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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2003
Francis Yu-hei Tsang, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Tristan Dieter Juergens, Telluride, CO (US);
Yale Deon Harker, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Kwan Sze Kwok, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Nathan Newman, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Scott Arden Ploger, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Francis Yu-Hei Tsang, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Tristan Dieter Juergens, Telluride, CO (US);
Yale Deon Harker, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Kwan Sze Kwok, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Nathan Newman, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Scott Arden Ploger, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Global Technologies, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Abstract
The invention describes a product and a method for generating electrical power directly from nuclear power. More particularly, the invention describes the use of a liquid semiconductor as a means for efficiently converting nuclear energy, either nuclear fission and/or radiation energy, directly into electrical energy. Direct conversion of nuclear energy to electrical energy is achieved by placing nuclear material in close proximity to a liquid semiconductor. Nuclear energy emitted from the nuclear material, in the form of fission fragments or radiation, enters the liquid semiconductor and creates electron-hole pairs. By using an appropriate electrical circuit an electrical load is applied and electrical energy generated as a result of the creation of the electron-hole pairs.