Replies to post #14962 on Cyclone Power Technologies, Inc. (fka CYPW)

[Frazdog]

Hey Arnold,

Is that system PV? Where is that photo from? Any info on the reflectors? Surface area seems consistant with 10KW per reflector not total. Unless the scale is wrong. Very interesting. Can you link me the site thats on? What is the concentration medium?

FrazDog

[ctb]

Maybe I'm misreading it, but according to the PR you just quoted:

"These proprietary solar energy collectors are designed to deliver sufficient heat to the company’s waste heat engine..."

HEAT = the solar collectors are delivering heat (supplemental in some cases?) - HEAT, my friend. The output (whether measured in HP or electrical output) is generated by the Waste Heat Engines themselves, just by utilizing the heat from the solar collectors.

As Buenijo just told you, an earlier PR from November stated what the output in HP each collector would optimally allow the WHE to generate: "A single 10' x 4' reflective trough is capable of providing sufficient heat to the WHE to generate approximately 0.5 HP of mechanical output."

Don't be confused because in the latest PR they used KW hours of output as a measurement of the WHE power-generating potential. And remember they said "generate UP TO 10 kW of electrical output per engine." That would clearly require an array of solar collectors - but 30? Depending on the efficiency of the WHE, and the amount of sunlight, most likely far fewer than 30.

See this PR from October '07, especially this:

Mr. Schoell predicts that the WHE's solar applications could provide electricity to a home at one-fifth the cost of comparable photovoltaic panel systems, and could be in commercial production as early as 2008.



Oct 22, 2007 07:00 ET
Cyclone Power Technologies Successfully Tests Engine That Runs on Waste or Solar Heat

POMPANO BEACH, FL--(Marketwire - October 22, 2007) - Cyclone Power Technologies, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: CYPW) announced today that it has successfully tested its patent-pending Waste Heat Engine (WHE), a unique technology off-shoot of the Green Revolution Engine™.

This event marks the initial mechanical operation of the company's prototype WHE. The engine experienced immediate start-up, and ran continuously under variable pressures and RPM. Under these test conditions, the engine's patent-pending and highly unique valve mechanism -- a critical component in the uni-flow, zero-clearance design of the WHE -- also performed successfully.

The WHE is a self-starting, external combustion engine that operates in a low pressure, low temperature range. This feature allows the engine to run on waste heat emanating from an external source, such as the exhaust from an internal (or external) combustion engine, or the direct burning of biomass (i.e., processing garbage into methane is not required). The WHE is also designed to run efficiently on solar heat without the installation of costly photovoltaic panels.

"These initial tests show that the WHE can perform efficiently under very low-pressure," stated inventor and Cyclone's CEO, Harry Schoell. "The commercial possibilities for this are immense, such as boosting the power and efficiency of industrial generators, or providing a renewable source of electricity for homes and businesses."

Mr. Schoell predicts that the WHE's solar applications could provide electricity to a home at one-fifth the cost of comparable photovoltaic panel systems, and could be in commercial production as early as 2008.

[Buenijo]

Arnold,

"These proprietary solar energy collectors are designed to deliver sufficient heat to the company’s waste heat engine (WHE) to generate up to 10 kW of electrical output per engine."

This is not misleading at all. Using a sufficient number of these "solar energy collectors" (NOTE PLURAL) will allow for generating steam at a sufficient temperature and at a sufficient rate to drive the WHE at its rated power, which is sufficient to drive a generator at an output of 10 KW electrical.