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Charles Bagwell
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I am a retired Nuclear Engineer with a Senior Reactor Operator certification On 1150 MW General Electric Boiling water Reactors. I also operated a 3,000 MW Coal fired power plant for DTE Energy. (Detroit Edison). I started my Energy training as a E-5 Boiler operator for the US Navy in the Vietnam war era.
For over 50 years I have been investigating exotic energy systems, to find the most energy efficient ones to install in my home, working toward a “Zero” net energy bill from the local electric utility every month. I finally achieved that goal four years ago, with the installation of 12 kw of ground mounted Solar panels. I sell the Electricity they produce to my local Electric Utility at a premium price, which offsets my all electric home’s energy usage.
To help get me to a net “zero” usage, I installed a three ton “Geothermal closed loop heat-pump system operating with a COP of 5.
Also, for the last five years I have been experimenting with Electromagnetic devices to make steam for a three horse power steam engine/generator in my basement shop. Toward that end, I discovered this Physics Review website and a discussion thread on magnetron microwave production.
My goal is to retrofit a standard kitchen microwave oven to produce 7 scfm of 100 psi steam to run the engine. But first, I need to understand the complete workings of a cavity magnetron tube.
For over 50 years I have been investigating exotic energy systems, to find the most energy efficient ones to install in my home, working toward a “Zero” net energy bill from the local electric utility every month. I finally achieved that goal four years ago, with the installation of 12 kw of ground mounted Solar panels. I sell the Electricity they produce to my local Electric Utility at a premium price, which offsets my all electric home’s energy usage.
To help get me to a net “zero” usage, I installed a three ton “Geothermal closed loop heat-pump system operating with a COP of 5.
Also, for the last five years I have been experimenting with Electromagnetic devices to make steam for a three horse power steam engine/generator in my basement shop. Toward that end, I discovered this Physics Review website and a discussion thread on magnetron microwave production.
My goal is to retrofit a standard kitchen microwave oven to produce 7 scfm of 100 psi steam to run the engine. But first, I need to understand the complete workings of a cavity magnetron tube.
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