subject: Super Fluid Magnetic Pendulum [print this page] Super Fluid Magnetic Pendulum Super Fluid Magnetic Pendulum
Not only do super fluids like this have properties which can protect wear and tear on modern day high-performance equipment, they also have other potential applications as well. Not long ago, after reviewing some of the more dynamic properties of these fluids it occurred to me that they can be used for energy generation.
No, I am not a "perpetual motion" fanatic when it comes to magnets, because it takes a lot to make something magnetic and over time they lose their magnetic properties, thus, like fuel eventually they are used up. In any case let me describe a potential innovation to create energy. First a pendulum with a magnet would be put above a small tank with such fluid in it, and the pendulum would swing back and forth, not touching the fluid rater, just very close to it.
Each time it skimmed near the fluid, the fluid would respond by attempting to catch the pendulum due to its magnetic properties, this would cause wave actions in the tank of fluid. A neutrally charged float, perhaps made of something like a hollow piece of light-weight plastic would be move up and down on the water, and it would be connected to an energy generation system, perhaps an encapsulated magnetic induction tube, with again a neutral barrier to the fluid.
If two tubs were used the pendulum would keep going forever, and each tub would be generating energy due to the constant wave action. There are unlimited ways to design such things, this concept just came to me while reading a paper on the topic after reading an article in an "oil and lube industry" trade journal and seeing a picture of how the fluid reacts. Since this concept is scalable too, it has lots of potential applications for energy generation.
