Great Quality Pictures and progress in Morocco, Crowdsourcing campaign on IndieGoGo launched, also an added note from myself and great link all added at the bottom of this post
While Yes the Quantum Energy Generator is open sourced and there is a working prototype there seems to be a lot of confusion online just what is up with the QEG and its open sourcing. This post will serve a huge purpose in illuminating a few aspects of the QEG including some basic specs for those seeking such data.
A lot of the information found in this post can be found from the two videos posted here within this post. Primarily I am taking the data from the recording of James M. Robitaille in Morocco on April 19th.
While yes the prototype was and is producing "raw" power from the core it seems as if the plans are not yet fully finished. The idea to open source the project as soon as it could be proven to work was really done to enlist the help of other people on the project. A whole bunch of groups of people each working on their own QEG will be able to test a multitude of different insulations, core sizes, etc while sharing what is learned along the way to help out everyone on the project.
It seems there is a lot of skepticism naturally surrounding the QEG right now and in face of no video showing explicitly it powering something, it will exist to some degree and will continue to exist while being introduced to the people. The entire idea of going through the hassle of open sourcing a hoax really makes no sense however you slice it. That being said I do see both sides of the coin in releasing of video proving the QEG works. It is an interesting dilema and I feel FTW & team made the right call by allowing the people to release proof the QEG works. It really does not seem to be that far off that a QEG will be powering a pump of some sorts to provide water to the village of Aouchtam in Morocco. All we have to do is wait patiently as with the number of bloggers taking part in the co-creation over there, it will be impossible for a working free energy device to go on unreported about in the village they reside in
Scaling the QEG to Size
The QEG can be scaled to size to suit a lot of different needs. The basics are all the same but changing the size ultimately effects the output of the machine. The QEG can be built bigger or smaller but when changing the core size, the resonating frequency will also change as well. The resonating frequency the QEG is currently scaled to is at 200 Hertz. Its good to know that the primary frequency is half (1/2) of the output frequency. The other main component that gets changed with the scaling is the power availability. The smaller the generator the less power which can be produced and vice versa for a larger generator. Also good to note that the lower the frequency the machine is resonating at, the more power that can be harnessed. This really has impact during the tuning process. The QEG will not just resonate at its peak spot, it will also resonate within many different harmonics and this is where attention to the machine and its wave output is critical in fine tuning it by observing the waves being produced.
Working Theory in 30 Seconds
The QEG is nothing more than a "tank" or "tuned" circuit. Within the core, power generation is achieved really through varying the parameter of inductance to produce a known effect known as "parametric oscillation". According to Google a "a parametric oscillator is a harmonic oscillator whose parameters oscillate in time." "Parametric resonance occurs in a mechanical system when a system is parametrically excited and oscillates at one of its resonant frequencies." As the inductance is different within the core at the poles and between the poles when the rotor is aligned or not aligned, the rotating of the rotor allows for this effect to take place and the power to be generator through operating at its peak resonance. When the rotor is aligned at the poles it has 27 henries and when the rotor is unaligned in between the poles is has less at 11 henries.
As the rotor begins to spin a small voltage begins to build within the circuit and once it is running the power build up "takes off" as it begins to run in resonance. If you have watched the video of the group in Taiwain achieving resonance, there is an audible difference when the generator is in resonance. As the rotor gets into its groove spinning at peak resonance, there is ample help from the circuit as it seems to try to phase lock the rotor into spinning at the peak resonance. Peak resonance is achieved at a rather low RPM varying from 2000-3000 RPM by the QEG. (More specifics to come through testing and building) It is built for a lower RPM though it would be important to note that if you up the RPM once the QEG is tuned into it's resonant frequency this increases the power output by pushing the generator into a deeper resonance putting off deeper sine waves. There are a lot of working ranges here and is completely dependent on the scale though through testing and observation one will be able to find the sweet spot of the QEG and tune accordingly. May not be the easiest the first time but with working knowledge and success comes the ease of replication and much easier as more people DO and share.
The only thing the QEG needs have added into the mix to produce the power is the mechanical energy needed to spin the rotor in the core. This is achieved through the motor and there exists a plethora of add ons to the generator here and the initial plans. A battery could be added which would be wired to stay charged while running but would also hold enough power to restart the generator so it is 100 % self powering.
The core consists of 4 windings around the steel core. These windings are technically vibrator coils with the 2 primaries being the 3100 turn coils and the secondaries being the other 350 turn coils. The two primaries are wired in series by connecting the starts of each coils together. This also serves as a safety check by insuring to keep the voltage on the core as low as possible since in series the core can only produce half the total voltage on the core. Also these windings are opposed and one is winded clockwise and the other counter-clockwise. These windings keep the oscillation going within the core
In this generator the specifics of the metal core being M19 at .025" thick (24 gauge) at 140 lamination depth is very important as once the generator is running and tuned into resonance, the steel in the core experiences a "piezo" effect in that the steel itself starts to vibrate and resonate with entirety of the core. This effect also allows the coil to produce more power. While the exact grade of the steel does not have to be this specific grade, the same inductance can be found throughout different grades with a different amount of windings on the coils. There is a mechanical resonance as well as a tunable electrical resonance at work in the generator. Someone working on a similar model made the core from M 15 with less windings in the coils at 2600 turns opposed to 3100 turns and it produces the same inductance.
Insulation, Magnet Wire, & Taiwan Issues
The magnet wire in the manual described is very specific for a few specific reasons. The letters and numbers indicate the different coating/insulation put on the magnet wire. Particularly on the 10 gauge magnet wire it needs to have a superior insulation which is known as inverter grade. James found two companies which offer the wire in the US being Essex (Ultra Shield??) and REA (Pulse Shield). He makes it seem like these may be the only two companies offering manufacture of it but having spoken with a few different wire companies they too offer similar products in 20 gauge magnet wire being inverter grade. As to specific specs, I cannot speak to that further than they said they offer a comparable product to REA's Pulse Shield coating. This coating is good to about 12,500 Volts which is about half of what is needed for the core. The remainder will need to be made up in adding other layers of mylar or other insulators around the windings.
Once the generator is properly tuned the energy from the primary transfers much better into the secondary and the Voltage doesn't go as high. James jokes that with everyone with a screwdriver and the specific motor used in Taiwan most likely led to what happened over there as the motor speed control was changed by a screw. The RPM was turned up a little too high and it seemed to short circuit 5 turns in the primary coil once it was taken apart and examined. Nothing arced to the core and everything was contained within the coil. When it was taken to be rewound, it was rewound with a layer of mylar in between the windings. (The windings of the coils take some practice even for companies like Torelco offering their winding services for this project. A lot of the accepted changes seem to being made to the cores being processed by Torelco though not 100% positive on that at the moment) Prudence here would be the word of the day as enough insulation is required around the core for about 25,000 Volts and it cannot be too big as it has to stay small enough for plenty of clearance by the rotor. A method called vacuum impregnation could be used to insulate the entire core and is really the best and most efficient method of insulation of the cores. It is dipped essentially into the insulation material/epoxy and vacummed into the nooks and crannies of the windings to provide a very close and great insulator and when done right adds double the insulation value with very little space.
The amount of insulation required on each winding can be calculated by taking the max Voltage divided by the number of turns in the windings. (James uses Max Voltage/6200 turns to get the insulation requirement per turn of the winding) When James left Taiwain, the group was still deciding how to go about rewinding their coil and how the insulation will be spread throughout. Once again it is a matter of providing enough insulation and not making it too big.
Mica plates, mica tape, and mylar tape were all used in the prototype to get the core ready to be wound so absolutely no wires from the winding was touching the core. There was talk of using a bobbin to help here with that though my understanding and comprehension of that part is a little hazy so I will hold off on commenting though if any can share with me to edit this part, please do (The video also offers a lot of insight into manufacturing the cores for production in different methods of insulating the core from the windings to prevent arcing and shorting of the windings) The key is if the QEG is built to withstand the high voltages it will produce ample power!
With the realization after the plans were made and open sourced that the generator is a High Voltage Low Current machine, the 10 gauge requirement in the core windings on the secondary coils does not need to be 10 gauge. When the the prototype was built it was specified for 10 gauge wire to allow for up to 40 Amps though now that it will not be producing that high a current, James is pretty confident that 12 guage wire could be used instead of 10 gauge wire and be more efficient. With that said, here exists a great opportunity to really drive the point home that these plans are currently being revised as more research and DOing is done and experimenting with the QEG. The more people who are testing out cores, set ups, different ideas, the faster there can become a collective model & plans based off of all findings of everyone involved. The "end-all-be-all" model if you will. It is through this DOing and testing different insulators, different methods, etc etc that the best will emerge and will be adaptable by all who are working on the project.
Operation - Free Energy to Aouchtam
It has taken James a little bit of time and really thinking outside of the box and the help of others, particularily in Taiwan to realize that the QEG is in its essence a High Voltage Low Current machine. Understanding this will help in tuning the machine also it will help in finding the best way to get the power from the QEG into usable power for our everyday equipment. At this point it is not even close to impossible to get some decent output from the generator using a grid tie in inverter that is on the market. The design of the QEG is for a max of 600 Volts at least for the step here in having an interface to provide the power into usable form. This can easily be achieved through the use of different electronics or a simple grid tie in inverter and through their use the output potential should easily be able to be quadrupled. It seems the biggest challenge now is finding a decent existing interfacing solution that can handle the high input of Voltage. The inverter that is in Morocco is rated at 650V and 5 Amps which will allow for the generator to produce about 3,000 Watts. Roughly 600 Watts will go to running the motor of the generator and the remaining roughly 2,400 Watts will be usable for providing power to a water pump to pump water from a well for the village of Aouchtam. (Specifics on the well, pump, and all that in Aouchtam seem to be a little up in the air at least as per the video, being that I am not in Morocco or in constant communication with the people out there, I can only speak to what data I have available to me)
At this point James also talked about running another inverter in series to crank up the usable output to about 6,000 Watts. That is roughly 5,400 Watts of continuous usable current by using inverters though currently the team in Morocco has only one. The cost & efficiency of running a few inverters in series is really not the best way to go in the future but is a "fix" that will allow ample power to be drawn and used from the generator. To bring down the cost and up the efficiency of the output there is talks of using a line transformer at this step to provide what is needed. Essentially the same thing outside on the telephone poles as they are built for high voltage low current. Same here as with the current inverters, if there is something that will match this application to specs, it is not in anyone's (that I have been in communication with) awareness. Inverters are not made to handle the higher voltage levels the QEG produces. James has spoken with a few companies who manufacture transformers and to get a transformer for this particular application does not seem to be a hard task, it is just going to be an additional cost and potentially not the cheapest route from jump street as the transformers would need to be customized to this application. It will be interesting to see and hear how this is dealt with in Morocco though at this point James is very confident in the generators ability to produce 3,000 Watts of usable power from what the team in Morocco currently has.
Exciter Coil - New Revelations
It seems there has been some issue in getting the exciter coil to work throughout some different projects though the change in view of the machine into a high voltage low current machine has allowed for breakthroughs in the understanding of the exciter coil. This is really a change that Voltage on the output is suppose to be about 10 times higher than what they were originally looking at in that range. James is very confident that when 2,000 Volts is applied across the exciter coil, it will resonate, in fact he says "it will ring like a bell". The potential exists to get more than 10 KiloWatts of power out of the QEG but is really dependent on fine tuning the machine and really learning it and getting it at peak efficiency. One great thing the exciter coil does is the also polarize the core over time which will make the output higher just by running the machine.
"The keys are there and the mystery is gone!" James remarks in the video. Ultimately it is up to people all over the world to take part in this project, design your model a certain way, and share the results so improvements are made all the time and a lot of the learning shared through collective action. I hope this post will help you maybe understand a little better just what is going on in the QEG, more details, and really saving you from having to watch and digest the important points of a 57 minute video! Additional info can be found from a video featuring James in Taiwan on 4.13.2014.
UPDATE: 4/27/2014
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(The video also offers a lot of insight into manufacturing the cores for production in different methods of insulating the core from the windings to prevent arcing and shorting of the windings) The key is if the QEG is built to withstand the high voltages it will produce ample power!
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