Part two, July 21 2014 BLP demonstration:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TKgrOjac6Y&feature=youtu.be

 

Of particular interest to me was...

 

Timeline:

00:09:15 - 00:10:53

 

Someone in the audience asks Mils about the recycling of the fuel, what's
all involved.

 

Mills responds (these are not exact quotes, but close):

 

They are using multiple regenerated fuel.

Uses metal powder plus inorganic compound with magnesium chloride
hexahydrate.

The exploded powder is ...literally was rinsed off the chamber [walls]...
and then the extra water was drained off... just sedimentation drained off
the water, and then we reused it. That's it. All you have to do is re-wet
it.

 

Timeline

00:12:05 - 00:12:40

 

Follow-up question: someone asks whether we're seeing the fuel regeneration
happening in some of the demos.

 

Mills states the current recycling setup is very new and not all the
recycling systems are installed. Just had the trough full of wetted fuel and
the water lines hooked up. I believe Mills states the next BLP demonstration
(not yet scheduled) will show a more sophisticated automated recycling of
the fuel in real time. Sounds like the next demo, if they can stay in the
timeline, will include rinse-down capability and recyclability of the solid
fuel.

 

Timeline

00:33:54 Again, someone asks Mills about the recycling of the fuel, what
state is it in during the explosion and the reclamation process.

 

Mills response (not exact quotes)

 

The metal powder doesn't change.

It's a very high surface area nano-powder.

Actually works better after you detonate it because the surface area goes
up... absorbs more water.

absorbs more quickly and it ignites more. 

It just carries more current.

seems to work better.

...

[metal powder] It is not consumed.

Reaction will occur in an argon enclosed chamber.

Can't be consumed.

If the metal powder gets hot enough to melt it still stays the size of tiny
powder particles. [doesn't clump up, or condense like water - svj]

powder size: sub-micron size, maybe fifty nanometers. ... stays like that.

The blasts just constantly makes it very very fine powder.

magnesium chloride stays magnesium chloride.  [doesn't get destroyed]

 

My conclusions:

 

If Mills is telling the truth, the recycling of the fuel does not appear to
be that big of an energy hog. Seems to be pretty easy to physically recycle
the powder. Mills said there is still some engineering that will be needed
in order to optimize the best recycling process, ie. the rinsing procedure,
positioning of the water jets. Low tech stuff. At the moment, based on what
I have viewed, it does not appear to me that "the doctor" is lying.

 

We shall see. Perhaps at the next demo.

 

Regards,

Steven Vincent Johnson

svjart.orionworks.com

zazzle.com/orionworks

 

 

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