BlackLight Power Plants

[CrackSmokeRepublican]

Some recent updates from BlackLight Power:

http://blacklightpower.com/applications.shtml#motive


The summary statement page reads:

    "Rather than being limited by conventional thermal-based systems, a paradigm shifting technology called CIHT is enabled by the unique attributes of the catalyzed hydrino transition.  The exchange reactions are the basis of a unique electrochemical cell wherein the power is developed by the reaction of hydrogen to form hydrinos.  Being direct electric, the capital costs are projected to be about $25/kW electric, about two percent of thermal systems, with no infrastructure requirements, and the system is deployable for essentially any application at any scale.

    "In general, the chemical power released during the formation of hydrinos from hydrogen can be harnessed for motive power by several types of systems.  The BlackLight Process has four principal applications to motive power, (i) on-board powering of the drive train with the game-changing CIHT technology, (ii) charging of electric vehicle batteries (iii) generation of combustible fuels, specifically hydrogen gas by electrolysis of water, and (iv) a hybrid electrical vehicle powered by heat that is converted to electricity to charge batteries that drive electric motors.  The advantages and disadvantages are considered for the most to least competitive design."

The last option is a bit puzzling as to its relevance to Blacklight Power and energy.  It is a link to Millsian.com, a subsidiary of Blacklight.  They provide software for molecular modeling.

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Based on the observed energy gain and successful thermal regeneration of the solid fuel, the Company believes that environmentally friendly power plants can be operated continuously as power and regeneration reactions are maintained in synchrony using commercially available equipment.  The system may be self-contained except that only the hydrogen consumed in forming hydrinos need be replaced as molecular hydrino is released.  Hydrogen can be obtained ultimately from the water at an insignificant rate of one-millionth of a liter per second per kilowatt electric power due to the two hundred times energy gain relative to hydrogen combustion.  Based on this and other competitive advantages, new power-generation business opportunities of distributed generation may exist even at power scales that are achievable in the near term using readily available commercial equipment.

Engineering designs have been invented and developed based on the new chemistries involving hydride-halide exchange reactions.  Two designs are thermal based wherein the hydrino reactions are maintained and regenerated alternatively in batch-mode in a given cell of a bundle of cells or continuously within each cell.  In both cases, heat from the power production phase of a thermally reversible cycle provides the energy for regeneration of the initial reactants from the products.  Since there are reactants undergoing both modes at any given time or simultaneously in each cell, the thermal power output from a bundle of cells or each cell, respectively, is constant.  In a third design, the exchange reactions are constituted in half-cell reactions wherein direct electrical power is developed by the reaction of hydrogen to form hydrinos (CIHT cell).  The cost is about two percent of thermal systems and operational parameters are enabling of electric, motive, marine, aviation, and other applications requiring no infrastructure.

Specifically, the Company has developed chemistries and engineering designs using the corresponding experimental parameters for power and regeneration for two thermal-Rankine systems.  One system comprises a multi-tube thermally interacting bundle of cells wherein cells producing power provide heat to those undergoing regeneration.  As a system, the power output is constant.  The capital costs are projected to be about $1,400/kW electric.  The other system comprises an array of reactors wherein power and regeneration chemistries occur synchronously, and each cell outputs constant power.  The capital costs are projected to be about $1,050/kW electric.  A third design called CIHT utilizes many options of tested chemistry and comprises the direct production of electrical power from the formation of hydrinos.  The capital costs are projected to be about $25/kW electric with no infrastructure requirements, and the system is deployable for essentially any application at any scale.  The engineering papers entitled "BlackLight Power Multi-cell Thermally Coupled Reactor," "BlackLight Power Continuous Thermal Power System," and "BlackLight Power Motive" regarding intermittent and continuous power cycles and motive power applications of BlackLight technology including CIHT provide further details of these designs.

BlackLight will license its process for a fee per thermal energy unit (e.g. $x per thermal kilowatt hour or $y per BTU) (see Business & Licensing). BlackLight anticipates licensees contracting for retrofit of existing plants and for turnkey plants to be built by architect and engineering firms and original equipment manufacturers.

View Engineering Presentation

BlackLight Power Multi-Cell Thermally Coupled Reactor

View Paper.

The hydrino reactions are maintained and regenerated in a batch mode using thermally-coupled multi-cells arranged in bundles wherein cells in the power-production phase of the cycle heat cells in the regeneration phase.  In this intermittent cell power design, the thermal power is statistically constant as the cell number becomes large, or the cells cycle is controlled to achieve steady power.  The conversion of thermal power to electrical power requires the use of a heat engine exploiting a cycle such as a Rankine, Brayton, Stirling, or steam-engine cycle.  Due to the temperatures, economy goal, and efficiency, the Rankine cycle is the most practical and can produce electricity from a steam source at 30–40% efficiency with a component capital cost of about $300 per kW electric.  Conservatively, assuming a conversion efficiency of 25% the total cost with the addition of the boiler and chemical components is estimated at $1380 per kW electric.  The system applications for distributed power (1 to 10 MW electric) and central generation retrofit and green-field projects are projected to be very competitive relative to existing power sources and systems.  The specifics of a reaction system design are presented.

BlackLight Power Continuous Thermal Power System

View Paper.

The hydrino reactions are maintained and regenerated continuously in each cell wherein heat from the power production phase of a thermally reversible cycle provides the energy for regeneration of the initial reactants from the products.  Since the reactants undergo both modes simultaneously in each cell, the thermal power output from each cell is constant.  The conversion of thermal power to electrical power requires the use of a heat engine exploiting a cycle such as a Rankine, Brayton, Stirling, or steam-engine cycle.  Due to the temperatures, economy goal, and efficiency, the Rankine cycle is the most practical and can produce electricity at 30-40% efficiency with a component capital cost of about $300 per kW electric.  Conservatively, assuming a conversion efficiency of 25% the total cost with the addition of the boiler and chemical components is estimated at $1064 per kW electric.  The specifics of a reaction system design are presented.

BlackLight Power Motive

View Paper.

Rather than being limited by conventional thermal-based systems, a paradigm shifting technology called CIHT is enabled by the unique attributes of the catalyzed hydrino transition.  The exchange reactions are the basis of a unique electrochemical cell wherein the power is developed by the reaction of hydrogen to form hydrinos.  Being direct electric, the capital costs are projected to be about $25/kW electric, about two percent of thermal systems, with no infrastructure requirements, and the system is deployable for essentially any application at any scale.

In general, the chemical power released during the formation of hydrinos from hydrogen can be harnessed for motive power by several types of systems.  The BlackLight Process has four principal applications to motive power, (i) on-board powering of the drive train with the game-changing CIHT technology, (ii) charging of electric vehicle batteries (iii) generation of combustible fuels, specifically hydrogen gas by electrolysis of water, and (iv) a hybrid electrical vehicle powered by heat that is converted to electricity to charge batteries that drive electric motors.  The advantages and disadvantages are considered for the most to least competitive design.

http://blacklightpower.com/applications.shtml#motive

[The Populist]

Great post. I remember when cold fusion was a huge issue on the internet. It seems to have faded and it shouldn't. This is revolutionary technology.