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DePal.EaInstltute, 2 February 1984

Bn-rce E. DePaLma, 1055 Channel Drlve,

Santa Barbara, 9f1OB

Callfornla

Repart # ?5

t?re Eecret

of the Faraday DlEc

!n flrgt

Decenber of 1811, over. 152 years ago, lt

wa6 Mlchael Faraday who

lntenpoBed 4 coppr d.lsc whlch oould be r.otated. between the the f1e1d 1lneE perpendlculan to the rotatlng

pol,s of a. nagnet wlth

d1ss. Faraday d.lsoovered. a vo1t8.6e whlsh oou1d. be gnerated botween the center and th outen edge of the rotatlng vol,tage whlch waE ihe output polar DlEc generator on conductlng dlsc. fhlE

of the then to become knoun Fgrad.ay Honoor brushs, one

lE extraoted, by E11d1ng contects on the outer pe lthery

the axle and, the otbr

of the .!,otated con-

duotlng dlgc, Flgure (1), Ihe Feraday dlsc gene!'aton waa developed 1n the late egr.ly pert of thls Bultable 18908 snd the nachlne

oentury to be a hlgh power, 1ow noltage d.o.

?or lnd.ustrlal

app11cat1ons. fhe behavlor of the maohlne thus ln l1ne wlth the behavlot of, othe!' electrlcal

conEtruoted ua total"ly

aachln!.y ln tho senEe the generatlon

of powen by the nachlne was

aqcompanlgd always by a counengurate drag to lnEure the 1d,ea of a converslon fron r0echanlcal to elactrlcaL 1n thls Enengy rres supported. lnpl1clt

was the unEtatod Eupport of the rel1g1ouE be11ef that no work the expendlture of an requlvalentr aroount

q ou1d. be obtalned. lrl thout of nechani.c8,l energy.

0f course there ane other rel1g1ous bellefE an lnexhaustable reEourtcg but until polnt

\4hlch say that energy 1s of a practlcal free-

the lnventlon

energy nachlne thls

Etays noct,

Itre Secret of the Faraday Dlgc

Dela l&a

A long hlstory

of tbe d.eveLopEent of electrlcaL one lead ue to

nachi.neny startlng construct the conbln-

wlth the Farad.ay d.1se of flgure at1on, fl8une (2).

Here, lnstead of the Eagnetlc f,1ux path belng closflux path LE cloEed. syur!travellng N-3 through

ed 1n a yoke around. the d.lEc, the oagnetlc etrlcelly through the d.1ss wlth Eyorletnlcal the flux

llnkages

the rsdlally

central- portlon

of, the path through the center 3-N synlletrlcally through the

of, the d.lsc; vh1le the return outen peltlhery of the d.1sc. A plot of the voltage proflle

path travelE

ln the d1gc, flgune deneltles

(l),

shows a curve speeds.

typlcaL of ounnently enoountergd flux

and rotatlonal

wlth Ihe voltageE sne noEln&l valueE DeEEured. the axle and the other explor.llg of the rotatlng conductllg the voltage

one sl1d1ng oontact on proflLe on the Eu.nfaca

d1sc. Several thlngB are appa!'ent. the vo1dLsc depends onl-y on the ThuE

ta6e pr"eeent at eny rad.lue of the rotatlng flux denslty and. tangentlal fron thls that veloolty

of the dlsc g! !!g!9 pa1nt. obtalnable

1t 1E clear

the voltage

froro a s1ld1ng con-

tact at the edge of th rotatlng 1s not the g

dlsc with nespect of the eentral axls

of the rroltaggs appear.ln8 ln the d1sc. as a source-slnk phongoenon. That ls, el-

'rts aan concelve elect!'lq1ty

ectnone ca! appean at a negatlve pole and b6 absorbed at the posltlve po1e. In tenns of the oporatlon of the Faraday dlsc wlth the nagnetlq

f1e1d. cLosed, through the d.lsc, thlg n6an9 the current

ilow wlth a load

lnter"pgEed. betvee! blughs placed on the outer ed.6Eand. ce4tr.al, axLs gf the d.lsc, wll-l- be as ehown by the aryows on f16ur:e (l).
lihen the flu)c path noroally nesldlng ls cLoged through the d1sc, of lhe el-ectrIcal pol rad1a1ly.

on the axls

or center

the d.IEc 1s dlsplaced

fhe secret

of the Fa!,aday D19c

DePa}oa

ghe nadlal dlsplaceroent of the posltlve that rlth the lndlcated

pole to the radlus 11 neane portlon of the nachlne of

curi!.eat fLow the lnner

Bay be nade to rqotor agalnst electrlclty

the dnag qreated by the gxtractlon

fron the edge of the rlaqblne vE the center. actlon of a Fanaday dlEc tlre anea

lhe torque (or drag) created by the Eotorlng ls propo.!'tlon&l to the total flux

Llnkages paeElng through fleld..

of tbe d.1sc llluElnated the centtral aree lE'[ri, lEJf(ri eagy t; - 4). ulth

by the DEgnetlc

In the exaopLe Ehown anr:ul&r rlng 1t ls

aDd, the &rea of the perllheral

a nachlne operated. at magnetlc saturatlon the Ebove EreaE rlad.e equal drag frori

Ee thEt wlth

tb.e maohlne

w1l-1 d.lEappar. ghE Fer.aday dlEs uEs 1ne!.tlal euclt the pattern of electrlcel (oentrlfugal) potentlal and. nagnetlc o! the notatlng forcEs tq d.1Ec. the the f,Lux path

productlon

of Eleotrlcal

enengy froa a Farad,ay d,1so with

cLosed throu8h the dlEo, an N nachlne, wlthout 1on of a coopletely unsubstantlated

drEg 1E Just 4 vloLat-

supposl,tlon thst Echanlcal work po{er le vltb-

Lnput to the nachlne Euat be provlded rhen eleotrlcal drawn. On the p!ctlcal lrtetler

slde the oper&tlon of the nachlne 1s unaffected wlth dlsc or" t]ot and the loaqb1ne nay b tbe portlon of the dlse to-

the loegnetE 4r:e rotsted exq1t1!g by cuttLlg

lrad eelf

a Ep1rs1 lnto Rotatlon

coTerlng thq central 6ther facllltates

pole face.

of the Eagneta and dlsc

the Eer.leslng of !0ach1nes to provlde hlghE!' out1!put and output poles on the axles of

put voltaBes whl1e retalnllg the lischlne.

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fhe gecret of the FaradaY Dlsc DePaI'ma

I'he secr:Et of the Farad.ay dlsc

thus slnpLy bcous: the Faraday d.1sc exper.lenced In the early

1s a fre-ene!.gy roechlne. Ihe antl-torqueE

use gf the machine Eupported a work-eth1c paradlglo whlqh waa not questloned, When the ma,gnEtlc flux path ts cloEed symr0etrlcally th-rough

the d.IEc lnstead asEoclated ulth An lntetrestlng

of around the d.lsc as 1n the early r0eshlnes the d.rag the flow of cuJ.nent dlEappea!.s.

thought 1s tbe drag lE rea11y an antl--tolque

oreated.

by Eomethlng whlch pas8es through the dlso and Eotor"E 1t Ln the opposlte dlreotlon to th d.l,rectlon whlqh lrould. be created when 1t w&s through the d.lsc. An lnterpretatlon of the d.rag agelnEt a velocLty perpndl,oular to nay

electnon ou!.!'ent whLoh weE flowlng conElstant wlth

tho Lenz lav lnterpfetatlon

sur!,ent carnylng wLre loovlng wlth llnear l-lnes of nagnetLc flux

lln]{age can be d.eveloped out of th1g. It ane llberated

we1L be that when eleotrong d.18o w1t!r the clrcult

f!'on the ed.6e of E Fa!'aday what flowE through the com-

collpleted It

to the centeri

d1c r0ay not be Lectrons. pletes

Eay well- be thet e holE current

the p8,th through the d.lEc. When current thnough nagnetlc

caryylng conductolrE eleqtrons are

are tovl! not flowlng electrlclty

fLeLd.E 1t nay weLl- be that

through thoEe portlons 1s belrg

of the DovLng cond.uctgrg 1n whlch

tgeneratedr, Conslderatlon w1l-Lshow that electron to a nagnetlc fleLd should

flow throu8h a wlre novlng perpendlcular asElst the tlotlon of the vlr'e.

the centrlfirgal was flrst

extr.actlon

of energy frotD the 1nert1a1 f1eld. of space

d.emonatl.atedby Farad.ay ln 1811. The propel: lnte!'pre ta tl on as a f!'ee energy ltachlne has taken soroe tlBe slnce of cloElng the flux path tblough the dlec had

of the experlroent

the other posslbj.11ty, neven been thought of.

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