the new fuels with magnecular structure - Institute for Basic Research

94 RUGGERO MARIA SANTILLI
1) Evaporation of water according to the known reaction
H 2 O(liquid) → H 2 O(vapor) − 10.4 Kcal/mole, (4.24)
2) Separation of the water molecule,
3) Separation of the hydrogen molecule,
H 2 O → H 2 + 1 2 O 2 − 57 Kcal/mole, (4.25)
H 2 → H + H − 104 Kcal/mole, (4.26)
4) Ionization of H and O, yielding a total of 1,197 Kcal.
We then have the evaporation and ionization of the carbon rod,
C(solid) → C(plasma) − 437 Kcal/mole, (4.27)
resulting in the total 1,634 Kcal for 4 moles of plasma, i.e.
408.5 Kcal/mol = 0.475 kWh/mol = 1621 BTU/mol =
= 515.8 Kcal/cf = 0.600 kWh/cf = 2, 047 BTU/cf,
(4.27)
to which we have to add the electric energy needed to heat up the non-consumable
tungsten anode which is estimated to be 220 BTU/cf, resulting in the total of
2,267 BTU/cf. This total, however, holds at the electric arc itself without any
loss for the creation of the DC current from conventional alternative current. By
assuming that rectifiers, such as the welders used in PlasmaArcFlow reactors have
an efficiency of 70%, we reach the total electric energy from the source needed to
produce one cubic foot of plasma
Total Electric Energy = 3, 238 BTU/cf = 949 W/cf. (4.28)
We now compute the total energy produced by PlasmaArcFlow reactors according
to quantum chemistry. For this purpose we assume that the gas produced
is composed of 50% hydrogen and 50% carbon monoxide with ignorable traces
of carbon dioxide. The latter is indeed essentially absent in PlasmaArcFlow reactors,
as indicated earlier. In addition, CO 2 is not combustible. Therefore,
the assumption of ignorable CO 2 in the gas maximizes the prediction of energy
output according to quantum chemistry, as desired.