmoid.

A lot of x-rays are produced by sparking radioactive isotopes.

The power of the pop from the noble gases must scale upward with the pressure of the gas.

In October 1968, the date of the cannon demo, there was no gas processing invented, either for the cannon or the engine.

The first engine design worked without gas processing so not using gas processing is possible.

easy
Papp does not let on to EVERYTHING in his patents.  Don't believe everything (anything?) Papp said.  Processing was done.  It was done in the engine as Mark Hugo suggests in the "It's Not HHO: Cold Fusion & The Papp Engine" video.

You have to read Papp's words cautiously.  That's why I suggested earlier that we list what Papp says about the process and rank the validity of those statements.  HE did not know, and WE do not know what the process is.  Any and all statements he made trying to explain the process has done nothing but mislead people for 35 years.  Take all statements from Papp that 'explains' the process and forget them.  Start thinking fresh without the Papp talk bias.

kcd


FaradayEZ

RE: Let's build A "Popper" Noble Gas Engine AKA Ppap Engine.
« Reply #1599, on January 31st, 2013, 11:56 AM »Last edited on January 31st, 2013, 12:07 PM by FaradayEZ
Quote from Axil on January 31st, 2013, 10:40 AM
Quote from k c dias on January 31st, 2013, 06:58 AM
Regarding the cannon test, the following is a quote from fb Papp NGE fangroup:

"Papp showed up to publicly fill the cannon with 5 flasks that were clearly labeled?? Seriously folks, that's not the Josef Papp that we have all read about, and in the case of Bob and John knew personally. He most likely showed up with 5 flasks of identical pre-processed gas, he painstakingly measured and fiddled around with each one to put on a good show. The wet (vs the later dry) gas takes advantage of the water dipole molecule in the gas preparation. The dry gas process did away with the dipole molecule, and uses a strong magnetic field instead to achieve the desired end result of the processed gas."
   
To which Bob replied:

"Dr. Dr. John was not involved with Joseph Papp or the Papp project in any way. Tom Rohner from Advance Informatics and Bob Rohner from Rohner Machine Works did all the design and construction work."

I agree with the information quoted above.
http://www.google.com/patents/US3680431?dq=3,680,431&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xrIKUfanIrSv0AG804HgDQ&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA

Papp lays it all out in his patent. It looks like high pressure noble gases with just bit of chlorine and water. He uses an exploding thin wire to cause pre-ionization to form a spark in the high pressure gas. The spark produces a plasmoid.

A lot of x-rays are produced by sparking radioactive isotopes.

The power of the pop from the noble gases must scale upward with the pressure of the gas.

In October 1968, the date of the cannon demo, there was no gas processing invented, either for the cannon or the engine.

The first engine design worked without gas processing so not using gas processing is possible.

easy
Never get enough of good deductions... Now they only need some proof. We can test if higher pressure will give a harder bang.

And we should be confident that with the right mixture from the separated gases the trick of an o.u. engine is obtainable.

If not we need some chlorine and water.

Limiting the variables puts the finish line closer.


Quote from k c dias on January 31st, 2013, 11:36 AM
Papp does not let on to EVERYTHING in his patents.  Don't believe everything (anything?) Papp said.  Processing was done.  It was done in the engine as Mark Hugo suggests in the "It's Not HHO: Cold Fusion & The Papp Engine" video.

You have to read Papp's words cautiously.  That's why I suggested earlier that we list what Papp says about the process and rank the validity of those statements.  HE did not know, and WE do not know what the process is.  Any and all statements he made trying to explain the process has done nothing but mislead people for 35 years.  Take all statements from Papp that 'explains' the process and forget them.  Start thinking fresh without the Papp talk bias.

kcd
Your right KCD, everything has to be proven, checked etc. But in the same way it does not matter if Papp knew what the process was. If we can duplicate we succeed. And the further back in time, the less confusion Papp already put onto it.

So all leads we can try to come up with have to be followed through, checked. But it is not worthless effort, step by step we find all the time new stuff about it.

Sure we would go quicker if more tests could be done... but i don't want to repeat that more then once every two weeks....

If we had been testing we already would be having a running engine. Bold statement, but not far off.