(WO/2008/064002) RF SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING SALT WATER

Pub. No.: WO/2008/064002 International Application No.: PCT/US2007/084541 Publication Date: 29.05.2008 International Filing Date: 13.11.2007
Applicants:	KC ENERGY LLC [US/US]; 3710 Volkman Road, Erie, PA 16506 (US) (All Except US). KANZIUS, John [US/US]; 3710 Volkman Road, Erie, PA 16506 (US) (US Only). ROY, Rustum [US/US]; 500 E. Marylyn Avenue, State College, PA 16506 (US) (US Only).
Inventors:	KANZIUS, John [US/US]; 3710 Volkman Road, Erie, PA 16506 (US). ROY, Rustum [US/US]; 500 E. Marylyn Avenue, State College, PA 16506 (US).
Agent:	MOORHEAD, Sean, T.; Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, 800 Superior Avenue, Suite 1400, Cleveland, OH 44114 (US).
Priority Data:	60/865,530 13.11.2006 US 60/915,345 01.05.2007 US 60/938,613 17.05.2007 US 60/953,829 03.08.2007 US

Title:

RF SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING SALT WATER

Abstract:

Systems and methods for processing salt water and/or solutions containing salt water with RF energy. Exemplary systems and methods may use RF energy to combust salt water, produce hydrogen from salt water or solutions containing salt water, to volatilize a secondary fuel present in solutions containing salt water, to produce and combust hydrogen obtained from salt water or solutions containing salt water, to volatilize and combust secondary fuel sources present in solutions containing salt water, to desalinate seawater, and to carry out the electrolysis of water are presented. An exemplary system may comprise a reservoir for containing a salt water solution or salt water mixture; a reaction chamber having an inlet and an outlet; a feed line operatively connecting the reservoir to the inlet of the reaction chamber; an RF transmitter having an RF generator in circuit communication with a transmission head, the RF generator capable of generating an RF signal absorbable by the salt water solution or the salt water mixture having a frequency for transmission via the transmission head; and an RF receiver; wherein the reaction chamber is positioned such that it is between the RF transmission head and the RF receiver.

CLAIMS (Some)
1. A method of combusting a liquid, comprising: providing an RF system having an RF generator and a transmission head, the RF generator capable of generating an RF signal for transmission via the transmission head, and the transmitted RF signal capable of generating an ignitable gas from sea water in an open container proximate the transmission head; providing a liquid comprising water and at least one ion, the liquid having an effective amount of the at least one ion dissolved in the liquid for generation of an ignitable gas by the transmitted RF signal; arranging the transmission head with respect to the liquid such that the transmitted RF signal interacts with at least some of the liquid; transmitting the RF signal via the transmission head; igniting the ignitable gas generated from the liquid by the transmitted RF signal to initiate combustion; and wherein the transmitted RF signal is transmitted for a time sufficient to combust at least a portion of the liquid.

10. The method of combusting a liquid according to any of claims 1-9 wherein the RF signal generated by the RF generator has a frequency of approximately 13.56 MHz.

26. The system of any of claims 23-25, wherein the salt water solution further comprises: a. at least one additive; or b. at least one secondary fuel; or c. a mixture of both.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the additive is a surfactant.

28. The system of claim 26, wherein the additive is capable of forming an azeotrope with water.

29. The system of claim 26, wherein the additive is capable of elevating or lowering the freezing point of water.

30. The system of claim 26 wherein the additive is a polymer.

31. The system of claim 26 wherein the secondary fuel is selected from the group consisting of alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, or mixtures thereof.

32. The system of claim 31, wherein the alcohol is selected from methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, n-propanol, and mixtures thereof.

40. The system of any of claims 24-39 comprising a hydrogen collection tank operatively connected to the reaction chamber that collects hydrogen generated within the reaction chamber.

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Will this replace oil as our fuel? Stranger than fiction!!

Observations of polarised RF radiation catalysis of dissociation of H2O–NaCl
solutions
R. Roy*1,2, M. L. Rao1 and J. Kanzius3
Materials Research Innovations 2008 VOL 12 NO 1 6

John Kanzius hopes Erie will get cancer trials (AUDIO & VIDEO)

BY DAVID BRUCE
david.bruce@timesnews.com [more details]

AUDIO:
http://goerie.com/audio/0602kanzius

VIDEO:
http://www.gorie.com/video/0602kanzius

KANZIUS Special Section:
http://goerie.com/Kanzius

Published: June 03. 2008 6:00AM

John Kanzius meets with the editorial board about his new developments in his groundbreaking cancer treatment research. (Erie Times-News) Zoom | Buy this photo

It's been a busy spring for John Kanzius.

The Millcreek Township inventor has been the subject of a "60 Minutes" profile about his invention, a radio-frequency generator that has been proved to completely kill cancerous tumors in animals without side effects.

He also has met with Gov. Ed Rendell and U.S. Rep Phil English, of Erie, R-3rd Dist., to seek funding for more research and manufacturing of the device.

This summer, Kanzius will work with owners of Industrial Sales and Manufacturing to build a larger RF device that can be used in human trials.

He has even talked with Hollywood executives about a movie based on his invention.

Kanzius, 64, met Monday with the Erie Times-News Editorial Board.

He spoke for 50 minutes about his invention, which is being tested at world-class research institutes as a cancer-killing machine and a device that converts saltwater to energy.

Q What's the latest information you can tell us about cancer research of your device at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center?

A Researchers at M.D. Anderson have targeted specific cancers that they have proven -- this was the $64,000 question -- can we get the nanoparticles where we want to get them? They have proven they can get them where they want to get them, in specific tumors. That manuscript will be out in July or early August. ... I can't give you more information about it (because) the journals get very upset if the press gets the information and peer-reviews it before they have a chance to send it to their medical people for evaluation.

(Dave Geller, M.D., principal investigator of Kanzius' device at UPMC) has an article coming out in Surgery magazine in August that talks about gold nanoparticles and the ablation of cancers in the livers of rats.

Q Will human trials of your device happen in Erie?

A (Steve Curley, M.D., principal investigator of the device at M.D. Anderson) wants human trials to happen in this town ... and I would like to see that happen. Dr. Curley has assured me that some institution will run the test if they can meet the qualifications.

Whether that is going to be Saint Vincent, whether it will be the Regional Cancer Center or some combination of them, I can't tell you at this point. The water is murky with (Saint Vincent and Hamot) and the RCC, and negotiations with UPMC.

Q How much of an economic impact would hosting human trials have for Erie?

A I see it being a big windfall. Erie will have a device not available elsewhere in the country except for a handful of places, like Houston, Minneapolis, Boston and places on the West Coast. It puts this community in a prestigious and elite status. Patients from Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh will come here for treatment, at least until there are enough devices built to send to those cities.

Q You said there have been numerous offers to buy your project. Are you tempted to sell?

A It is not my intent. My intent is to see by license or whatever, a majority of equipment is manufactured in Erie. Some stuff can't be manufactured here. ... I can't find anybody who wants to make the RF generators for the equipment, which is a very integral part. One manufacturer said they would be glad to make it -- in Mexico. It made me almost turn blue.

Q What is happening with research at Pennsylvania State University about using the device to "burn" saltwater? There has been debate on the subject that it takes more energy to heat the saltwater than the chemical reaction releases.

A Everyone says it's all about "energy in, energy out" but (Rustum Roy, a Penn State professor who is leading saltwater-to-energy research on the device) said it costs $1.35 to make a gallon of ethanol and nobody complains about that and the fact it has more carbon releases in it than gasoline. Everyone says this is green. This is the way to go. (Roy) said, "Wouldn't you rather have something that gives off pure drinking water as a by-product and may be nearly as efficient as ethanol?"

Q Is there going to be a movie about your life and invention?

A I'm waiting for (the movie's producer) to put out a press release. (It's a) major motion picture company in Los Angeles, but they haven't (issued) a press release yet, so I've been asked to embargo that. ... They have mentioned different people (to act in it), but it's the availability of the actors and actresses.

DAVID BRUCE can be reached at 870-1736 or by e-mail.

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Kanzius device burns off salt to purify water

Tue May 13, 2008

By Heather Warlick
Staff Writer

Besides the hope it holds for cancer treatment, John Kanzius' machine has other interesting functions. Penn State researchers have been exposing saltwater to radio frequencies.

"One of the fellows in the lab in Erie called and told me he'd seen a flash in the test tube; it looked like the saltwater made a flame,” Kanzius said. When he performed experiments on saltwater, Kanzius found the saltwater burned when he heated it with radio waves. He was able to keep saltwater burning like a candle.

Subsequent testing showed that subjecting saltwater to radio frequencies changes the molecular structure of water. The salt burns away, leaving fresh water behind.

"If the byproduct of burning saltwater is free desalinized water, that's a pretty nice byproduct to have,” Kanzius said. A scientific article was published in Materials Research Innovations this year that confirms the molecular change in saltwater when exposed to polarized radiofrequency radiation at 13.56 MHz.

Kanzius said independent researchers measured the flame's temperature at above 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit, which indicates an enormous energy output.

Penn State University chemist Rustum Roy said the question of saltwater's potential lies largely in its energy efficiency. Kanzius said he has powered a hot-air engine with saltwater, but whether the system can power a car or be used as fuel is not known.

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Salt water fuel gets major university review

John Kanzius

Michael O'Mara Created: 9/12/2007 7:08:18 PM Updated:9/13/2007 5:43:11 PM Play Video

"This is the biggest discovery in 100 years in water research" claims expert.

Last May, Channel 3 News took you inside the no-frills machine shop in outskirts of Erie, Pennsylvania where inventor, John Kanzius along with Jim and Charlie Rutkowski were burning water.

We watched as they poured Morton's salt into a container, mixed it with water and then exposed the fluid to the Kanzius radio frequency device.
An intense flame erupted over the test tube.

"In this case we weren't looking for energy," said John Kanzius. "We were looking for something that might do desalinization. And the more we tried desalinization, the more heat we produced until we got fire."

Kanzius had originally designed his RF machine to kill cancer cells by heating up high tech nanoparticles.

Doctor Steven Curley, M.D. is using the Kanzius RF device for research at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

But back in the lab in Erie, a whole new application suddenly developed. Could salt water become the ultimate green fuel source? The possibility was deeply intriguing for Kanzius and his team.

"To see it burn actually gives me chills", said Kanzius, "because could this be an alternative fuel for a world that's using way to much fossil fuels."

For months, Channel 3 reporter, Mike O'Mara has been getting emails from around the world claiming there must be some kind of trick involved. Many thought the flame erupting over the test tube was a hoax.

Professor Emeritus, Rustum Roy, at the Penn State University Materials Lab is a leading expert on the science of water. He was impressed by the discovery but wanted to see it for himself.

On September 6th, lab assistants wheeled the Kanzius RF invention down the hallways at PSU into a large laboratory on the first floor.

The Material Science faculty exposed more than 50 different water combinations to the radio frequency to see the reaction.

"This is the biggest discovery in 100 years in water research" exclaimed Professor Roy.

Scientists at Penn State University believe the frequency used in the Kanzius machine is releasing atomic hydrogen molecules from the salt water by weakening the bonds holding the sodium chloride, oxygen and hydrogen together. That's why the flame is so incredibly hot.

PSU research associate,Tania Slawecki said,"I think this is an excellent breakthrough. The steam engine wasn't invented because thermodynamics existed. The steam engine was invented and then thermodynamics came along. We've got lots more to discover about this invention, too."

However, many engineering experts aren't as impressed. Energy experts like University of Akron Professor Emeritus, Rudy Scavuzzo, Ph.D, say the burning of salt water is nothing more than a new twist on a high school science experiment.

Scavuzzo told Channel 3's Mike O'Mara that the Kanzius invention requires too much energy to be worth celebrating.

"There is no breakthrough", said Professor Scavuzzo, "because there are more efficient ways of breaking water down to hydrogen and oxygen."

Scavuzzo's son, Steven, a technical consultant for Babcock & Wilcox, said that salt water is not a fuel.

"You can make steam or you can break it down," said Scavuzzo. "One way or another you have to add energy and one way or another, what's going to come out is less than what you put in."

However, at PSU, Professor Roy wants the critics to reserve judgment until more research is done with the device.

"Certainly it needs investigation and certainly we ought to look at the question of how efficient it is", said Roy. "Because that will determine how much John Kanzius shakes up the world. He has shaken up the scientific world already. But this will determine how much he shakes it up."

Pointing at the RF machine, Roy added, "That's a tremendous advance in a new empirical discovery."

Meanwhile, John Kanzius continues his work. He wants to remind everyone that the salt water technology is still in its infancy.

"I'm not a Thomas Edison or a Jonas Salk", said Kanzius. "I don't propose to be one. I just want to be remembered for being a guy who tried."

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Cancer-killing waves gain national attention

Native of region to talk on '60 Minutes'

Saturday, April 12, 2008

By David Templeton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

John Kanzius is going prime time with his promising invention for cancer treatment.

Leslie Stahl will interview the Washington County native, who invented a radiofrequency (RF) generator four years ago to treat cancer, and tell his story tomorrow on CBS Television's "60 Minutes."

"It has gone from a Western Pennsylvania story to a major international story with the '60 Minutes' piece," Mr. Kanzius said from his home in Sanibel Island, Fla.

Successful inventions often end up with more uses than baking soda, and that may be the case with the Kanzius RF generator.

When he developed it years ago, his sole intent was a cancer treatment that worked without side effects.

So far, so good.

Research on his invention is on a fast track at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The growing body of research proves his generator thermally kills cancer cells spiked with RF-reactive nanoparticles.

But last year, Mr. Kanzius discovered his RF generator also burns salt water. When Rustum Roy, a Penn State University water expert and chemist, saw it demonstrated on a YouTube video, he traveled to the laboratory that Mr. Kanzius uses in Erie to witness it firsthand.

Since then he and Mr. Kanzius have signed a cooperative agreement to study and develop the technology for commercial applications, including salt-water desalination, pollution cleanup and using RF to alter solids and metals.

Dr. Roy has shown that RF causes oxygen and hydrogen atoms to separate then reunite, creating a flame more than 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit and pure water. The RF generator is powered by electricity. The ratio of energy used vs. energy generated has yet to be determined.

"It's such an unbelievable fact -- so unbelievable that no one wants to believe it," Dr. Roy said. "It has one advantage -- an infinite and easy supply" of sea water.

Desalinating salt water while generating recoverable energy "is a tree-hugger's dream," he said. "This is a very major discovery in science."

These days Mr. Kanzius, 64, splits time between Erie and Sanibel Island, while undergoing chemotherapy for b-cell leukemia. He's raising money for the cancer research, has applied for about 50 patents and continues upgrading his inventions.

His story stands out because Mr. Kanzius is neither a doctor nor a college graduate. He holds only a technical degree from the former Allegheny Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. Before retiring, he owned Jet Broadcasting Inc. in Erie, which operated radio and television stations. He never pondered a cancer treatment until he was diagnosed with cancer and witnessed the ill effects chemotherapy and radiation therapy had on fellow patients.

While on chemo, he spent sleepless nights doing research, which eventually made a pile from floor to ceiling. His goal became to kill cancer with physics rather than medicine. Within months he'd built a prototype for his RF generator by using his wife Marianne's pie pans then tested it by injecting metallic particles into hot dogs and steaks. The RF cooked only the injected areas.

His ideas drew early interest from Dr. David A. Geller, co-director of the UPMC Liver Cancer Center, then Dr. Steven Curley, a liver cancer specialist at M.D. Anderson -- the No. 1 cancer research center in the world. They now are conducting research using Mr. Kanzius' equipment and general protocol.

The current hope is to use the Kanzius treatment on a wide range of cancers with added interest in applying the procedure to fungal, viral and bacterial infections.

For now, the goal is developing a means to tag RF-sensitive nanoparticles with antigens or proteins so they infiltrate only cancer cells. Once nanoparticles are inside cancer cells, RF can heat them to deadly temperatures in seconds or minutes without affecting healthy tissue.

Last May, Dr. Curley described the Kanzius project as "the most exciting new therapy for cancer" he's seen in his 20 years of research.

In February, Dr. Geller at UPMC presented a paper to a large group of surgeons at the Academic Surgical Congress in Los Angeles that showed that tumors under the skin can be destroyed with RF when injected with gold nanoparticles developed at Pitt. The research will be published in August in the journal Surgery.

"In looking back after three years of working on the radiowave research, I have more enthusiasm than ever, in part because the machine does generate heat, and gold nanoparticles are excellent enhancers to focus the RF," Dr. Geller said.

The ideal, he said, is to create nanoparticles that serve "as homing pigeons" to cancer.

"There's no question that momentum is growing and the ongoing press coverage, as well as '60 Minutes' coverage, makes me want to be enthusiastic without providing false hope," he said, suggesting that patients seek other forms of treatment in the meantime. "The goal is to move the cancer research forward as quickly as possible to find tomorrow's cure."

Mr. Kanzius describes his experience to date as "an amazing odyssey."

"The sooner it gets into human trials, the happier I'll be," he said.

David Templeton can be reached at dtempleton@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1578.

First published on April 12, 2008 at 12:00 am

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Kanzius and water as fuel

Here's a sexy story - this guy Kanzius I follow - he's a radio guy and has a device that may, likely will, cure cancer using radio waves and nanoparticles and it is actively under development by renowned cancer centers - has found that when he zaps water with salt in it (salt water - like ocean water!) with his radio wave device - the very one he developed to treat cancer patients - he gets something out of the water that burns! Is it H2? Is it something else? He doesn't know but is researching the thing to find out. Now, if he can get fuel from water and do so putting in less energy than he gets out - I'm interested to say the least. I follow this guy around the internet like a puppy dog in heat. Will I make a dime from all my 'efforts'? We shall see.

Ref:
If we could just burn salt water, we'd never run out of fuel
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High frequency radiation splits water
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Kanzius/Splitting H2O/background search results
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Kanzius and H2/Water burns
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Fireballs/Ball Lightning/Nanoparticles/Microwaves/Radio waves

February 18, 2008

By Miranda Marquit

"People have been pondering ball lightning for a couple of centuries,"
says James Brian Mitchell, a scientist the University of Rennes in
France. Mitchell says that different theories of how it forms, and why
it burns in air, have been considered, but until now there were no
experimental indications of what might be happening as part of the
ball lightning phenomenon.

Now, working with fellow Rennes scientist LeGarrec, as well as
Dikhtyar and Jerby from Tel Aviv University and Sztucki and Narayanan
at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France,
Mitchell can prove that nanoparticles likely exist in ball lightning.
The results of the work by Mitchell and his colleagues can be found in
Physical Review Letters: "Evidence for Nanoparticles in Microwave-
Generated Fireballs Observed by Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering."

"A group in New Zealand came up with this idea of 'dusty plasma,'"
Mitchell tells PhysOrg.com. "They thought that nanoparticles burning
in air could cause ball lightning to remain for seconds, rather than
disappearing after milliseconds. This was an attractive model." But
the model couldn't be proved without detecting the nanoparticles.

Mitchell says that he saw a paper by Jerby describing the creation of
a fireball in controlled conditions. "These fireballs floated in air,"
Mitchell explains. "They resemble ball lightning." This provided an
opportunity to study whether or not nanoparticles were likely to exist
in this natural phenomenon, shedding light on a scientific mystery.

Video of a floating fireball: WMV (610KB)
http://www.physorg.com/newman/gfx/files/Fireball%20floating.wmv

The work was done at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in
Grenoble. The facility uses an x-ray that is 10 billion times more
powerful than a typical x-ray found in a hospital. Additionally,
Mitchell explains, the accelerator for the synchrotron is more than a
kilometer in circumference: "We can get measurements here that we
couldn't get in many other places."

"We passed an x-ray beam through the fireball we made, and saw that it
was scattered. This indicated that there were particles inside the
fireball." Not only were Mitchell and his peers able to determine that
nanoparticles must exist in fireballs similar to ball lightning, but
they were also able to take measurements. "Particle size, density,
distribution and even decay rate were measured using this technique,"
he says.

Mitchell's work with fireballs isn't finished. When PhysOrg.com spoke
to him for this article, he was back in Grenoble taking more
measurements. "This is interesting from a fundamental standpoint," he
insists, "and right now we are more interested in size and structure."
Additionally, he says that some of the particles will be trapped and
sent to Tel Aviv in order to study them for composition.

Mitchell hopes that this work will have more practical applications as
well. "We are working with coupling the nanoparticles with microwave
energy," he says. "They heat up very quickly. This could be a way of
producing catalysts for other experiments."

Right now, it looks as though one of the mysteries of ball lightning
has been solved. This experiment has provided a strong case for the
presence of nanoparticles in ball lightning. The next step is
discovering what scientists can do with the information.

More videos can be found at http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/~jerby/Fireballs.html

http://www.physorg.com/news122559215.html


--Kapitza produced fireballs by high-power radio waves [6], suggesting
accordingly an external-energy mechanism for fireballs
in nature.--
http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/~jerby/67.pdf

'Radio waves' reminded me of Kanzius and his burning salt water
experiment.

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