Reading the provisional filing: *"We foresee it potentially becoming the dominant class of heat engines of the mid-21st* *century, and specifically as an inexpensive, simple, no-moving-parts, super-high powerdensity,* *near-Carnot-efficiency transformer between heat and electricity in a plethora of* *circumstances, very specifically including heat-electricity transformation on essentially all* *scales and across virtually all temperature spans of practical interest.* *As such, we anticipate its use in everything from personal electronics-powering (e.g.,* *powered by a LPG/butane micro-flame) to prime-mover applications in transport vehicles* *of all types and in central power-stations of all scales - and not-quite-incidentally in making* *refrigeration-&-HVAC cheap-&-practical-&-thus ubiquitous in the tropics"*
Also remarkable from the provisional: *Acknowledgments:* *We are grateful to Bill Gates for inspiring and encouraging this exploration, and to Rod* *Hyde, Jordin Kare and David Tuckerman for discussions which helped to clarify physics* *and technology issues*. On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 8:32 AM, Alain Sepeda <[email protected]> wrote: > it seems to be a thermionic device... > a heat to power converter ? > > 2015-01-16 1:12 GMT+01:00 Ron Kita <[email protected]>: > >> Greetings Vortex-L, >> >> An invention by some Highly Talented Researchers. >> I am clueless. >> http://www.google.com/patents/US8575842 >> >> Applications...aircraft and other energy applications... >> >> Ad astra, >> Ron Kita,Chiralex >> Doylestown PA >> > >
