Patent Application
20240074362
The present invention relates generally to weather modification and more specifically to rain enhancement.
Many regions of the planet have an arid climate, characterized by limited rainfall and high air temperatures. Production of agriculture crops in such regions is restricted and limited mainly by the availability of freshwater resources. The present invention enhances precipitation in such arid regions, offering more opportunities for crop production and farming.
The present invention offers other benefits, including comfort cooling, illumination/outdoor lighting with no hard wires, and slowing down the planet ice caps melting, induced by global warming climates.
An apparatus for weather modification and precipitation enhancement and method to enhance rainfall in arid regions of the planet. The weather modification is achieved through distribution of the electrically non-neutral charge carriers across the planet, governed by the electromagnetic field of the planet. The embodiments include various methods for emission of the charge carriers from the apparatus, whereas the said released carriers force air circulation around the planet, and moisture release through condensation. The corresponding method for the precipitation enhancement is also presented.
All illustrations of the drawings are for the purpose of describing selected versions of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
One or more illustrative embodiments of the disclosure are described herein. Such embodiments are merely illustrative of the scope of this disclosure and are not intended to be limiting in any way. Accordingly, variations, modifications, and equivalents of embodiments disclosed herein are also within the scope of this disclosure.
The foregoing features and elements may be combined in various combinations without exclusivity, unless expressly indicated otherwise. These features and elements as well as the operation thereof will become more apparent in light of the following description and the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the following description and drawings are intended to be illustrative and explanatory in nature and non-limiting.
As described in the subsequent sections of this disclosure, the present invention and related method are based on the properties of the charge carriers and their trajectories in the electromagnetic field of the planet when they are released in the atmosphere.
In one embodiment, inlet 106 is used to channel medium to the chamber, whereas the medium is in the gaseous, solid, or liquid form and used in such embodiment as a source of charge carriers. Valve 105 is used to control the medium inflow to chamber 102. In one embodiment, ionizer 103 is a high voltage device and used to ionize the medium present in chamber 102 to produce the charge carriers. Voltage source 107 is used to provide an electric force to direct charge carriers to the peak of the apparatus, where emitter 111 is located. The orientation of voltage source 107 is such that the positive terminal of voltage source 107 faces earth 108 and the negative terminal of voltage source 107 faces the peak of the apparatus, whereas the charge carriers are of negative polarity (e.g. electrons). Electromagnetic device 104 is used to create an electromagnetic pulse to push charge carriers out of the apparatus through emitter 111 at non-zero initial velocity. To limit the emission of the charge carries from sides 110 of the apparatus, a layer of insulation is added on sides 110. Person 109 is shown next to the apparatus.
Inner structure 101 is be made of material that has non-zero ionic conductivity, including metals, natural or artificial polymers, or stones. In one embodiment, the shape of the apparatus is pyramidal. In another embodiment, the apparatus has an obelisk shape or any other shape allowing for concentration of the charge carriers at the emitter, allowing for their emission. In another embodiment, a large antenna type shape is used.
The preferred materials for the medium have the following properties: low ionization energy, low atomic mass, combine easily with oxygen (O), easily combustible when combined with oxygen, low activation energy for combustion to begin, non-toxic, non-radioactive, and is available in abundance. Hydrogen (H) is an example of gaseous medium, whereas mercury (M) in liquid form is an example of liquid medium, and generally solid elements from the periodic table can be considered for the source medium. Chemical components with lowest ionization energy, also listed in the periodic table, would be the preferred choice for medium for the charge carriers.
Various methods may be used to produce the charge carriers from the medium that includes but not limited to, ionization, pressure, heat, exposure to the light, or nuclear decay.
In one non-limiting example, the medium is hydrogen supplied through channel 206 to chamber 202, with the amount of the medium controlled by valve 205. Mixing hydrogen with oxygen occurs in chamber 202. Channels 210a and 210b lead to the outside of apparatus 200, supplying oxygen to the chamber for mixing with the supplied gaseous medium for combustion. Voltage source 207 is used to provide an electric force to direct charge carriers to the peak of apparatus 200, where emitter 212 is located. The orientation of voltage source 207 is such that positive terminal of the voltage source faces earth 208 and the negative terminal of voltage source 207 faces the peak of the apparatus. Insulation 211 is optionally added in a layer to the sides of the structure to avoid leaking of the charge carrier from the sides to ambient. Ionizer 203 ignites the gas mixture inside the chamber to combust. In this embodiment, piezoelectric device 204 deforms under the mechanical stress due to a pressure wave from combustion, creating an electric field and force to push charge carriers out of emitter 212. Person 209 is shown next to the apparatus.
In this embodiment, the apparatus 403 provides initial energy to accelerate the charge carriers out of the apparatus and needed mostly to give charge carriers sufficient kinetic energy to pass through the dense layer of atmosphere. Passed that, the electric field of the planet provides the needed energy for the charge carrier's movement, whereas the magnetic field of the planet provides the direction for the charge carriers movement.
The charge carriers have non-zero mass. Their collision with the air molecules gives momentum to the air, resulting in airflow. The process is known as ionic wind, electric wind, or electronic wind. The air flow of such process follows the path of charge charrier trajectory 402. As the air moves over the land, the air movement brings moisture inland from regions having more pronounced moisture content to regions having less pronounced moisture content. The redistribution of the moisture occurs around the planet along trajectory 402, where areas less humid along trajectory 402 and areas adjacent to trajectory 402 become more humid.
In this embodiment, the rain or mist is created by air condensation. In a non-limiting example, the areas close to the continental shores may contain 80% relative humidity at ambient temperature of 40° Celsius. The dew point for such a condition, or temperature at which the air begins to condense forming water droplets, is about 36° Celsius. The ambient air temperature depends on elevation. The ambient air temperature decreases by a few degrees Celsius per hundred meters of elevation. In this embodiment, the air containing moisture is forced to a higher elevation (see
As released from the apparatus, the charge carriers move eastward from the location Gan-Eden 405 when released from the apparatus due to the direction of the Lorentz forces acting on the charge carriers. As such, the ionic wind and airflow brings moisture and rain eastward of the location 402, likely causing inundation of the major rivers in the area (e.g. rivers in North Africa and Middle East) as well as inundation of other rivers close or nearby trajectory 402.
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In another embodiment, the apparatus is utilized to form a light along trajectory 402 as an alternative to the outdoor lights around the planet. In such embodiment, the charge carriers moving along trajectory 402, colliding with air molecules, exciting those, which are normally deexcited releasing photons with the light colors depending on the type of atoms they collide with but normally varying between green, blue, and violet. The light looks similar to the aurora borealis glow or similar to plumbed, feathered or rainbow serpent. Such light is created along trajectory 402 or trajectory 602 in the embodiment.
In another embodiment, the apparatus is utilized to slow down the thinning ice caps due to global warming climate impact. The apparatus is positioned on the planet away from the magnetic equator as described in one of the other embodiments such that trajectory of the charge carriers and their flow may have wave component similar to trajectory 602, allowing the airflow to bring moisture to the polar region of the planet, where precipitation would occur in the form of snow. Accumulation of the precipitation in the form of snow over extended period of time would help recover or slow down the thinning ice caps.
At step 902, the medium is supplied for the process to generate charge carriers.
At step 903, an apparatus produces charge carriers, using chemical, electric, nuclear, or other means.
At step 904, a dedicated voltage source inside the apparatus imposes an electric field, directing the charge carrier toward the emitter, where the charge carriers are collected.
At step 905, an electromagnetic device accelerates the charge carriers that are released from the emitter.
At step 906, the charge carriers released by the apparatus collide with charge-neutral molecules, positive ions, and negative ions to produce more charge carriers.
At step 907, the charge carriers move along a trajectory determined mostly by the electric and magnetic field of the planet and the location of the apparatus with respect to the plane of the magnetic equator.
At step 908, the charge carriers create ionic wind, also known as electric wind, which give momentum to the neutral air molecules in the direction of the charge carriers flow. The air molecules pick up moisture as they encircle the planet and distribute the moisture along the trajectory of the charge carrier flow.
At step 909, the air molecules bring moisture to the higher layer of the atmosphere, where the air condenses and fall as rain or mist or snow or hail.
The process flow diagram is not intended to indicate that the operations of method 900 are to be executed in any particular order, or that all of the operations of method 900 are to be included in every case. Additionally, method 900 may include any suitable number of additional operations.
A detailed description of one or more embodiments of the disclosed apparatus and method are presented herein by way of exemplification and not limitation with reference to the Figures.
The term “about” is intended to include the degree of error associated with measurement of the particular quantity based upon the equipment available at the time of filing the application.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure. As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises” and/or “comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, element components, and/or groups thereof.
While the present disclosure has been described with reference to an exemplary embodiment or embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made, and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the present disclosure without departing from the essential scope thereof. Therefore, it is intended that the present disclosure not be limited to the particular embodiment disclosed as the best mode contemplated for carrying out this present disclosure, but that the present disclosure will include all embodiments falling within the scope of the claims.
Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
