™Several presentations focused on montages that
spontaneously generate electricity
Two different electrodes, one of which is charged with hydrogen, are separated by a low gas thickness. A weak current flows between the electrodes,
a phenomenon of a weak amplitude without much practical application
for the moment but which is unexplained and deserves why we're interested. The history of science is rich in
examples in which small-scale phenomena
have led to deep questioning of the certainties pre-existing." End quoted
Thanks Alan Smith for this from the summary of IWAHLM-14 by Jacques Ruer. It ties in the relevance (my opinion) of the first observed thermo voltaic effect...
It being spontaneous/naturally occurring (like LEC effect) in bi-metal layers,
also it being of no or little utility (like LEC).
"....unit is to generate a net output of
electrical power, we must avoid that regenerative eddy-current syndrome in its pipework.
We do that by laminating the pipe assembly and avoiding its closed conductive sectional forma and the laminations are provided, not because we seek to use alternating magnetic induction, as in power transformer, but rather because we want to set up the non-linear thermal gradient and avoid a mismatch of thermally-induced EMFs which would otherwise promote unwanted current circulation. The circumferential magnetic field effects are thwarted by introducing a break in the
circuit path and tapping off the current flow by diverting into a battery... " Quote Harold Aspden - Fire From Ice - page 7