>From Mike Carrell: > The BLP website at www.blacklightpower.com now has new material on energy > generation. > > Mike Carrell.
Thanks, Mike! Exerpts from: http://www.blacklightpower.com/applications.shtml#BlackLightPowerPlants ... > Blacklight Power has recently achieved a breakthrough in power > generation by the invention of a solid fuel that uses > conventional chemical reactions to generate the catalyst and > atomic hydrogen at high reactant densities that in turn controllably > achieves very high power densities. The energy gain is well above > that required to regenerate the solid fuel, and experimental > evidence confirms the theoretical energy balance per weight of the > hydrogen consumed of 1000 times that of the most energetic fuel > known. Consequently, the mass balance and cost per unit energy is > projected to be much lower than that of burning fossil fuels. Plant > designs utilize continuous regeneration of the solid fuel mixture > using known industrial processes, and the only consumable, > hydrogen, is obtained ultimately from water due to the enormous net > energy release relative to combustion. [A "solid fuel?" That's interesting. It does sound like a new development. It will be interesting to see what that "solid fuel" comprises. - svj] ... > Based on empirical data and experience, BlackLight believes it > is reasonable to scale in factors of ten to one hundred. Then, > BlackLight intends to rely on existing technologies to convert > thermal power to electric power. As BlackLight devices generate > surface heat at grades comparable to existing commercial fire > boxes in natural gas and coal-fired plants, existing heat-to- > electric technologies such as gas turbine, micro-turbine and > Sterling engines can be melded with BlackLight power cells to > generate electricity, as well as space and process heat. [Sounds encouraging. But what really has changed from what has already been stated for years out at the BLP web site? Can some of Vo's experts weigh in on the matter? Mike?] Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
