VBF — V.G. Baryakhtar's Fund for International Scientific Support

Atmospheric
Electricity

Method for converting the energy of natural radiofrequency radiation into direct current — a new source of renewable energy.

Project Participants

V.G. Baryakhtars Fund of International Science Support, Lithuania

Director: Dr. Volodymyr Lietunov
vlietunov@gmail.com

V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University, Ukraine

President: Volodymyr Kazarin
crimea.tnu@gmail.com

Vernadski Interdisciplinary Research Centre (VIARC), Sweden

President: Volodymyr Kushnirenko
alpkaplan@ukr.net

Inventors

  • Dr. Volodymyr Lietunov — Director of Technology, Ukraine
  • Dr. Viktor Baryakhtar — Ph.Dr. Professor, Ukraine
Dr. Volodymyr Lietunov — inventor of the atmospheric electricity method, project manager

Dr. Volodymyr Lietunov

Doctor of Engineering Sciences. As director of the scientific and technical centre, he participated in the recovery efforts following the Chernobyl disaster. From 1985 to 2010, he studied the effect of strong magnetic fields on the crack resistance of structural materials for fusion reactors at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (ITER project). Dr. Volodymyr Lietunov is the project manager and author of the scientific discovery "Method for converting natural radiofrequency radiation energy into direct current."

Dr. Viktor Baryakhtar — physicist, co-author of the atmospheric electricity invention

Dr. Viktor Baryakhtar

Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. Awarded the Pope John Paul II Commemorative Medal for his personal contribution to the liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. 1991–1994 — President of the Ukrainian Physical Society. 1994–1998 — First Vice President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Dr. V. Baryakhtar is a member of the American Physical Society and the International Union of Mathematical Physics. He was awarded the N. M. Krylov Prize (USSR Academy of Sciences, 1985), the N. N. Bogolyubov Prize (JINR, 1998), two USSR State Prizes, and the State Prize of Ukraine. Dr. Viktor Baryakhtar is a co-author of the scientific discovery "Method for Conversion of Natural Radiofrequency Radiation Energy into Direct Current."

Project Development History

Theoretical research into the possibility of converting natural electromagnetic radiation into electric current was conducted from 2010 to 2013 at the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences under the direction of internationally recognized theoretical physicist Dr. Viktor Baryakhtar.

In 2013, experiments were conducted in the Republic of Lithuania under the direction of experimental physicist Dr. Volodymyr Lietunov, the results of which were patented. The national patent passed international examination and was published. It can be found here: patents.google.com/patent/WO2013114285A2.

In 2018–2019, experimental research under Dr. Volodymyr Lietunov's direction continued in China. The experimental results demonstrated the discovery of a new source of renewable energy — natural radiofrequency radiation.

The project's development was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

Method for Conversion of Natural Radiofrequency Radiation Energy into Direct Current

Natural Radiofrequency Energy

The space between the Earth's surface and the ionosphere is a spherical waveguide of natural and anthropogenic radiofrequency radiation. The source of natural radiofrequency radiation, the energy of which fills the space of the spherical waveguide, is solar radiation and natural phenomena resulting from the interaction of the Earth's ionosphere and lithosphere (lightning in the upper atmosphere, normal lightning, desert storms, etc.).

We have invented a method for converting the energy of a unit volume of a spherical waveguide (energy cube) into electric current. This represents the discovery of an untapped source of renewable energy — natural radiofrequency radiation. A unit volume of near and deep space, filled with cosmic radiofrequency energy, is also a source of electrical energy.

Volodymyr Lietunov — Schumann resonance in the Earth–ionosphere spherical waveguide, atmospheric electricity
The Earth–ionosphere cavity sustaining the Schumann resonance — the spherical waveguide of natural radiofrequency radiation.

Energy Cube

Our technology is based on the generation of induced electromagnetic noise in a solenoid exposed to radio waves. The RF energy harvesting device consists of a solenoid and a converter of high-frequency currents from the solenoid circuit to direct current (DC).

Energy from the Earth's spherical waveguide accumulates in the solenoid as self-induction. The accumulated energy is proportional to the solenoid's volume and the number of turns. The RF energy collector is superior to a solar collector because it operates in the dark.

Experiment in China

In 2019, we experimentally demonstrated in China the feasibility of converting solenoid self-induction energy (in the form of electromagnetic noise) into direct current. The experiment was conducted 100 km from Beijing, in a mountain gorge.

0.00008 m³solenoid volume
30 000turns
4 mWDC generated
5 saccumulation time

Solenoid length 1 m, diameter 10 mm.

Volodymyr Lietunov — blue jet upper-atmospheric lightning above a thunderstorm, atmospheric electricity
Blue jet rising from a thunderstorm into the stratosphere.
Volodymyr Lietunov — red sprites upper-atmospheric lightning over the horizon, atmospheric electricity
Red sprites above a distant storm — a source of natural radiofrequency radiation.
Volodymyr Lietunov — upper atmospheric energy phenomena: elves, sprites and blue jets by altitude, atmospheric electricity
What happens above thunderstorms?

Important Note

A key result of the discovery of this new energy source is that electrical energy obtained from the "energy cube" of the spherical waveguide of Earth's natural radio emissions does not require long-distance transmission. An energy cube, with a volume of one cubic meter to one cubic kilometer, contains enough energy for street lighting, powering an orbital station in space, and smelting aluminum.

Examples of Innovative Applications

01

Installation inside a house

A collector of natural electromagnetic radiation can serve as a source of autonomous power supply for a house. Building structures — walls, floor, columns, roof — the volume of which is filled with hundreds of thousands of solenoids, perform the function of an electricity generator.

02

Underground power station

A natural radiofrequency radiation collector could be used to create power stations similar to solar power stations. The collector is buried shallowly underground, and the surface soil is used to grow crops such as rice. This prospect has been discussed in the People's Republic of China.

03

Powering electric aircraft

An electric aircraft, the structural volume of which is filled with hundreds of thousands of solenoids, uses a collector of natural radiofrequency radiation as a source of energy for electric motors. Such an aircraft can cover unlimited distances and remain in the air for a virtually unlimited time.

04

Powering an orbital space station

A 1,000-cubic-meter energy cube filled with millions of solenoids and connected to an orbital space station via an electrical cable could support the station's crew and power communications or manufacturing in zero-gravity conditions.