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Experimental Demonstration of Energy Harvesting by Maxwell's Demon Device

Version 1 : Received: 26 March 2024 / Approved: 27 March 2024 / Online: 28 March 2024 (13:17:13 CET)

How to cite: Mustafa, H. Experimental Demonstration of Energy Harvesting by Maxwell's Demon Device. Preprints 2024, 2024031698. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1698.v1 Mustafa, H. Experimental Demonstration of Energy Harvesting by Maxwell's Demon Device. Preprints 2024, 2024031698. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.1698.v1

Abstract

A selective permeable membrane between two different solutions can generate osmotic pressure, Donnan potential, and ion/pH gradients based on various factors such as membrane type, solute concentration and temperature. In this study, we introduce a novel method for extracting energy from ion gradients through an innovative cycle, presenting intriguing experimental findings. Additionally, by leveraging Raoult’s Law, which describes the relationship between vapor pressure and solute presence, in conjunction with osmosis within a closed system, we successfully engineer the simplest iteration of Maxwell’s demon device. This pioneering approach to sustainable energy generation harnesses ambient temperature marking a significant advancement in energy research. Finally this renewable energy source is available all the time and everywhere.

Keywords

Renewable energy, novel cycle, Maxwell's demon

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Physical Chemistry

Comments (6)

Comment 1
Received: 28 March 2024
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Commenter's Conflict of Interests: I am one of the author
Comment: I would like to invite all interested researchers to participate, comment or criticize our work. Your participation is much appreciated.
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Comment 2
Received: 29 March 2024
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Comment: After publication of this preprint, While I was searching for my work, I found another researcher who previously reached a similar conclusion but unfortunately he didn't progress his project yet.
Here is the ORCID ID of the researcher.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2045-4494
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Comment 3
Received: 31 March 2024
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Commenter's Conflict of Interests: I am one of the author
Comment: While I was searching for my own article in Google, I found a similar article under the title:
An Autonomous Mechanical Maxwell's Demon
Aug.2020
By Xiangwei Sun.

Here are the important differences:

1. The preprint by Xiangwei Sun presents a theoretical model termed "Szilard's Fourth Engine," which operates based on principles such as Raoult's law and Van't Hoff's law to create a thermodynamic cycle capable of producing a temperature difference and extracting work. On the other hand, our preprint involves a physical device constructed to directly harvest energy from the surrounding ambient temperature. So X. Sun's preprint focuses on the theoretical analysis and proposal of a novel model, while our preprint provides empirical evidence through the construction and testing of an actual device.

2. His preprint only mentions one subtype of the device, which cannot have practical implications. On the other hand, we presented the second subtype under the name Extended Gibbs Donnan Equilibrium, which acts as a game-changer in boosting the energy output to meet practical requirements.

3. His preprint discusses the potential applications and implications of the proposed model within the framework of thermodynamics, while our preprint showcases the practical feasibility of energy harvesting using Maxwell's Demon-inspired principles.
4. His choice of word mechanical Maxwell's Demon is more descriptive than what I provided.
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Comment 4
Received: 27 April 2024
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Commenter's Conflict of Interests: I am one of the author
Comment: Maxwell's Demon Turbine in one minute
https://youtube.com/shorts/Enco4Nl617w?si=oZeIdEAZSOuWC1la
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Comment 5
Received: 1 May 2024
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Comment: The prototype is shown in this video on YouTube
https://youtu.be/zl6KYMDKNok?si=tiKt2bVKGoUDXYoT
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Comment 6
Received: 14 May 2024
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Comment: Here is anotBy mixing first example ( osmosis) with third example ( evaporation) from these three real world examples, a novel cycle hence Maxwell's Demon Turbine can be successfully created.

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Maxwell’s Demon — Three Real-World Examples

1. Osmosis
One of those is osmosis. If you completely surround a body of sugar-water with a water-permiable membrane, then place this sugar-water-filled membrane in a pool of pure water, what happens? The membrane swells up, taking in water from the pool, until it reaches the limit of how far it can stretch, and either stops stretching or ruptures. What made it do that? Why didn’t the water molecules just flow back and forth across the membrane and not make it swell (or shrink, for that matter)?
The answer is that the sugar molecules, unable to cross the membrane, are beating on the membrane from the inside. The membrane has lots of tiny pores that are large enough for water molecules to get through, but too small for sugar molecules. Every time a sugar molecule slams against the opening of one of these pores, it adds to the net outward velocity of the membrane — but there are no sugar molecules outside the membrane doing this in the other direction. The solid parts of the membrane receive balanced impacts from both sides of the membrane, but the pores receive only the outward-bound impacts of the too-large sugar molecules, and this gives the membrane an outward velocity.
In effect, each pore acts like a little Maxwell’s demon.
2. Freezing
Another example is the freezing of water.
3. Sweating
When a droplet of sweat evaporates off of your skin, it cools your body. Why would it do that?
The air-exposed surface of the droplet acts as a Maxwell’s demon by selectively allowing the fastest-moving molecules to escape, transferring heat out of the droplet into the surrounding air.
So we see, in these three examples, that Maxwell’s demon actually does exist.
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