The Townsend Brown EKP experiment in mineral oil
By Jean-Louis Naudin
created on August 21, 2002 - JLN Labs - Last update August 22, 2002
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The purpose of this experiment is to test the Townsend Brown Electrokinetic apparatus in different mediums such as AIR and MINERAL OIL.

This experiment is fully described in the US Patent N°2949550 filed on Aug 16, 1960 and titled "Elektrokinetic Apparatus". This device uses the same working principle as the Lifter devices :
<< It is therefore an object of my invention to provide an apparatus for converting the energy of an electrical potential directly into a mechanical force suitable for causing relative motion between a structure and the surrounding medium. It is another object of this invention to provide a novel apparatus for converting and electrical potential directly to usable kinetic energy.
It is another object of this invention to provide a novel apparatus for converting electrostatic energy directly into kinetic energy.
It is another object of this invention to provide a vehicle motivated by electrostatic energy without the use of moving parts.
It is still another object of this invention to provide a self- propelled vehicle without moving parts. It is a feature of my invention to provide an apparatus for producing relative motion between a structure and the surrounding medium which apparatus includes a pair of electrodes of appropriate form held in fixed spaced relation to each other and immersed in a dielectric medium and oppositely charged. It is another feature of my invention to provide apparatus which includes a body defining one electrode, another separate electrode supported in fixed spaced relation by said body, and a source of high electrical potential connected between the body and the separate electrode. >> ( Extract from US Patent N°2949550 filed on Aug 16, 1960 titled "Elektrokinetic Apparatus" )

1 - TEST IN AIR USED AS THE FLUID MEDIUM :

Desciption of the device :

The Townsend Brown EKP device uses two rectangular asymmetrical capacitors made with aluminum. They are wing shaped ( 60 x 50 mm ) and a thin enameled wire ( 0.05 mm diam ) is placed at 35 mm from the leading edge. These small wings are mounted on a frictionless rotor ( 70 mm diameter ). The rotating T.T. Brown wings are placed in a plexiglass vessel which can be filled with a liquid.

Test result : When the HV power supply is switched on ( 18.4 KV DC @ 750 uA ), the rotor turns at a high speed ( 760 RPM ), see the video of the test below.

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2 - TEST IN MINERAL OIL USED AS THE FLUID MEDIUM :

The Townsend Brown EKP wings are now fully immersed in MINERAL OIL.

Test result : When the HV power supply is switched on ( 37.7 KV DC @ 810 uA ) , the Townsend Brown EKP wings are set in motion. In spite of the high viscosity of the mineral oil used at a temp of 25°C, the rotor turns at a low speed ( about 2 RPM ), see the video of the test below.

This experiment confirms that the Biefeld-Brown Effect works in different medium than air such as mineral oil

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