Energy from Salt Water

Could it be? An unlimited source of energy from a substance that is definately not in limited supply and renews itself. Well according to retired TV-station owner and broadcast engineer John Kanzius, its a real possibility. Many have seen a you-tube video where a test tube of salt water is battered by radio waves, self ignites and powers a small sterling engine.

So can it be, a solution to man-kind’s ever growing energy problem? Mr. Kanzius stumbled upon this quite remarkable find while doing cancer research. He was experimenting with metallic nanoparticles with a special coating that helped them target specific kinds of cells. They were then bombarded with radio waves causing them to superheat and kill the cancer cells. With the particles suspened in a salt water solution they unexpectedly ignited. Somehow the water was breaking down into its primary elements, hydrogen and oxygen. He also reported that the energy released was greater than which was used to create the radio waves.

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According to Dr. Rustum Roy, an authority on the structure of liquid water at Penn State University, which houses one of the foremost microwave research labs,. he hadn’t met Kanzius, but his enthusiasm for the concept was palpable.

No hard research has been conducted as yet — it’s only been a few months since the water first caught fire — but Dr. Roy speculates that because the 13.56-MHz radio frequency is a harmonic of the natural frequency of sodium ions, the waves are causing these positive ions to vibrate intensely. Van der Waal’s effects attract the oxygen end of water molecules to the positive sodium ions, and the vibration shakes the oxygen molecules hard enough to break the hydrogen bonds, freeing the hydrogen gas, which then ignites and burns. If true, the radio waves may be giving us electrolysis at a deep energy discount, allowing the flame to produce a net energy gain without breaking any thermodynamic laws.

Have we found an alternative to good ol’ petrol? Kanzius suspects that a certain mixture of the salt water solution could power an internal combustion engine. The only question would be, is the salt water to corrosive for an IC motor? Even though plenty of research is still to be done, I believe that another good source of hydrogen production has been found. Further extending my stance on hydrogen being the fuel of the future.