JPH06138269A - Cold fusion material and cold fusion system using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a small, simple fusion system by putting in a heater- equipped container a heat medium and a cold fusion material of a hydrogen storage metal with a sufficient amount of deuterium stored therein and having a dense film provided on the overall surface thereof. CONSTITUTION:A film of metal is uniformly and densely vapor-deposited on the overall surface of Pd being a hydrogen storage metal with a sufficient amount of deuterium stored therein to fabricate a cold fusion material 1. A heater 6 is provided in a container 5 and the material 1 and water serving as a heat medium 4 are put in the container. A fusion system is started up simply by heating the material 1 and the medium 4 using the heater 6 to abnormal temperature at which the material 1 starts to release the deuterium in the Pd. The material 1 should be spherical rather than plate-shaped since the pressure of the deuterium in the hydrogen storage metal during heating is then increased by about four times and the probability of fusion increased. The fusion system has a so simple structure that it can be miniaturized to palm size.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to materials and equipment for cold fusion.

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2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, cold fusion has been sensitized all over the world in March 1989 by Dr. Fleishman of the United Kingdom and Dr. Ponds of the United States, which announced that nuclear fusion will occur at room temperature due to electrolysis of heavy water. Cold fusion itself was questioned due to its lack of reproducibility, but this year, with the success of additional experiments at multiple research institutes, cold fusion is finally certain. Is the current situation that is about to be confirmed.

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A critical drawback of the prior art is poor reproducibility. If cold fusion is used as the energy source, there is a 100% probability that fusion will occur. Further, in order to use it as an energy source for various types of devices, the cold fusion device itself is required to be small and easy to mount on a vehicle or the like. It is also important that radiation does not leak outside the cold fusion device. The present invention has been made to eliminate these drawbacks.

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Means for Solving the Problems Vapor deposition, sputtering, plating, coating, chemical reaction, etc., on the entire surface of a hydrogen storage metal (2) such as palladium or titanium or nickel or a hydrogen storage alloy that has sufficiently absorbed deuterium. A cold fusion material (1) provided with a uniform and dense coating (3) by the above method. A heater (6) is provided in the container (5),
Heat carrier such as water or sodium or Freon gas (4)
And the cold fusion material (1) according to claim 1 is put.

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FUNCTION The hydrogen storage metal is known to absorb deuterium or hydrogen at about 800 times its volume at room temperature. Therefore, in order to absorb more deuterium in the hydrogen storage metal, the hydrogen storage metal is allowed to absorb the deuterium at a low temperature, and then the surface of the hydrogen storage metal is subjected to vapor deposition, sputtering, plating, coating, chemical reaction, or the like. The method produces a coating of metal or metal oxide or ceramics.
This cold fusion material is placed in a heat medium such as water, oil, sodium or Freon gas, and heated by a heater. Then, although depending on the type of the hydrogen storage metal, for example, in the case of palladium, the deuterium in the inside tends to go out when the temperature reaches 80 degrees Celsius or higher. However, since the surface of the hydrogen storage metal is coated, deuterium cannot be emitted outside the hydrogen storage metal, and is concentrated near the surface of the hydrogen storage metal and becomes high-density, high-pressure deuterium. Deuterium collides with each other, leading to nuclear fusion and producing high heat. At this stage, it is no longer necessary to heat the heater, and even if the heater is turned off, heat is generated while the deuterium is undergoing the nuclear fusion reaction. When the fusion material is put into the heat medium, the fusion of the deuterium in the hydrogen storage metal, which had undergone cold fusion until then, causes the fusion to continue further, and the cold fusion material is fed one after another. Cold fusion will continue forever.
Since the amount of heat generated is proportional to the amount of cold fusion material input, if the amount of heat is to be increased, more cold fusion material should be added, and it is also possible to increase the heating temperature of the heater by the nuclear reaction. Since it accelerates, the amount of heat will be increased. On the contrary, in order to reduce the amount of heat, it is sufficient to reduce the input amount of the cold fusion material. Also, when you want to stop nuclear fusion,
It is only necessary to move the cold fusion material in the nuclear reaction away from the heat source. In other words, the cold reaction is gradually stopped because the cold fusion material is cooled simply by removing it from the heat medium. In an emergency, it may be possible to further quench with a refrigerant such as liquid nitrogen.

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EXAMPLES An example of the present invention will be described below.
A cold fusion material (1) is prepared in which a gold coating (3) is uniformly and densely provided on the entire surface of palladium, which is a hydrogen storage metal (2) that has sufficiently absorbed deuterium, by vapor deposition. A heater (6) is provided in the container (5), and the cold fusion material (1) and water as a heat medium (4) are put in the container (5). To start the fusion device, the cold fusion material (1) and the heating medium (4) are heated by the heater (6) to a temperature above the temperature at which palladium in the cold fusion material (1) begins to release deuterium. Just do. The hydrogen storage metal (2) may be a hydrogen storage alloy, titanium, or nickel in addition to palladium. In addition, since the hydrogen storage metal (2), palladium, hydrogen storage alloy, etc., absorbs deuterium sufficiently even at room temperature, it is naturally stored in a container or bag filled with deuterium. Absorbs, but in order to shorten the time and absorb more deuterium, it is more effective to absorb deuterium at a low temperature. The coating (3) may be a metal such as silver or copper, a metal oxide film, ceramics, etc. in addition to gold, but a good conductor of heat can transfer the heat of fusion to the cold fusion material (1). Since it is released to the outside, better results are obtained. Further, as a method of forming the coating film (3), it can be formed by a method such as sputtering, plating, coating or chemical reaction in addition to vapor deposition. Further, as the heat medium (4), oil, sodium, freon gas or the like may be used in addition to water. Since this heater (6) is a heat source for causing cold fusion, if there is a heat source such as hot water or solar heat first, the cold fusion material (1) is heated to perform cold fusion. Since it can be generated, it is not necessary to have the heater (6), but this heater (6) is necessary to cause cold fusion anywhere and anytime. If the heat medium (4) is a gas such as Freon gas that does not cause environmental damage, it is possible to manufacture a microminiature energy source. A heat exchanger (7), a thermocouple (8), a heat pipe, etc. may be used to extract the thermal energy of this nuclear reaction. Although the shape of the cold fusion material (1) depends on the size, in the case of a plate having a thickness of 1 mm and a length of 30 mm, the ratio of the surface area to the volume is 1.13, but in the case of a sphere, the ratio is 0. Comparing the ratios of the sphere and the plate in 3, the sphere is as small as about a quarter of the plate. That is, the pressure of deuterium in the hydrogen storage metal (2) when the sphere heats the hydrogen storage metal (2) is four times as large as that of the plate, so that the probability of nuclear fusion is dramatically increased. Regarding the size of the hydrogen storage metal (2) and the thickness of the film (3), it can be said that the smaller the film, the easier it is to produce, although it depends on the force for suppressing the release of deuterium in the film (3). However, if it is made too large, the pressure inside the hydrogen storage metal (2) becomes too high due to the heat generated by cold fusion, and there is a danger of explosion. Therefore, the size of cold fusion and the corresponding coating (3 In order to prevent the explosion when the pressure inside the hydrogen storage metal (2) becomes too high, it is better to make the coating (3) thinner. By doing so, when there is an internal pressure higher than the pressure required for nuclear fusion, deuterium is evacuated from between the atoms of the film (3) very little by little, and the internal pressure of the hydrogen storage metal (2) is slightly lowered. Can be prevented.
In this sense, when the coating film (3) is formed by vapor deposition of gold, it can be said to be ideal because it has an adjusting function of gradually releasing the internal excess pressure from between the atoms due to its thickness, but the cost is high. Is.

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Since the cold fusion device of the present invention has an extremely simple structure, the device can be downsized to a palm size. Therefore, it can be used as an energy source for various types of devices. Even if the heater is turned off, cold fusion can be continued simply by periodically feeding cold fusion material due to the heat of fusion, so cold fusion operation is easy. When you want to stop the fusion, it is easy because you just have to move the cold fusion material during the nuclear reaction away from the heat source.
In an emergency, it is good to quench with a refrigerant such as liquid nitrogen. After the cold fusion, the hydrogen storage metal in the cold fusion material is melted and the gas inside is released, and after deuterium is absorbed to form a film, it can be used many times, so the resources are exhausted. do not become. Since deuterium generated from heavy water is absorbed in the hydrogen storage metal in advance, unlike conventional cold fusion by electrolysis of heavy water, heavy water is not wasted. Further, since the nuclear reaction material remains in the cold fusion material after the nuclear reaction, the nuclear reaction material is not diffused to the outside. Moreover, since heavy water is not used and a heat exchanger is not particularly required, when water is used as the heat medium, the heat medium can be used as it is as hot water for energy extraction because it does not need to pass through the heat exchanger. Very high thermal efficiency.

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[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a cold fusion material in which a hydrogen storage metal absorbing deuterium is coated with a film according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system schematic diagram of a cold fusion device in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a system in which a thermocouple is used for a cold fusion device in one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Cold Fusion Material 2 Hydrogen Storage Metal that Absorbs Deuterium 3 Coating 4 Heat Medium 5 Container 6 Heater 7 Heat Exchanger 8 Thermocouple

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cold fusion material, characterized in that a uniform and dense coating (3) is provided on the entire surface of a hydrogen storage metal (2) which has sufficiently absorbed deuterium. 2. A container (5) is provided with a heater (6), and the cold fusion material (1) according to claim 1 and a heating medium (4) are placed in this container (5). Cold fusion device.