This sounds too good to be true. I once discussed on vortex a the concept of heat radiation emitted from a hot object as being a method of extracting energy from that hot object by using the cold reaches of space as the second heat sink.
The radiation could be harvested by photo cells and turned into electricity. I could see no reason why that would not work provided there is enough heat being harvested to make the scheme worthwhile at modest temperatures. Certainly, if the temperature is sufficient to result in the emission of light, this is done everyday with solar cells using sun light. These guys appear to suggest that there is a mechanical version of this concept that they are utilizing. It is not entirely clear to me why one technique works while the other cannot unless the self conversion of heat into radiation is the key. The laws of thermodynamics appear to prevent the direct conversion of heat into mechanical work without a well defined second heat sink nearby at a lower temperature. Are these guys claiming to have found a way around this requirement? I harbor doubts. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Axil Axil <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Sep 21, 2015 7:45 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:CONVERTING LENR HEAT INTO ELECTRICITY WITH UNIQUE AESOP ENERGY ENGINES Selected experimental results reveal that LENR can produce charged subatomic particles as a result of appropriately applied catalysts. AIRBUS has put direct electrical generation capability into their patent. Rossi has hinted at developing a new reactor design that might produce electric power directly. The NANOR has demonstrated the production of direct electrical conversion as a theoretically realized reality. Once the LENR development frenzy begins, direct electrical generation will be at the top of the R&D list. However, the AESOP device could be a short term bridge solution until direct electrical production is developed. On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Mark Goldes <[email protected]> wrote: The Fuel-Free piston engines of Aesop Energy, LLC, may be useful to those interested in using LENR to produce electricity. At least one LENR company is developing a Stirling engine, which almost certainly is a high-tech design, in order to be powerful and efficient. Still, it is Carnot limited and will have an actual efficiency below its Carnot efficiency. It also must reject heat as a waste product. Efficiency will undoubtedly be below 50% and may be much less. AESOP Energy piston engines are not Carnot limited. The high temperatures developed by LENR will push the materials envelope to state-of-the-art, high-tech science & technology. High temperature Stirlings will be expensive. The Stirling & heat generator combination will also require waste heat exchangers to dissipate unused heat. Where electric power is the goal, the use of Aesop Energy's Fuel-Free Engines could streamline LENR development time and ultimate product costs. The Aesop engines are low to medium tech and are likely to be less costly to manufacture. They may be no more expensive and need less R&D development time and materials to prove. No waste heat exchangers are necessary. Getting the heat into AESOP Energy’s Fuel-Free engines at elevated input temperatures, will be relatively easy. See the link to the AESOP Institute website below.for more information about these seemingly impossible engines. Mark Goldes Chairman, CEO, AESOP Energy LLC 707 861-9070 AESOP Institute website: www.aesopinstitute.org
