Maxwell wrote in Theory of Heat that the Second Law of Thermodynamics requires the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics. Carnot pointed to the observed atmospheric temperature lapse rate as an example of what we now call adiabatic expansion, thus rejecting the Zeroth Law. We find similar Zeroth Law violations in LEDs, which says that solid state …
We’ve just published another paper! We found something we weren’t looking for, and didn’t expect. It took us over a year to come to terms with what the evidence was suggesting. We said it raises questions about a violation of Kirchhoff’s Law, but that’s not the only way to interpret it. One way or another, …
Our paper challenging the Second Law has passed peer review, and is now published. You can find the paper here. There are several other good papers joining ours, including what should be an excellent paper by Professor Daniel Sheehan on Epicatalysis.
As you can see from the rest of this site, we have developed a semiconductor structure that appears to convert heat directly into electricity. If you have plowed through the Test Results document, you saw that those results confirm our expectations of direct conversion. However, we recognize our bias. We know that our testing needs independent confirmation. …
We have received U.S. Patent number 8,624,100.International patents are still pending.
We have received a number of excellent comments on Test Results v1.1. 1) We were asked to clarify Fluke 289 typical location relative to the voltage divider. We will update schematic in 5.2.1.2 to reflect location in parallel with Voltage Source in lower left corner of schematic. 2) It was noted that voltage dividers don’t …
