The amazing motor that draws power from the air modern. My primary goal is to improve the power electrostatic motors can transfer to demonstrate their usefulness and utilize the million to billion. Their history, types and principles of operation oleg jefimenko, thomas valone, david k. Build this high voltage motor from plastic pop bottles. Electrostatic motors american association of physics teachers. Electrostatic motor the charles stark draper laboratory. Oleg dmitrovich jefimenko october 14, 1922, kharkiv, ukraine may 14, 2009, morgantown, west virginia, united states was a physicist and professor emeritus at west virginia university biography.
A few papers on electrostatic motors have trickled out of the laboratories in recent years. Intro here is an electrostatic motor based on a steampunk theme thats an easily build. Our experiments have proved that the energy of the earths electric field can be converted into continuous mechanical motion, dr. Their history, types and principles of operation at. Electrostatic motors electrostatic motors jefimenko, oleg.
Its construction does not require access to a machine shop. A different approach to the theory of electromagnetic and. Read electrostatic motors, the physics teacher on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Oleg jefimenko managed to make a more advanced one of this. Researching george van tassel and my integratron experience. A different approach to the theory of electromagnetic and gravitational fields, 2nd ed. Discovered by ben franklin in the 18th century, electrostatic motors are an allamerican invention. Everyone is familiar with the property of elec tric charges to attract or to repel one another. Funky looking motor is powered by static electricity. Oleg jefimenko deserves significant credit for presenting a valuable theory of the electrokinetic field, as he calls it.
The electric motors that are in common use today are based on the principles of electromagne tism. Incredibly extensive collection of emotors from modern versions back to the franklin era. Electret scientific company, star city, west virginia 1973. Jefimenko, causality, electromagnetic induction, and gravitation. In electromagnetism, jefimenkos equations named after oleg d. This paper describes the design of an electrostatic motorgenerator using electrets and its circuit.
My hopes are to gain additional torquespeed for the motor by ionic induction with little to no additional input energy. The rotor was constructed by laminating a strip of aluminum foil between layers of plastic packaging tape and rolling it into a tube. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Electro static motors oleg jefimenko free download as pdf file. This week hes showing us how he made a large electrostatic motor, also known as a corona motor. The consequences of this development are difficult to predict. Oleg jefimenko, they can do any thing electromagnetic motors can do, and some things they can do better. Electrostatic motors pdf copy of the outofprint classic. Torque exerted by a moving electric charge distribution on a stationary electric charge distribution, j.
Full text of electricity and magnetism internet archive. Jefimenko constructed and operated electrostatic generators run by atmospheric electricity. Electrostatic motors are powered by electric field of the earth. This is different from a regular motor, which is based on magnetic. Causality, electromagnetic induction, and gravitation. Apart from possible applications electrostatic motors make fascinating playthings. Jefimenko and his graduate students at west virginia university. We also have demonstrated the unique properties of electrostatic motors. Electrostatic motors by oleg jefimenko, 9781935023470, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Funky looking motor is powered by static electricity hackaday. Bedinicole window motor with a jefimenko electrostatic. Design of high power electrostatic motor and generator. The most authoritative and comprehensive book on the subject of using high voltage electric charge to power a motor.
Oleg dmitrovich jefimenko was a physicist and professor emeritus at west virginia university. Electro static motors oleg jefimenko electric motor electricity. Electromagnetic retardation and theory of relativity. Beaty, 1988 museum of science heres a simple electrostatic motor thats based on 2liter soda bottles and aluminum foil. The group has reconstructed models of franklins motors and developed advanced electrostatic machines of other types. An electrostatic motor or capacitor motor is a type of electric motor based on the attraction and repulsion of electric charge an alternative type of electrostatic motor is the spacecraft electrostatic ion drive thruster where forces and motion are created by electrostatically accelerating ions. Empirical analysis of electrogravitics and electrokinetics. I was researching in this area long ago too and he was kind enough to send me a copy of his electrostatic. Journal articles by oleg jefimenko electret scientific. We also have demonstrated the unique properties of electro static motors. The reader may wish to see one in action and mit has a youtube video demo online. They are based on the physics of the fairweather atmosphere that has an abundance of positive electric charges up to an altitude of 20 km. Jefimenko, including titles like gravitation and cogravitation.
Author of gravitation and cogravitation, causality, electromagnetic induction, and gravitation, electricity and magnetism, how to entertain with your pocket calculator, electrostatic motors, 30 music programs for timex sinclair 2068, scientific graphics with lotus 123, electrostatic motors. Us1974483a us426738a us42673830a us1974483a us 1974483 a us1974483 a us 1974483a us 426738 a us426738 a us 426738a us 42673830 a us42673830 a us 42673830a us 1974483 a us1974483 a us 1974483a authority us united states prior art keywords electrodes dielectric mass forces member prior art date 19300207 legal status the legal status is an assumption and is not a. One of the pioneers in electrostatic motorsgenerators was oleg d. Electrostatic motors meridian international research. They have been studied extensively in recent years by oleg d. Their history, types, and principles of operation, by dr. Jefimenkos electrokinetics explains electrogravitics known for his extensive work with atmospheric electricity, electrostatic motors and electrets, dr. Journal articles by oleg jefimenko presenting electromagnetic theory in accordance with the principle of causality, eur. The knowledge of static electricity dates back to the earliest civilizations, but for millennia it remained merely an interesting and mystifying phenomenon, without a theory to explain its behavior and often confused. A different approach to the theory of electromagnetic and gravitational cooking for 2 recipes cooking for one recipes. An electrostatic generator, or electrostatic machine, is an electromechanical generator that produces static electricity, or electricity at high voltage and low continuous current.
Electrostatic motor plans simple, sensitive voltage motor using 2liter soda bottles william j. By using electrets which generate permanent electric field on a rotor, higher power than that. Our experiments have proved that the energy of the earths electric field can be converted into continuous me chanical motion, dr. Electrostatic motors, their history, types and principles of operation. With many illustrations, of which power electrostatic motors can transfer to demonstrate their usefulness and utilize the by professor. Click to share on twitter opens in new window click to share on facebook opens in new window related. The electrostatic component of this motor is my attempt to meld two technologies together. The motor works by using an even number of electrodes on the. You can study the work of oleg jefimenko to learn about his atmospheric motors that he developed by searching through the internet. With many illustrations, of which power electrostatic motors can transfer to demonstrate their usefulness and utilize the by professor oleg d. Jefimenkos motors in detail, and also historical info on famous electrostatic motors of previous centuries. Jefimenko give the electric field and magnetic field due to a distribution of electric charges and electric current in space, that takes into account the propagation delay retarded time of the fields due.
A revolution in electrostatic motors california science. Most electric motors in use today rely on electromagnetic effects to produce torque, whereas electrostatic motors use electrostatic forces. Electrostatic m o t o r s it is also interesting to note that certain types of electrostatic motors were frequently. This type of motor is based on coulomb forces, and its energy output is related to the change in electrostatic energy that occurs when charges are moved between the terminals of a highvoltage hv supply.
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