Pulsed electrolytic cell

Abstract

A low energy nuclear reaction power generator provided with an electrolytic cell containing an electrically-conductive heavy or light water electrolyte in which is immersed an electrode pair whose anode is formed of platinum and whose cathode is formed of palladium. Applied across these electrodes is a train of voltage pulse packets, each comprised of a cluster of pulses. The amplitude and duration of each pulse in the packet, the duration of the intervals between pulses, and the duration of the intervals between successive packets in the train are in a predetermined pattern in accordance with superlooping waves in which each wave is modulated by waves of different frequency. Each packet of voltage pulses gives rise to a surge of current in the electrolyte which flows between the electrodes and causes the heavy or light water to decompose, oxygen being released at the platinum electrode while deuterium ions migrate toward the palladium electrode. The successive surges of ions produced by the train of pulse packets bombard the palladium electrode, to bring about dense ion packing which results in fusion and heat.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A method for intensifying an interaction between a metal and at least one of deuterium and hydrogen, the metal and the at least one of deuterium and hydrogen being combined in a metal-gas system, the method comprising: 
 applying a train of energy packets to the metal-gas system, a cluster of intensified energy pulses being superimposed on each packet, to cause a correspondingly pulsed wave to impact the metal, each packet of pulses producing a surge of the at least one of deuterium and hydrogen to pack the metal, successive surges producing a dense packing of the at least one of deuterium and hydrogen on the metal; and    wherein each pulse in the cluster of pulses has an amplitude that is proportional to an instantaneous amplitude of a major wave associated with the train of energy packets, and wherein each pulse in the cluster of pulses has a frequency that is proportional to an instantaneous frequency of the major wave associated with the train of energy packets.    
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the amplitude and duration of each pulse in the packet, the duration of the intervals between these pulses and the duration of the intervals between successive packets in the train are in a predetermined pattern in accordance with superlooping waves in which each wave is modulated by waves of different frequencies.  
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein said train of energy packets is produced by an energy source whose output is applied to the metal-gas system through an electronic modulator controlled by a computer which is programmed to produce energy pulses in said pattern.  
     
     
         4 . A method for intensifying an interaction between a metal and at least one of deuterium and hydrogen, the metal and the at least one of deuterium and hydrogen being combined in a metal-gas system, the method comprising: 
 applying a train of energy packets to the metal-gas system, a cluster of intensified energy pulses being superimposed on each packet, to cause a correspondingly pulsed wave to impact the metal, each packet of pulses producing a surge of the at least one of deuterium and hydrogen to pack the metal, successive surges producing a dense packing of the at least one of deuterium and hydrogen on the metal; and    wherein each pulse in the cluster of pulses has an amplitude that is proportional to an instantaneous amplitude of a major wave associated with the train of energy packets, and wherein each pulse in the cluster of pulses has a frequency that is proportional to the instantaneous amplitude of the major wave associated with the train of energy packets.    
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the amplitude and duration of each pulse in the packet, the duration of the intervals between these pulses and the duration of the intervals between successive packets in the train are in a predetermined pattern in accordance with superlooping waves in which each wave is modulated by waves of different frequencies.  
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein said train of energy packets is produced by an energy source whose output is applied to the metal-gas system through an electronic modulator controlled by a computer which is programmed to produce energy pulses in said pattern.