Document Type

Editorial

Publication Date

2024

DOI

10.3390/en17236076

Publication Title

Energies

Volume

17

Issue

23

Pages

6076 (1-2)

Abstract

[First paragraph] Currently, there is substantial scientific evidence for the existence of Type-B energetic processes on Earth, such as the naturally occurring transmembrane-electrostatically localized protons (TELP) thermotrophic properties in life [1]. A number of groundbreaking human-made Type-B energetic processes, including (but not limited to) “asymmetric function-gated isothermal electricity production” [2], “epicatalysis generating a temperature difference between catalysis-asymmetric filaments” [3], “artificially made asymmetric membrane concentration cell” [4,5], “Fu’s experiment on heat–electric conversion using surface electron emission under a static magnetic field” [6], and the “dynamic processes in superconductors indicating Type-B energetic process” [7,8,9] have been invented and/or experimentally demonstrated. The innovative efforts of Type-B processes to enable the isothermal utilization of endless environmental heat energy could help to liberate all people from their dependence on fossil fuel energy, thus helping to reduce greenhouse gas CO₂ emissions and control climate change towards a sustainable future for the humanity on Earth. However, almost the entire scientific community and the public are currently “still in sleeping with all the Type-A energetic processes taught in textbooks”; only a quite limited number of scientists now understand and appreciate the Type-B energetic processes. Therefore, in addition to the need for further research and development, better messaging and education on Type-B energetic processes are also highly needed to achieve the mission.

Rights

© 2024 The Authors.

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Original Publication Citation

Lee, J. W., & Sheehan, D. P. (2024). Type-B energetic processes: Introduction and invitation to special issue of Energies. Energies, 17(23), 1-2, Article 6076. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17236076

ORCID

0000-0003-2525-5870 (Lee)

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