摘要 |
A method and apparatus (10, 146) for generating energy, which utilizes a sustained phonon resonance in a lattice with two or more components. The first component (14, 111, 112, 162, 164) comprises elements having nuclei with quadrupole moment. The second component (74) comprises elements having atomic charge less than the first component (14, 111, 112, 162, 164), a different phonon spectrum than the first component (14, 111, 112, 162, 164), and vacancies in the lattice. The phonon resonance within the lattice is sustained at a frequency resonance of 10<11> to 10<14> Hz, such that the energy replenishment rate of the phonon resonance is greater than the energy transfer rate to the first component (14, 111, 112, 162, 164). Creating and sustaining a phonon resonance within the lattice may be accomplished by applying a thermal flux, a photon flux, or microwave radiation along the lattice surface. |