TY - JOUR
T1 - Attempting to Extract Power from Earth's Rotation
T2 - An Experimental Test
AU - Veltkamp, Bastiaan
AU - Wijngaarden, Rinke J.
PY - 2018/11/9
Y1 - 2018/11/9
N2 - A recently proposed method for the extraction of electrical energy from a circuit that is static with respect to the surface of Earth is investigated experimentally. In this method an electrical circuit moves due to Earth's rotation in Earth's magnetic field, and thus is supposed to generate an electromotive force. Our experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method yields voltages more than 3 orders of magnitude smaller than the predicted signal. This discrepancy is explained, and constraints on alternative schemes are briefly considered.
AB - A recently proposed method for the extraction of electrical energy from a circuit that is static with respect to the surface of Earth is investigated experimentally. In this method an electrical circuit moves due to Earth's rotation in Earth's magnetic field, and thus is supposed to generate an electromotive force. Our experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method yields voltages more than 3 orders of magnitude smaller than the predicted signal. This discrepancy is explained, and constraints on alternative schemes are briefly considered.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.10.054023
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.10.054023
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85056581567
SN - 2331-7019
VL - 10
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - Physical Review Applied
JF - Physical Review Applied
IS - 5
M1 - 054023
ER -
