Future Energy Vote for LENR Cars

LENR Cars is developing two technologies to reduce carbon emission: - Waste heat recovery system producing electricity from heat based on Rankine microturbines - Condensed matter hydrogen fuel cell that can consume 4000 times less hydrogen than conventional fuel cells for the same electrical output power thanks to LENR process LENR Cars is currently focusing on the transportation market with high tech collaborations in motor racing. Rankine microturbines are expected to reduce the fuel consumption of vehicles (cars, trucks and boats) by 15% while being affordable for mass production. On a long term, condensed matter hydrogen fuel cells are expected to be able to power electric vehicles for over 20’000 km per hydrogen charge with a lower cost of ownership compared to fossil fuel vehicles.

LENR or Low Energy Nuclear Reaction is a 3rd type of nuclear reaction (along with fission and fusion) based on atomic transmutations that was originally discovered in 1989 by scientists Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons. It used to be called “cold fusion” at that time. LENR covers a larger field of experiments and applications than cold fusion, although that may remain the most used name to characterize these reactions. LENR has also been called LANR, Fleischmann/Pons Effect, Anomalous Heat Effect, Quantum Fusion, CECR, LENT.

LENR has been shown to be far stronger than any known chemical reaction and up to 20'000'000 times the power density of today’s combustion energy processes. The LENR technology can continually create large amounts of heat in a small sized reactor for several months using small amounts of low cost fuel and without producing any greenhouse gas like CO2, any harmful nuclear waste or any dangerous radiation.

Recent developments on LENR have led to a high increase in sustained power gain since the original experiments in 1989 which used Palladium and Deuterium electrolysis. Newer LENR reactors use processed Nickel and Hydrogen gas to achieve higher power gains, which appear to now be approaching commercial power generating levels.

LENR Cars is developing a patent pending technology producing electricity with mobile LENR generators that can be used to power electric vehicles such as cars, boats, trains or airplanes in a near future.

What is the key element of your technology that differentiates it from existing solutions

LENR or low energy nuclear reactions is a technology making the link between chemical and nuclear reactions. It provides energy densities much higher than any chemical reaction known. And it does not produce dangerous emission like high energy neutrons or gamma rays. No radioactive by-product is created during the process. It can be considered as a clean chemical-nuclear reaction.

Moreover, the cost to manufacture LENR cells or condensed matter hydrogen fuel cells is low. So is the hydrogen-nickel fuel used in the cells. In a decade, we expect it to be lower than fossil fuels.

We have applied for a patent to use LENR to power electric vehicles: https://www.google.com/patents/US20130263597

We are happy to compete with NASA: http://nari.arc.nasa.gov/Wells http://climate.nasa.gov/news/864

LENR Cars’ Stirling Engine Proposal
November 20, 2013 • 9 Comments

http://www.e-catworld.com/2013/11/lenr-cars-stirling-engine-proposal/

Shortly after LENR Cars launched their campaign to win a chance to pitch at a Future Energy event yesterday, CEO Nicolas Chauvin sent a proposal to Andrea Rossi on the Journal of Nuclear Physics which gives some indication of the company’s business model. Here’s the message he posted:

Dear Andrea Rossi,

We met last year in September at a congress in Zürich. I was there with Sterling Allan.

We discussed shortly about a Stirling generator developed by a partner of us in Asia. Now this Stirling generator is ready for mass production (30K units/year) with a very interesting manufacturing cost.

We would like to know if you are still interested in a test to combine this Stirling generator with a Hot Cat prototype to produce the electricity consumed by the Hot Cat.
Then the system could produce hot water (output from the cooling system of the Stirling generator) at very low cost.

We can even imagine that more electricity can be produced by the
Stirling generator than consumed by the Hot Cat.

This Stirling generator is a free piston Stirling engine combined with a linear alternator that can directly produce 220V at 50Hz. The output electrical power is 800W with a conversion efficiency of over 30% when the input temperature is about 480°C.
As you can see, the specifications are well suited to work in combination with a Hot Cat prototype.

A 1.2 kW version is now also in development.

More detailed will follow by email.

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,

Nicolas Chauvin

Earlier this year LENR Cars filed a patent application for a ‘Low Energy Nuclear Thermoelectric System’ which described an automotive concept based on “an energy conversion system adapted to convert heat generated by said thermal generator into electricity, said energy conversion system being comprised of a first Stirling engine and a second Stirling engine for producing linear motion from heat.”

From what Chauvin says in this message to Rossi, it appears that he has been busy in designing and preparing systems to manufacture. LENR Cars have stated that they are hoping to work with third party LENR reactor manufacturers, and the above proposal indicates that they are hoping to partner with Rossi and Co. to use Hot Cat reactors as a power source for vehicles they will produce.

Rossi didn’t like my suggestion to buy Infinia Corp for their stirling cycle engine technology.

http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=829#comments

kevmo
Your comment is awaiting moderation.
November 20th, 2013 at 4:52 PM

Hello Mr. Rossi:

Infinia Corporation would probably be the closest you could get to off-the-shelf consolidated technologies.

From Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_cycle_engine

Starting in 1986, Infinia Corporation began developing both highly reliable pulsed free-piston Stirling engines, and thermoacoustic coolers using related technology. The published design uses flexural bearings and hermetically sealed Helium gas cycles, to achieve tested reliabilities exceeding 20 years. As of 2010, the corporation had amassed more than 30 patents, and developed a number of commercial products for both combined heat and power, and solar power.[45]

Andrea Rossi
November 19th, 2013 at 6:57 PM

Kevmo:
We are not interested to this kind of proposal. We want a product ready for the market, I would say “off the shelf”. Otherwise, we prefer consolidated technologies. Thank you anyway for your information, maybe some of our Readers is interested.
Warm Regards,
A.R.

kevmo
November 19th, 2013 at 6:27 PM

Hello Mr. Rossi:

There is a huge opportunity in Stirling Cycle Engines.
Infinia Corporation, which was the leader in this technology, recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. That means their assets and patents can be obtained very inexpensively.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/infinia-corporation-implements-voluntary-chapter-11-petition-seeks-offers-225236832.html

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