# US 2024/0200213 A1 · Electrical power generation systems and methods regarding same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0200213 A1 - Document ID: US20240200213A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/537,766 - Filed: 2023-12-12 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2014-05-29 - Assignees: Brilliant Light Power, Inc. - Applicants: Brilliant Light Power, Inc. - Inventors: RANDELL L. MILLS - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240200213A1 ## CPC - C25B 13/04: characterised by the material - G21B 3/00: Low temperature nuclear fusion reactors, e.g. alleged cold fusion reactors - C25B 1/04: by electrolysis of water - H02S 40/22: Light-reflecting or light-concentrating means (directly associated with the PV cell or integrated with the PV cell H10F77/42) - H02S 40/32: comprising DC/AC inverter means associated with the PV module itself, e.g. AC modules - H02S 40/38: Energy storage means, e.g. batteries, structurally associated with PV modules - H02S 40/42: Cooling means - H05H 1/01: {Handling plasma, e.g. of subatomic particles} - H10F 10/161: comprising multiple PN heterojunctions, e.g. tandem cells - H10F 10/163: comprising only Group III-V materials, e.g. GaAs/AlGaAs or InP/GaInAs photovoltaic cells - H05H 2277/13: Nuclear physics, e.g. spallation sources, accelerator driven systems, search or generation of exotic elements - Y02E 10/52: PV systems with concentrators - Y02E 10/544: Solar cells from Group III-V materials - Y02E 10/549: Organic PV cells - Y02E 30/10: Nuclear fusion reactors - Y02E 60/36: Hydrogen production from non-carbon containing sources, e.g. by water electrolysis - Y02E 70/30: Systems combining energy storage with energy generation of non-fossil origin - C25B: ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOUNDS OR NON-METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR (anodic or cathodic protection C23F13/00; single-crystal growth C30B) - G21B: FUSION REACTORS (uncontrolled reactors G21J) - H02S: GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES (obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H10F; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H10K30/00; thermoelectric devices H10N10/00; pyroelectric devices H10N15/00) - H05H: PLASMA TECHNIQUE (apparatus or processes specially adapted for producing X-rays H05G2/00); PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS - H10F: INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A solid or liquid fuel to plasma to electricity power source that provides at least one of electrical and thermal power comprising (i) at least one reaction cell for the catalysis of atomic hydrogen to form hydrinos, (ii) a chemical fuel mixture comprising at least two components chosen from: a source of H2O catalyst or H2O catalyst; a source of atomic hydrogen or atomic hydrogen; reactants to form the source of H2O catalyst or H2O catalyst and a source of atomic hydrogen or atomic hydrogen; one or more reactants to initiate the catalysis of atomic hydrogen; and a material to cause the fuel to be highly conductive, (iii) a fuel injection system such as a railgun shot injector, (iv) at least one set of electrodes that confine the fuel and an electrical power source that provides repetitive short bursts of low-voltage, high-current electrical energy to initiate rapid kinetics of the hydrino reaction and an energy gain due to forming hydrinos to form a brilliant-light emitting plasma, (v) a product recovery system such as at least one of an augmented plasma railgun recovery system and a gravity recovery system, (vi) a fuel pelletizer or shot maker comprising a smelter, a source or hydrogen and a source of H2O, a dripper and a water bath to form fuel pellets or shot, and an agitator to feed shot into the injector, and (vii) a power converter capable of converting the high-power light output of the cell into electricity such as a concentrated solar power device comprising a plurality of ultraviolet (UV) photoelectric cells or a plurality of photoelectric cells, and a UV window. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: a) a set of electrodes separated to form an open circuit; b) an injection system to inject a conductive material and H2O between said electrodes to form a closed circuit; wherein said conductive material comprises a metal and a metal oxide; c) a source of electrical power connected to said set electrodes to form a current and voltange in said closed circuit; and wherein the current and voltage in said closed circuit and conductive material is capable of initiating a plasma forming reaction when H2O is present as nascent molecules; d) a regeneration system to regenerate the conductive material from products of said plasma forming reaction; wherein said regenerated conductive material is provided to said injection system loading between said electrodes after said plasma forming reaction; and e) a power converter to convert light and/or thermal output from the plasma to electrical and/or thermal power. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the metal is Cu, Ni, Pb, Sb, Bi, Co, Cd, Ge, Au, Ir, Fe, Hg, Mo, Os, Pd, Re, Rh, Ru, Se, Ag, Tc, Te, Tl, Sn, W, Al, V, Zr, Ti, Mn, Zn, Cr, or In. ### Claim 3 A system comprising: a) a set of electrodes separated to form an open circuit; b) an injection system to inject a conductive material and H2O between said electrodes to form a closed circuit; wherein said conductive material comprises a metal and a metal halide; c) a source of electrical power connected to said set electrodes to form a current and voltange in said closed circuit; and wherein the current and voltage in said closed circuit and conductive material is capable of initiating a plasma forming reaction when H2O is present as nascent molecules; d) a regeneration system to regenerate the conductive material from products of said plasma forming reaction; wherein said regenerated conductive material is provided to said injection system loading between said electrodes after said plasma forming reaction; and e) a power converter to convert light and/or thermal output from the plasma to electrical and/or thermal power. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system according to claim 3, wherein the metal is Cu, Ni, Pb, Sb, Bi, Co, Cd, Ge, Au, Ir, Fe, Hg, Mo, Os, Pd, Re, Rh, Ru, Se, Ag, Tc, Te, Tl, Sn, W, Al, V, Zr, Ti, Mn, Zn, Cr, or In.