Regarding my own personal cliff notes of watching the July 21 BLP demo:
Note, these notes are not all-inclusive. They simply reflect some of my personal observations and what I was able to jot down. http://youtu.be/GxuoMzm2HNE * * * * * * * Starting at: 1:02:00 - Mills begins discussion on the blinding light produced, then goes into discussing the regenerative procedure of the solid fuel. 1:06:36 - focuses on the regeneration system 1:06:50 Mills claims they have been regenerating the solid fuel through "many cycles" " Mills quote: "So, if you were going to run today, it's been run many cycles. You can regenerate it just by adding water." 1:08:10 - Dog and Pony animation also presented. Mills interacts with animation to explain specific functions. 1:10:15 Conclusion of the prototype design. After 1:10:15 several additional videos showing early generation prototype components exploding the solid fuel in rapid succession. 1:16:55 - 1:19:50 - Calorimetric demos shown (bomb calorimeter) used. 1:23:00 - Optical Fuel distribution system. How BLP intends to redistribute the generated light to better harness it more efficient with available PV cells. 1:23:30 - 1:28:26 - Mills launches into additional information on the solid fuel "surly" used. Some very interesting engineering appears to be going on here. Mills describes the evolution of some of the engineering dynamics involved in detail. 1:28:28 - 1:31:06 - Mills once again discusses the optical distribution system in more graphic detail. 1:31.08 - 1:37:00 - Parameters discussed, including the physical size of the box needed in order to produce megawatts of usable electricity. 1:36:57 - 1:40:00 - Several graphics showing various power extraction abilities of different PV technologies 1:40:00 - Specs on different commercial PV cells currently available. Super expensive (triple junction) as well as super cheap PV cells, being a tenth as expensive. Includes exploiting the use of infrared PV cells as well. 1:43:25 Mills discusses 3rd generation (iteration) SunCell technology. 1:46:48 - 1:51:40 - Mills makes the comment that the 3rd gen demo was using "reused fuel, used multiple, multliple times". Mills comments that this version shows accumulation of exploded fuel on the sides of the container box due to the fact that they haven't yet introduced additional components to rinse & clean the chamber. Reported explosion rate was around 33 hz - a hundred times slower than what they hope to achieve commercially. One demo shows fast 33 hz explosion occurring within a chamber filled with argon gas. Nothing to oxidize. 1:51:41 - Actual blast using argon enclosed chamber. Mills claims they will run the commercial using an inert gas like argon. Also stated solid fuel metals they plan on using are likely to be copper and/or silver because they have no reactivity with water. "Greater durability" in commercial application. Reportedly to be extremely stable. Nickel was briefly mentioned as not being terribly reactive with water. Titanium was also mentioned as a metal they have experimented with. Mills claims reaction with water happens but reaction is extremely slow. Ti ok to use for experimental spectral analysis but over the duration of commercial application product would accumulate oxigen (oxidation) therefore Ti not best choice for commercial application. 1:55:15 Mills claims industry says the PV cells are rated for 20-25 years at high light concentration, at 1000 suns. Meaning they can use them for their SunCell technology. 1:57:00 actual argon based demo showed running at approx 33 hz. 2:00:00 Mills says 16-18 weeks turnaround time for contracted engineering firm to deliver a 100 kW field testable unit. Cost 30 - 50 thousand for a one of a kind custom built system. * * * * * Personal thoughts. Again, Mills seems to state the fuel content is easy to regenerate. One assumes this means the regeneration of the fuel is not an energy hog. It sounds to me as if the anticipated commercialization of SunCell technology might possibly end up using copper or silver as the solid fuel component. The ignition will take place within an inert gas filled chamber, possibly argon. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson svjart.orionworks.com zazzle.com/orionworks
