QS Energy Inc (QSEP)

[As I See It]

I find it hilarious that Sano's most recent post attempts to make fun of QS Energy's CEO while completely botching the facts that are the basis for his criticism. Here is a quote from that post:

The crack Qsep CEO/CFO/COB claimed in the last update that a “proven demonstration of the AOT…” has taken place, yet anyone following this company & awake knows it was a pressure hydrostatic test that they also ran current through.It wasn’t operating with oil and setup on a fully functioning pipeline at anywhere near field like condition and water is not that conductive. Heck if they flooded the tank with distilled water there would be virtually no chance of a ground short. The point is, the management of Qsep will say anything even if it crosses the line. This after Qsep has been warned by the SEC specifically not to use the term “ proven”.

Sano sneers that "anyone following this company & awake knows it was a pressure hydrostatic test that they also ran a current through. It wasn't operating with oil".... He goes on trying to further educate us all about how water is not that conductive and its use is a far cry from duplicating "field conditions".

The problem with this analysis is that OIL WAS USED in the hydrostatic test. The following is a quote from QS Energy:

After final assembly, on December 29th, the AOT was configured with a representative oil sample whilst maximum power was applied. Figure 2 shows the power supply at 40.2 kV during the test. While we expect to operate around 28 kV the additional voltage availability will allow us the flexibility of increasing the electric field if we have a desire or need to do so.

These are some of managements comments about this version of the AOT:

Despite the compounding issues, we are proud to report that the AOT works at a full voltage of 40KV, well beyond the treatment field. We took the cautious and necessary steps to ensure this final iteration of AOT can go straight to a field test to be determined.

While there have been frustrating and unexpected delays in the past two years, management, shareholders, and engineers ultimately accomplished the goal of delivering a functional AOT.

Evaluated, redesigned, and tested the final successful iteration of the AOT.

Demonstrated that a fully assembled AOT would operate at target electric field strength and more.

QS Energy makes it quite clear that the next step is a field test. They have never claimed the AOT was commercially proven. They believe that the recent testing has proven that they have solved previously identified problems successfully. I will admit, however, in some cases their wording could have been more precise
As I stated in a previous post, the AOT is designed to slow the speed of the oil considerably as it is treated. This mean that the conditions during their most recent tests (with crude oil) are much closer to conditions inside an AOT on an actual commercial pipeline than one might think.