Mike Carrell
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:10:19 -0700
The photo is stock. If one studies the "Commercialization ..." paper and then looks at the BLP website, the thumbnail pix will begin to be recongnizable. Right-clicking and going to 'Properties' will yield some titles. The paper describes tests using the cylindrical calorimeters in the thumbnails. The tests are in a batch mode as stated and are a "prototype" in the sense that the solid fuel is prepared and processed on a modest scale. Quoting from a post by Mills, ===================== The cell is sealed with 1 kg R-Ni support and less than 5 g NaOH dopant to form molecular NaH catalyst/H source with additional H from R-Ni in a regenerating cycle (see reactions in paper). The cell is heated with the external heaters until the hydrino reaction is initiated, then zero input power is required. Figure 21 shows that the power is turned off shortly afterwards, but we currently turn it off at the pint of the initiation of the reaction in current demonstrations. The temperature rise is then very dramatic, 85.5°C to 518°C in 35 s, compared to that previously caused by the 800 W input. Following the experiment, helium is introduced to the vacuum vessel containing the cell to increase the heat transfer rate. Helium is very effective at transferring the energy released to the coolant. We have performed tests that show that the energy is released during the temperature excursion. Then, the measured energy release of 753.1 kJ divided by the time duration of the temperature rise during the exothermic event, 35 s, gives nominally 21.5 kW. Based on tests of the system response, the time constant for the temperature to rise is much greater than the reaction time constant, and the actual power is conservatively 50 kW. =====================The significant task remaining is to automate the process of preparation and reconstitution of the fuel. Since conventional chemistry is involved, it is in principle doable, but doing may require clever engineering and iterations to get it right. Typically such projects are far more costly than one might think. With time it will get easier and then ordinary and miniaturized for the proverbial water heater and lawnmower. Intermediate steps may include service station hydrogen generators for modified gasoline cars, high capacity battery chargers for BLP-battery vehicles, etc.
Mike Carrell----- Original Message ----- From: "OrionWorks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "vortex-l" <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 8:47 AM Subject: [Vo]:Another BLP PR blurb, this one with a photo
Another in an endless series of BLP PR aftershocks: See: http://www.dosci.org/energy/thermal-power-generator-to-revolutionize-the-world/ or http://tinyurl.com/5zhlta This brief post comes with a photograph of what looks like a generating facility. No caption. No description of what the photograph depicts. I assume the photo is nothing more than stock footage slapped up showing of a typical generator that may reside at a utility plant and has absolutely nothing to do with an actual alleged BLP prototype that may be in the process of being assembled. But if someone wishes to correct me, I'm all ears! Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks ________________________________________________________________________ This Email has been scanned for all viruses by Medford Leas I.T. Department.