Homepage of Dr. Dennis Cravens
Dr. Dennis Cravens
Cloudcroft, NM
dennis@netmdc.com
Mission
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and
the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and
endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in
others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a
garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has
lived better (R.W. Emerson)
What I do
I teach on-line courses for Amridge University - Math/Science.
But my real love is to look at questionable and discarded physical
theories and see if there is anything to them and if there is some way to make
the world a better place
Gas loaded
Palladium Black:
After 20 years of working with
mostly electrochemical “cold fusion” (CMNS) devices, I am presently working on
making a solid state “cold fusion” device. I prepare Palladium “black” with
additions of rare earths, ferromagnetic, and other alloying materials. I
then place them in Yttrium stabilized Zirconium oxide ceramics. The ZrO2
material is a proton conductor and allows for rapid movement of hydrogen (including
its deuterium isotope). I am = trying to achieve “self heating”. That is
to say, make the sample produce heat by itself without any external stimulus or
power input. I am seeing some self heating at elevated temperatures (200
to 250C). Eventually, I hope to extract net energy from the samples. It
is assumed that the reaction producing the effect is a D + D to helium nuclear
“fusion” reaction. This promises a nearly unlimited source of future
“green” energy since there is little or no radiation produced (energy going
into phonon production within the lattice) and only the inert material helium
is produced.
FAQ's about Cold Fusion
short powerpoint of current work
slow loading Picture Album
HOPE PROJECT
A non-polluting hydrogen-fusion hybrid vehicle.
I originally was trying to produce a vehicle will be a
hybrid car capable of traveling 2000 miles or more using clean and renewable
energy sources. However, this is well beyond my current ability.
Instead, I am not converting an old Model A to run with an electric
motor. The car was chosen because it is exempt (grandfathered) from most
state regulations. This is an engineering and development project which will use a “cold fusion trickle
charger”. I need to get to about 1 to 5 W of net excess electrical energy
for the project to work. It will likely have only about 5 to 10 miles
range and will take about a month to recharge- but it is the first step.
With a little luck, I hope to have the prototype completed for the 2010 Dallas
Auto Show. It will not be commercially viable and is not very
practical. However, I enjoy working on old cars and the idea of
producing a fusion power vehicle-however impractical- is a fun dream and gives
me “escape” on the weekends as I turn a wrench under a shady tree – just like
my teenage years.
HOPE Project Links: car selection
Family pictures very slow large pictures
Research
Laser work
Old: High energy submerged plasmas
Plasma heated
Stirling engine
HV electrical
pulsed system
Co-deposited Pd
Gas loaded Pd black
CMNS (Condensed Matter Nuclear Science)
General relativity- modification of the stress tensor to
allow for creation and annulations operators
Note: see also www.cravenslab.org and www.NMIAS.org