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Posted on 06/24/2011 10:10:05 PM PDT by Kevmo
This Is HUGE News: Defkalion Press Conference
FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2011
Greek Deputy Development Minister Socrates Xynidis Attends
Agreement With 3 Multinational Companies
17 Countries Have Expressed Interest
Establishment Of Research New Centre
3 New Plants Making e-cats in Xanthi
Investment Totals 200 Million Euros
Co-operation With University of Xanthi
Also in attendance:
President of the Association of Exporters of Northern Greece
President of "Larco" which will supply nickel
General Secretariat for Research of China
Chairman of the Technical Chamber of Greece
Representative of German Green Party
Press Conference just finished (around 16.30 Athens time) In Palaio Faliro Municipality Congress Center, around 150 people attended.
Press coverage: 7 cameras from Greek mainstream stations, RAI, news paper journalists from major Greek newspapers, Italian, Assosiated Press, and others.
On the stage: Prof Stremenos, A. Xanthoulis from Defkalion GT and Andrea Rossi.
A press release and a press kit in DVD was distributed to the media. A special company announcement on the event will follow on Friday 24th with details, full list of participants, photos etc.
The event was filmed and it will be uploaded next week, with English subtitles, on YouTube after technical preparation.
The following report is from Greek News site Xanthi Press
The report has been translated using Google Translate, so there are some transcription issues going from Greek to English.
The first official presentation of the investment-mammoth company Defkalion Green Technologies in Xanthi, to produce energy from fusion of hydrogen-nickel (the invention of Foccardi-Rossi), was held Thursday afternoon in the auditorium of Town Hall Palaio Faliro.
To XanthiPress.gr covered the event and presents interesting material on investing and the importance ascribed by the scientific and business community. The presentation was made by the company president Alekos Xanthoulis, accompanied by the inventor - Professor, University of Bologna Andrea Rossi and former Ambassador, also professor at Bologna, Chris Stremmeno while the event was attended by Deputy Development Minister Socrates Xynidis.
A. Xanthoulis: "We can say that we start" President Alekos Xanthoulis company initially said that "For 1.5 years we have started this effort in time to present. Indeed the first time I saw this device that produces energy from "nothing" totally believed Professor Rossi. He was questioned and many audits by international organizations, but no longer as an industry standard and we can say that we start, "he said. In parallel, inter alia, noted that the effort has a national character by referring to "a light will come and we want to be ours and not the IMF.
According to President of Defkalion, industrial production starts from Xanthi to the first factory to the Fall, where katakefazetai core-reactor device (the "secret"). A new plant will operate within the next year again in Xanthi, where devices are manufactured complete e-cat, while the third plant unit will be operational in 2013 and again in Xanthi and will deal with the production of industrial units. The total investment cost estimated at over 200 million euros.
On the question of XanthiPress.gr reason for the choice of Xanthi as installation space industry, said three reasons:
First, note that in 3-4 visits to the region found a very high level of technical people in the region as well as kindness and warm hospitality of the people. Secondly, said the geo-strategic position Xanthie 2 ports, 2 airports near and immediate access to all trans-European road networks are very important and, thirdly, he noted that the overall reception has been very positive, noting " We want the development to cease to be vertical and not move up from Lamia and Schimatari. My hometown is Volos not welcomed me as I expected, unlike the blonde who greeted us as they should, "he said with meaning.
Declared open to cooperation with scientists and the University of Xanthi and said an agreement with three major multinational companies and the planned establishment of a Research Centre in the region.
The device will be presented in a formal test before the Greek authorities in the first 10 days of July, with several institutes around the world have tried the device. Moreover, 17 countries have expressed interest and demand is very high every day. We are very proud of that time. «
Greek diaspora investment fund
9 Greek diaspora-that compose Defcalion Global-fund investment outside of A. Xanthoulis. There is no debt or other financing and stated clearly that there is no request for a grant and the investment is only covered by equity. "We inform the state for this operation and the presence of Mr Xynidi indicates the support provided to us," said President of the company.
Alongside Professor Rossi revealed that interest was the discovery of various countries, but considered it more sincere effort identified by the Greek company Defkalion market the patent, adding that it is Greece of a large and highly appreciates the achievements of the country over the past 25 centuries. "There are entrepreneurs with patriotic feeling at this time we will not see what you get from the investment, but what will give the country" said Professor H. Stremmenos, pointing out the cultural dimension to the cooperation.
Technical details of the device
According to President of the Company "is a box-reactor that uses nickel and hydrogen, which gives us heat. They had been many attempts in the past for cold fusion, but we managed to get to this form of energy production while Greece has 83% of the amount of nickel in the EU.
It can produce up to 30 kilowatts / hour of thermal energy. We proceed experimentally and we present the toimoi Anna October 1 megawatt device and November 12 megawatts of energy. "The box can be used for domestic or industrial use of energy while producing heat can be produced and electricity the country needs." The cost is estimated at 4-5000 euro and the depreciation is estimated to not exceed a period of one year. "We'll cover the world and is a great project because, especially abroad, this technology has become too big noise, and although Greece is exclusively non-US country has shown interest. There were parliamentary questions to Obama and Berslouskoni for this reason that Greece got this patent. We now hope to have an interest in Greece. "Said Alexis Xanthoulis.
"From Greek goodwill of a product will reduce the cost of heating and hot water at 10%. Anyone who wants can add whatever a mechanism to convert thermal energy into electricity and return the surplus to PPC. He noted, however that did not produce any harmful effects. The cost is less than 1 minute per kilovatora, unlike the 12 that currently pays the Greek and the importance for industry, rural economy, and the power of the islands are large enough. Use for example using a michanmimatos to house 200 square, where a device is provided free throughout the thermal energy required in the home while it collects 2,500 euros from the sale of electricity by electricity.
High attendance at the event
The event was attended, apart from company executives, several representatives of the scientific community and representatives of foreign states and organizations show the importance given to the success of the invention. Among them, the representative of the local government of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany controlled by the Green party, the President of the Hellenic-American Chamber, representing the General Secretariat for Research of China, Chairman of the Technical Chamber of Greece The President of the Association of Exporters of Northern Greece as well as the President of "Larco" which will supply nickel as raw material Defkalion. Furthermore, there was quite a large interest from the municipalities of Athens interested in installing systems in municipal buildings.
Apart from the journalists of Greek and international media, questions submitted and scientists and business people, pairontas by Andrea Rossi answers only on the outside and not in the inner core of the device, which is a closely-guarded secret.
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Defkalion: E-Catalyzer Market Strategy - Bullet Points
THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011
Defkalion Green Technologies s.a. was established for the purpose to manufacture and release to the market products based on the Andrea Rossi E-Cat invention; essentially undertaking the path from invention to industrialization on a global scale. There is no government financing involved.
Science And Technology
Andrea Rossi and Sergio Foccardi have unquestionably succeeded with their invention (Hydrogen and Nickel exothermic reaction, calling it the Energy Catalyzer; commonly referred to as the E-Cat) to create and safely reproduce cheap and clean heat at room temperature conditions and with stable results. This process will create a new global energy era with profound and unequivocally positive social, economic and environmental implications.
Many have labeled Cold Fusion with positive and negative connotations. It has also been referred to as LENR and CANR. Most of these terms hold behind them thousands of hours of research work, all hoping to achieve the ultimate energy dream: limitless energy. However, overall, a stigma has created ambiguous feelings of aiming to reach the end of the rainbow. The science behind the products of Defkalion is none of the above, even though it is identified as such in current media coverage.
It is not the Holy Grail; simply put, it is an exothermic reaction between Nickel and Hydrogen that gives off heat; cheap, clean and green heat. This is a completely new field of science, one that is full of opportunities and challenges. It is a totally new emerging industry; one that will eventually revolutionize the energy sector.
As the leading company, Defkalion is ready to provide its full support to the scientific community at large in order to establish a global platform in this direction.
Product Status
The technology is currently in its final stages of becoming an industrialized and commercially viable prototype. This forms the basis for a broad range of products under the commercial name Hyperion. The current range of products produces surplus energy from 6 to 30 times more heat than energy consumed during its operation. Licensing of all Hyperion products is in progress. A fully functioning 1MW heat producing reactor will be inaugurated in Q4 of 2011.
Patents And Licensing
A national patent has been issued for Italy; the EU patent is on its final stage, while the global patent is pending. Hyperion patents are pending. EU safety certificates are in the process of issuance by the relevant authorities. Product tests will be similar to typical commercially available products with standardized procedures according to Performance; Stability; Functionality; and Safety.
Manufacturing And Factories
Our first factory is already in preparation phase, located in Xanthi, Northern Greece. It
has the following characteristics:
• 6,000m2 space
• Maximum production capacity of 300,000 units annually (kW and MW products)
• IT for monitoring the production line and product support
• Technical support to distribution channels
The assembly of products will include the following activities:
• Assembly of reactors (purchased from Defkalion)
• Build-up of final product (electronics, heat management, etc)
• Quality Control and Total Quality Management and Environmental Control
• Stress Tests and Functional Tests of end products
• Recharging of units
• Recycling procedures
The second factory is scheduled to be built in Xanthi within 2012, comprising of 12,000m2 for a larger assembly line. A third factory, belonging to Praxen Defkalion Green Technologies (Global) Ltd., shall operate as the producer of the industrial secret as the products’ kernel.
Total staff requirements for both factories will be around 380, and include technical expertise in the fields of: mechanical engineering, engineering, electronics, plumbing, data management, and auxiliary.
The 1MW Hyperion will be inaugurated in Q4 of 2011 with its production phase to commence in Q1 of 2012. This first 1MW reactor will be the first large scale unit based on multiples of the smaller Hyperion models in array. It will be used to partially cover the energy needs of the factory. It shall also be used as a show case unit.
With three factories located in Xanthi, the region shall gain in employment but also become an international hub where global investors and partners will visit the factory for business and product viewings.
Product Range
Although Hyperion models produce only heat energy, electricity can be generated with the application of existing third party technology. With regards to electricity generation, consumers will be able to receive a total solution based on mutually confirmed interoperability with third party technologies such as steam turbines and micro-steam turbines, Rankin new generation CHP, as well as intelligent heat management systems.
Hyperion products have different configurations, most notably:
• Series A: Single tube single module CHP: By this configuration, 5-10Kw heat power will be released to operate micro-CHP/micro turbine configurations
• Series B: Multi tube single module CHP: By this configuration, multiples of 5 or 10Kw heat power (max 30kW) can be integrated in the same box , when product has to operate (heat) bigger CHP/micro-CHP or steam turbine configurations
• Series C: Single tube single module heat only: By this configuration, 5-10Kw heat power will be released to operate small steam or hot water demands such as agricultural applications (green houses)
• Series D: Multi tube single module heat only: By this configuration, multiples of 5Kw heat power can be integrated in the same box , when product has to produce substantial amounts of heat for energy demanding applications
• Series E: Single or multi tube modules in parallel: To face the energy demands of big industrial installations at the range of MWs. Such products consists of arrays of A, B, or D series rack-mounted
• Series F: Single or multi tube modules in series: To accelerate power in different configurations
All kW range products have the following dimensions: 55x45x35cm
All MW range products are built within a 20” sized container
All products are connected to Defkalion main computers through on-line GSM for monitoring.
Hyperion advantages:
• Cheap: Hyperion can reduce the price of electricity by 90%
• Abundant: A typical Series C Hyperion 20kW product can generate up to 157 Mw in one year of operation. Regarding raw materials, Greece possesses 83% of Europe’s Nickel deposits. With its own usage, the price of creating Hydrogen will also become economically viable for its abundant use.
• Clean: The use of Hydrogen and Nickel produces Copper. There are no harmful to the environment substances during its production, use and afterlife.
• Green: no hazardous or toxic chemicals are required either in its production or in its consumption, unlike standard fossil fuel residuals.
• Safe: Analyses and tests for Performance, Stability, Functionality, and Safety will all be warranted from international accepted bodies to allay the fears of all potential nay-sayers that it is totally safe with zero radioactive emissions and zero harmful environmental emissions.
• Versatile: A broad spectrum of applications can benefit according to the level of output power. Hyperion products can be used in homes, hospitals, light industry, even propulsion. The extent to which is based on our continuing R&D efforts. Hyperion arguments
• Theories are difficult to kill, but a power-generating process is fairly easy to prove: does it release energy, or not? If the technology works, the theoretical controversy and academic debate won’t stop commercialization.
Read the full white paper released today here
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Hyperion To Be E-Cat Product Name - 5 to 30KW Units Available
Thanks for the comment. Let’s say you were doing exactly that, buying a third party electrical generation system for a small town in Xanthi, Greece. What companies would be your first choice? This group has 400M euros so the money is there. Someone had expressed interest in tracking this kind of information down to see if this is a legit operation.
That’s what most people are saying.
But my interest is, how can I take advantage of this one way or another? Let’s say you visited the Wright brothers in 1904 and knew what they had... what would you invest in? Or let’s say this thing is such a huge con that the whole Greek guvmint is gonna go down when it hits, what sort of investment could you make to cash in on their stupidity?
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I totally agree.
If it’s a fraud, I hope the chicoms get hit the hardest.
Then if this is real, the big game changer will be desalination, run the water through for steam, condense it and push it out the back as irrigation.
For a large scale system, I agree with you. But on a smaller scale, I doubt more would be necessary than a mixed-bed ionic exchange column on feed and recycle. Remember, it is the intent of Defkalion to service the gizmos every six months and "recharge" the "catalyst", so also checking and/or changing out the demin cartridge(s) wouldn't be much more of an "add-on". And most big companies these days largely don't do their own utility maintenance. "Ye Huge Chemical Company" that I worked for for quite a few years generated most of their own electricity (Chlor-Alkali production was part of their product mix, so they needed LOTS of power). Nalco made a lot of money from their service contract.
I suspect that when you factor in the ability of such a small-scale system to provide hot water, home heating and cooling in addition to electricity, that the smaller individual units might be more economical than one might think. Certainly the "Backwoods Home" types would love'em.
I keep thinking that this is going to revolutionize the "moble home" market in a big way. The biggest drawback to "boondocking" is the need for a reliable supply of electricity. Picture a steam-electric system big enough to drive the motor home in motion, and throttled back when parked to provide all the electricity and heat (or AC) you'd ever want.
I've seen it. A bit outside my universe of expertise, but, as they used to say on "Laugh-in"....."vvvveerrryyy eeennnttteerresstiiinnggg".
This is why I think their best bet is to have their early customers be district heating systems (where a central plant supplies steam for heating a neighborhood, town, or city). They would get maximum profitability where the ratio of fuel costs to capital costs are high.
Next step would be to retrofit one of the many existing coal-fired power plants scheduled to shut down because the EPA regulations are impossible to comply with (after the Dems lose power, so they don't dream up new ways to kill it).
All this assumes the e-cat really works and is not an elaborate scam, of course.
Agreed. The steam cycle in a power plant is complex, and there's a lot of capital costs in the turbine, generator, condenser, etc, etc. Which is why they might try taking an existing coal power plant and replacing the coal boiler with an e-cat unit.
Basically works like a traditional engine except all the cylinders share the same circular donut, he claims many advantages but basically it lets you cram the same displacement into about 1/10th the space and it is a much simpler design requiring fewer machined parts.
He has demonstrated impressive torque and horsepower with supplied compressed air. Basically, the steam engine to turn the generator would be at least as small as the equivalent turbine without the need for exotic materials.
All true. The only thing that I see truly difficult are the pistons themselves. I would think they would have to have curved walls rather than straight as today's engines have, and that radius of curvature would have to precisely match the "cylinder" curvature. Hard to do with old-fashioned lathe/mill machining, but with today's CNC stuff...."duck soup" to do.
Yeah, but the EPA probably won't let us use any of the Freons. I suspect water will still be used in the secondary loop to actually run the engine, but that the fluid in the E-Cat itself will probably be non-aqueous.
Which is why they might try taking an existing coal power plant and replacing the coal boiler with an e-cat unit.
***That’s what I’d do. It seems like several coal firing plants shut down every quarter, they could pick these up for pennies on the dollar.
> Agreed. The steam cycle in a power plant is complex, and there’s a lot of capital costs in the turbine, generator, condenser, etc, etc. Which is why they might try taking an existing coal power plant and replacing the coal boiler with an e-cat unit.
I’ve been following the reports on the e-Cat for a while now.
The problem with that idea is that if the e-Cat actually works as claimed, it can only provide heat at up to about 400-450 degrees Celsius (supposedly the ‘nanostructure’ which enables the catalyst breaks down at higher temperatures). Although I am not an expert, I have read that typical coal-fired power plants operate at steam temperatures between 550 and 600 degrees Celsius.
This would mean that the coal-plant’s turbine would produce substantially (about 30% to 40%) less electricity operating with 400 degree steam, than it would when operating with hot steam.
Even if it has a practical limitation of 400°C, if we're retrofitting an existing coal plant, we could retain the superheater stage, and have the e-cat make the steam, and have coal fire bring it up to 600°C.
Thanks - I hadn’t seen that report. I had been looking at second and third hand reporting of this.
Obviously, if the e-Cat works, the main limitation about how fast we can move away from other energy sources will be how quickly production of these units can be scaled up to the billions.
Until supply catches up with demand, simple economic theory suggests that e-Cat selling price will go up until it approaches parity with other energy sources.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_hydrogen_battery
http://www.aero.org/publications/thaller/thaller-1.html
http://www.saftbatteries.com/Technologies_Nickel_NiH2_328/Default.aspx
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/RT/RT1999/5000/5420miller.html
http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=360&id=1751
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