Charlie, do you know about these?:
1)
http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee293a/ http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee293a/DocumA.html Note Chapter 10 "Radio Noise" - "Skipped" (Just my luck!)
2) United States Patent Application 20030183268
Kind Code A1
Shanefield, Daniel Jay October 2, 2003
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Device for conversion of environmental thermal energy into direct current electricity
Abstract
Nearly-random electron motion in the primary wire of a transformer is amplified by that transformer, and the varying peaks of voltage drive some current pulses through a rectifying diode. These pulses charge a capacitor, and that charge can provide electrical energy through output wires, to do useful work elsewhere.
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Inventors: Shanefield, Daniel Jay; (Princeton, NJ)
Correspondence Name and Address: Daniel J. Shanefield
119 Jefferson Road
Princeton
NJ
08540-3373
US
Link
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Pars...DN/200 30183268 3) United States Patent Application 20030192582
Kind Code A1
Guevara, Hector October 16, 2003
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Thermal electric generator
Abstract
The Thermal Electric Generator (TEG) includes a high efficiency multi-layer semiconductor device adapted to enable heat, over a wide temperature range, to be converted into useful power. This is not a simple solar panel. The "heat" referred to here can be from radiation or any other convection or conduction source. One important aspect is that the TEG not only works in a "solar" environment, but is more particularly adapted to recover energy from heat generated by electronic components and circuits, mechanical rotating equipment and machinery, waste energy, furnaces, geothermal, etc. This heat comes in the form of released electrons, thus, the invention is based on the concept of fluctuation voltages and the conversion of the same into useful energy, which translates into an increased efficiency of over 50% compared to the peak existing efficiency (i.e., 16%) of existing solar panels
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Inventors: Guevara, Hector; (Bohemia, NY)
Link
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=%22Guevara%2C+Hector%22.IN.&OS=IN/
