*I first must disclaim this opinion as I having no business sense or experience to back it up, outside of some nuclear reactor design thinking, but here it goes anyway.* **
*Both current successful developers of the Ni/H reactor are good people having solid humanitarian, egalitarian, and essentially democratic tendencies in their approaches to product development. * * * *Unfortunately, that is not how our current world's capitalistic society is set up. I think new thinking is called for because of this.* * * *Both LENR developers want to field individual LENR systems for home use as their overriding priority and are slanting their development efforts accordingly. As a result, they first must insure that there is no radiation of radioactive byproducts in the ash; that the coolant is failsafe, that the controls are fool proof, and that a reactor burn up is near impossible.* * * *A development approach that may be more compatible with the way things are today are to orient the reactor design to the needs of the grid and the various utility companies.* * * * * *I would recommend the development of a 100 megawatt reactor using a liquid metal coolant that has a high operating temperature. Such a reactor will have a operational temperature of between 700C to 1200C will have a high thermodynamic efficiency of about 70%.* * * *Lithium metal coolant is dangerous for home use, but has many advantages for use in a traditional turboelectric power plant setting.* * * *The temperature range of this type large scale reactor will enable plug and play replacements for current nuclear, gas and coal power stations.* * * *In this society, the electric utilities call the tune as far as what fuels and boiler designs drive their fleet of power stations. A properly designed LENR reactor can allow these utilities to recoup up to 95% of their current capital infrastructure investments. The big turbo electric generators are the most expensive capital items with the grid connection infrastructure coming in at a close second. * * * *Such an approach will keep the power in the hands of the utilities and that will provide a huge institutional incentive to go with the large scale LENR reactor format.* * * *Switching over to this type of LENR approach can be done very quickly without any disruption of the current social and industrial fabric.* * * * * *I have not missed my guess, I believe this is the type of considerations that Mason Ainsworth is looking for.* * * * * * * * * * * On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Mason Ainsworth <[email protected]>wrote: > Good Day to All. > > I became a LENR believer on June 6th after reading Mark Gibb's 5/20/13 > article about E-Cat 3rd Party Testing. I then googled "LENR" for more > reading. The core of my understanding is encompassed by LENRProof.com; I > have followed 90-95% of LENRPRoof's links. As a result, I set out on a > personal project and contacted Mark Gibbs. This mailing list was > recommended by Mark Gibbs in response to a brief description of my focus. > > I have followed the discussions here to get a sense of the nature of > Vortex-L and the participants. It seems that there is a strong coterie of > scientists and engineers driving the culture here. After learning of LENR, > I set out on a path which relates more to business. I ask for some patience > as I am not a scientist and tend towards a pragmatic view. And, as I live > in the US, my knowledge and perspective tends towards the provincial. > > To say that I'm a believer of LENR is an understatement. I'm working to > develop an understanding of the practical issues of LENR implementation. > Specifically, I am interested in fleshing out the perspective of the LENR > business executive and comprehending a rational strategy for introducing > LENR into the global market. I will be using accepted analytic models from > strategic business analysis and including links to Wiki articles when known > and available. > > I have just a few assumptions about LENR and four questions framing the > analysis. They are: > ASSUMPTIONS > 1. LENR is a real physical phenomena showing revolutionary global scale > benefits to humanity and the ecosystem > 2. LENR is capable of being a globally relevant energy source and able to > be the substitute for 90-99% of the world's energy needs > 3. LENR technology/engineering is reaching a stage of near term practical > implementation on an industry and global scale > > QUESTIONS > 1. Which Players are impacted and How are they impacted? > 2. What are the reasonable possible responses to LENR for each Player (or > category of Players) and What is the associated probability of implementing > the response? > 3. What are some important additional considerations to research before > synthesizing a LENR business strategy? > 4. For the LENR Executive, what is the reasonable rational best strategic > approach to introducing our firm's LENR product, given the above > information? > > > As I'm new to the board, it is a bit presumptuous for me to ask the > following:. > 1. I am asking for patience as I'm looking to frame an analytic structure > which suggests a prioritization of choices rather than prescriptions with a > '100% Guarantee'. I don't 'care' who will be the first, second, or third to > market. And, I likely do not know as much about LENR and the energy market > as all of you, collectively. > 2. I am asking for pointers to specific information which you judge can > push the balance between forces in a particular direction, e.g. Obama's > 2012 Executive order regarding CHPs > 3. I am asking for critiques on the short-comings of the analytic framework > 4. I am asking for critiques on the short-comings of the apparent > conclusions I draw as this whole effort progresses > > > I will follow up this email in a few days with a fleshing out of the > Questions with the supporting analytic tools. > > Thank you beforehand for your time. > > Mason >
