Most people are familiar with motors that use magnetic fields to produce motion. However, electrostatic fields can also be used to build motors and other devices. A build up of electrostatic charge exposed to another charge can produce a force. Just like the magnetic force, it can be repulsive or attractive.
In his paper titled, "SOLUTE ION COULOMB FORCE MONOPOLE MOTOR AND SOLUTE ION LINEAR ALIGNMENT PROPULSION"
and patent application
"US 2010/0199632 A1 Solute Ion Coulomb Force Acceleration and Electric
Field Monopole Passive Voltage Source"
he describes multiple possible setups in which the potential energy in
salt water can be tapped. It is stated that approximately 3% or 30,000
parts per million of seawater are actually sodium and chlorine ions. An
ion is a molecule or atom that has a different number of protons (that
produce positive charge) than electrons (that produce negative charge).
These charged ions hold a huge potential energy. Apparently, this
potential energy is what keeps sodium chloride from sinking in water,
even though NaCl is more than three times as heavy as the water
molecule. The dipole polarity of water is a strong attraction-repulsion
to the charged ions, making the weight different irrelevant.He proposes separating the ions by running a current through two electrodes with a potential voltage difference. This would attract positive sodium ions to the negative electrode and negative chlorine ions to the positive electrode. The build up of charge would create a large attractive force between these two electrodes of opposite charge. It is proposed that aerogel could be used as electrode material because it has a very large surface area. Since electric charge accumulates on the surface of a material and not inside of a material this could increase the force produced. However, other materials such as bronze could be used.
The patent describes how multiple electrodes or "monopoles" (electric charges are not considered to be dipoles but point charges) of electric charge can be arranged in motor configurations or configurations that produce thrust. In one example, you could place several monopoles of the same polarity on a rotor disc. Then you could place a stator monopole of the same polarity near the edge of the rotor. Both the stator and rotor monopoles would be in repulsion. By using electrically insulating material you could shield the rotor or stator in such a way to make the rotor spin.
Interestingly, in this setup only a small amount of charge could produce a large amount of force. In the paper it is stated, "Only a very small amount of charge in each monopole is required, i.e., 10 millicoulombs, (less than a milligram) to provide a force of about 44,000 Newtons (almost 10,000 lbs) if monopoles are separated by 0.5 meters (assuming this equation for Coulomb’s Law for this application is directly applicable without modification-this may not be the case)."
In addition to powering a motor this technology could produce jet ions in salt water. In this case the force produced by the monopoles would be working directly against the ions in the water. Perhaps a new jet ski could be made using this technology!
One important thing to mention is that this technology is not claimed to break the laws of thermodynamics. It does not "create" energy. The input energy to separate the charged ions is much less than the energy produced by the electrostatic force. However, the energy was stored in the potential energy of the ions. This technology just converts the potential energy of the ions into kinetic energy.
Please realize this technology has not been tested. It is still an idea at this point in time. But the author of the patent and paper claim it is all grounded in science. The Coulomb Force is a fact. The ability to separate ions in salt water using a potential voltage difference between electrodes is a fact. The stored potential energy in ions is a fact. The ability to shield electrostatic forces is a fact. This theory simply tries to put it all together to produce a useful technology.
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