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Project Tesla: Wireless Transmission of Power Resonating Planet Earth
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Abstract
Many researchers have speculated on the meaning of the phrase "non-Hertzian waves" as used by
Nikola Tesla. Dr. Tesla first began to use this term in the mid 1890s in order to explain his proposed
system for the wireless transmission of electrical power. In fact, it was not until the distinction between
the method that Heinrich Hertz was using and the system Tesla had designed that Dr. Tesla was able to
receive the endorsement of the renowned physicist Lord Kelvin [1].
To this day, however, there exists a confusion among researchers, experimentalists, popular authors,
and laymen as to the meaning of "non-Hertzian waves" and the method Dr. Tesla was promoting for the
"wireless transmission of power". In this paper, the terms pertinent to "wireless transmission of power"
will be explained, and the methods being used by present researchers in a re-creation of the Tesla's 1899
Colorado Springs experiments will be defined.
Early Theories of Electromagnetic Propagation
In pre-World War I physics, scientists postulated a number of theories to explain the propagation of
electromagnetic energy through the "aether". There were three popular theories present in the literature
of the late 1800s and early 1900s. They were:
1. Transmission through or along the Earth,
2. Propagation as a result of terrestrial resonances,
3. Coupling to the ionosphere using propagation through electrified gases.
The Controversial Measurement
It does not indicate faster-than-light velocity. The mathematical models and experimental data used
by Schumann and Waite to describe ELF transmission -and-propagation are complex and beyond the
scope of this paper. Dr. James F. Corum, Kenneth L. Corum, and Dr. A-Hamid Aidinejad have,
however, in a series of papers presented at the 1984 Tesla Centennial Symposium and the 1986
International Tesla Symposium, applied the experimental values obtained by Dr. Tesla during his
Colorado Springs experiments to the models and equations used by Schumann and Waite. The results of
this exercise have proved that the Earth and the surrounding atmosphere can be used as a cavity
resonator for the wireless transmission of electrical power. (Fig 3.)
The Need for a Wireless System of Energy Transmission
A great concern has been voiced in recent years over the extensive use of energy, the limited supply
of resources, and the pollution of the environment from the use of present energy conversion systems.
Electrical power accounts for much of the energy consumed. Much of this power is wasted during
transmission from power plant generators to the consumer. The resistance of the wire used in the
electrical grid distribution system causes a loss of 26-30% of the energy generated. This loss implies
that our present system of electrical distribution is only 70-74% efficient.
A system of power distribution with little-or-no loss would conserve energy. It would reduce
pollution and expenses resulting from the need to generate power to overcome and compensate for
losses in the present grid system.
The proposed project would demonstrate a method of energy distribution calculated to be 90-94%
efficient. An electrical distribution system based on this method would eliminate the need for an
inefficient, costly, and capital intensive grid of cables, towers, and substations. The system would
reduce the cost of electrical energy used by the consumer and rid the landscape of wires, cables, and
transmission towers.
There are areas of the World where the need for electrical power exists. Yet there is no method for
delivering power. Africa is in need of power to run pumps to tap into the vast resources of water under
the Sahara Desert. Rural areas such as those in China require the electrical power necessary to bring
them into the 20th Century and to equal standing with Western nations.
Methods
A full-size, 51-foot diameter, air core, radio frequency resonating coil and a unique 130-foot tower
insulated 30 feet above ground have been constructed and are operational at an elevation of
approximately 11,000 feet. This system was originally built by Robert Golka in 1973-1974 and used
until 1982 by the United States Air Force at Wendover AFB in Wendover, Utah. The USAF used the
coil for simulating natural lightning for testing and "hardening" fighter aircraft. The system has a
capacity of over 600 kilowatts. The coil (which is the largest part of the system) has already been built,
tested, and is operational.
A location at a high altitude is initially advantageous for reducing atmospheric losses which work
against an efficient coupling to the Schumann Cavity. The high-frequency, high-voltage output of the
coil will be half-wave rectified using a uniquely designed single electrode X-ray tube. The X-ray tube
will be used to charge a 130-ft. tall, vertical tower which will function to provide a vertical current
moment. The mast is topped by a metal sphere 30 inches in diameter. X-rays emitted from the tube will
ionize the atmosphere between the Tesla coil and the tower.
This will result in a low resistance path causing all discharges to flow from the coil to the tower. A
circulating current of 1,000 amperes in the system will create an ionization and corona causing a large
virtual electrical capacitance in the medium surrounding the sphere. The total charge around the tower
will be in the range of between 200-600 coulombs. Discharging the tower 7-8 times per second through
a fixed or rotary spark gap will create electrical disturbances, which will resonantly excite the Schumann
Cavity, and propagate around the entire Earth.
Future Objectives
The successful resonating of the Schumann Cavity and wireless transmission of power on a small
scale resulting in proof -of-principle will require a second phase of engineering -- the design of receiving
stations. On completion of the second phase, the third and fourth phases of the project involving further
tests and improvements and a large-scale demonstration project will be pursued to prove commercial
feasibility. Total cost from proof of principle to commercial prototype is expected to total $3 million.
Interest in participation in this project may be directed to the author.