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 Currently I am trying to develop new kinds of equipment for energy conversion.  Most innovating projects try to combine existing technologies, base concepts I am looking at are
  • Special Phase conditions of substances
  • Fuel Cell technology
  • Thermodynamic cycles (most important are Stirling and Brayton cycles)

Via this page, I will give you an overview of current progress and results.

Mission

To develop, manufacture and distribute new concepts and applications to make people and organisations independant of fossile fuels by capturing and using direct and indirect forms of solar energy. 

More and more emphasis is laid on hydrogen.  Problem however is that hydrogen is not a source, but a mere carrier of energy.  Every watt of energy delivered by hydrogen needs to be put into this hydrogen by other processes.  One could use oil to produce H2, but this still does not solve the dependancy on oil and the energy problem.  There is only one real solution: solar energy in all its forms: (direct, wind, biomass...).

Progress

At this moment, 3 concepts have been designed and are awaiting prototyping.  Many more are in concept phase.

These applications include

  • a simple system that uses a specially designed Stirling engine to generate DC electricity out of direct sunlight and a preheater for warm water;

  • a very small, very simple piston engine without crankshaft that generates DC electricity from direct sunlight;

  • completely new type of fuel cell, this one is a very big "shot to nothing" in snooker terms, but in theory it should work at higher efficiencies than current FC's (+55%).  It fills a gap between PEM and Alkaline fuel cells operating at low temperatures (<100°C, using precious metals and polymers) and the more robust but high temperature fuel cells operating at +800°C.  My idea operates at about 300-350°C, is very simple in structure and should be capable of using different kinds of fuel regardless of the amount of carbon or other components that poison low temp applications.  So it could burn hydrogen, methanol, ethanol and other hydrocarbons.

At a later stage, more info can be found here.