{
    "title": "Self-Rotating Generator (Pulse Motor)",
    "inventor_name": "Philip M. Kanarev",
    "publication_year": 2010,
    "device_name": "Self-Rotating Generator",
    "goal": "Generate electrical energy without net external input (over-unity) and provide a clean, self-sustaining power source.",
    "problem_addressed": "Dependence on conventional energy sources and the need for ecologically pure power generation.",
    "concept_summary": "Kanarev describes a motor-generator in which the rotor functions as a motor and the stator as a generator. The device is fed either from the mains or from an accumulator (capacitor). Pulsed electrical energy produced by the stator is used to power a bulb, charge the accumulator, and drive an electrolyzer. The author claims that the energy output exceeds the input, citing short-term pulse-power gains of 5-10x.",
    "detailed_description": null,
    "category": "Overunity & Free Energy Claims",
    "principles": [
        "Inertial electromechanical pulse source",
        "Self-rotating rotor-generator architecture",
        "Pulse-power energy recovery",
        "Torsion-field interaction (holographic intelligence)",
        "Capacitor-based energy storage"
    ],
    "scientific_domains": [
        "Physics",
        "Electrical Engineering",
        "Materials Science"
    ],
    "mechanisms_of_action": [
        "Rotor driven by its own generated pulses, acting as a motor",
        "Stator converts mechanical rotation into pulsed electrical output",
        "Energy recovery pulses inhibit rotor braking and sustain rotation",
        "Capacitor supplies initial start-up energy and stores excess output"
    ],
    "materials": [
        "Metal rotor",
        "Capacitor (accumulator)",
        "Electrolyzer components",
        "Electrical wiring and contacts"
    ],
    "energy_sources": [
        "Mains socket (optional)",
        "Capacitor (initial energy store)"
    ],
    "inputs": [
        "Electrical pulses from mains or capacitor",
        "Mechanical inertia of rotor"
    ],
    "outputs": [
        "Pulsed electrical current to a bulb",
        "Electrical energy to charge capacitor",
        "Power for electrolysis"
    ],
    "claimed_performance": "5-fold power increase at 2000 rpm; up to 10-fold excess at higher speeds; pulses of 120 A (first prototype) and up to 200 A (second prototype) with rotor speeds 3000-5000 rpm.",
    "experimental_evidence": "Video demonstration; report of tests performed by a commission headed by an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences; statements that the first motor-generator \"makes energy more than consumes from a network.\"",
    "replication_status": "Tests reported as passed by the commission, but no independent replication or peer-reviewed publication is mentioned.",
    "keywords": [
        "self-rotating generator",
        "pulse motor",
        "over-unity",
        "free energy",
        "torsion field",
        "capacitor",
        "electrolysis"
    ],
    "related_technologies": [
        "Pulse power devices",
        "Free-energy generators",
        "Torsion-field generators",
        "Super-capacitor energy storage"
    ],
    "controversy_level": "high",
    "confidence_score": 0.6,
    "practicability_score": 0.3,
    "fringe_score": 0.9,
    "evidence_strength": 0.4,
    "risk_score": 0.2,
    "trl_estimate": 3,
    "source_urls": [
        "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSLfrh-CFYQ",
        "http://pesn.com/2010/10/13/9501712_Kanarev_announces_self-running_motor-generator/",
        "RU2399144C1.pdf",
        "RU2340996C1.pdf"
    ],
    "organizations": [
        "Russian Academy of Sciences"
    ],
    "applications": [
        "Standalone power generation",
        "Electrolysis for hydrogen production",
        "Battery charging",
        "Potential vehicle propulsion"
    ],
    "limitations": [
        "Short continuous operation (<10 minutes) due to limited rotor inertia",
        "Reliance on a capacitor for start-up energy",
        "No long-term stability data",
        "Lack of independent verification"
    ],
    "open_questions": [
        "What physical mechanism allows the claimed excess energy?",
        "Can the device operate continuously for hours or days?",
        "How does the torsion-field concept translate into measurable electrical output?"
    ],
    "red_flags": [
        "Claims of over-unity without peer-reviewed data",
        "Reliance on anecdotal video and internal reports",
        "Absence of detailed quantitative measurements"
    ],
    "evidence_quotes": [
        "The first-ever motor - the generator makes energy more than consumes from a network.",
        "At high speeds recorded a 10-fold excess, but a small moment of inertia of the rotor does not allow us long-term (more than 10 minutes) to keep such a regime.",
        "The first sample of self-rotating generator generates pulses of current to 120 A and the second, which is already under construction, will generate pulses of up to 200 A with a pulse, close to zero and the rotor speed from 3000 to 5000 rpm."
    ]
}