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Welcome to the May newsletter. This month I thought I would
get away from the electronic type devices and feature a rather
overlooked form of energy which has some interesting characteristics,
this being STEAM!! It would appear that steam is not dead, but
like a lot of other things the processes of production and use
just need to be looked at in a different way. Maybe this will
give you some ideas to try for yourself.
APRIL MEETING
This months meeting began at 8.1OPM with 23 people present with
no apologies this month. Ashley began proceedings by welcoming
newcomers James and his son Matteo, and also Dudley from the Byron
Bay group who delayed his return to NSW so he could attend the
meeting. Kevin reported that we are still in the black and now
have enough money to subscribe to the Extraordinary Science magazine. I then read out the correspondence received during the last month.
This included a letter and video tape from Lee in Sydney, a Searl
Group newsletter, a Dennis Lee newsletter, information from TEAP
in WA, a letter from the Byron Bay ASTRO group telling us that
their submission for a government grant has been lodged, and some
H2 news from Ian in VIC.
Ashley continued the meeting by presenting Tony with an article
on how to have an intimate relationship over the Intemet, and
if that doesn't work he can look at the pictures in the rest of
the magazine. Ashley also presented the group with some more videos
(details later), brought up the subject of leaded verses unleaded
petrol as seen in an article in NEXUS magazine and mentioned an
item which appeared on the local community TV station, ACE TV,
on a new injection system for the Split Cycle engine.
Tony then gave us the first talk for the night which was on
the MRA device and included an explanation of a miniature-version
which has now surfaced using common over-the-counter type parts.
Roger then gave a demonstration of the TOMI device which he constructed from the information shown in last months newsletter, and guess
what??? IT WORKED!!!! This demonstration was backed
up by Tony showing a computer simulation of a modified version
of the TOMI device. Andrew followed with a talk on Steam Injection
in motor vehicles and specifically on the system that he is presently constructing. Andrew also spoke on the
John Whittman-Ray
process of Body Electronics and the amazing results that have
been achieved with this process. Both of Andrews talks were well presented and well received by those at the meeting.
The meeting was then put back to general discussion amidst a false
start in the race to the biscuits. Dudley spoke briefly on his
involvement with a Democratic School in Byron Bay and also on
his other project of setting up the Sustainable Settlement Research
Institute. Peter then produced a flyer that he found on books
dealing with sustainable building methods, etc. while Allan spoke
about some Dan Winter information and presented a report on Subliminal
Tapes for people to read. Michael presented an alternative books
catalogue that he found on the Internet and an article on a rather
interesting modified Holden engine. Dino talked of an article
that he saw/read/heard? about entraining light through fibre optic
cable so that the light actually does the switching. Finally Cedric
passed around some photographs of his Adams Motor tests that he
has been doing, and quietly stated that he was getting overunity.
Hopefully he can bring it along to the next meeting so we can
all have a look. The meeting proper finished at 10.30PM with the
usual sugar fix (no cream puffs this month) and the last people
leaving around midnight.
SUPER STEAM TECHNOLOGY PART 1
Peter recently gave me a copy of "TheAquarian Newsletter"
produced by an English company called Aquarian Agency Ltd. This
newsletter basically promotes all the technology that they are
trying to sell with their main product being Aquastone. which
is a "non shrinking, highly insulating, fire resistant, fast
setting (even underwater) material made from gypsum waste".
The interesting side of their products include Victor Schauberger
vortex research, a salt removing liquid called Rodak, aimed at
the agricultural market and a water purification system called
Care Free which works by using harmonic movements. Finally they
are also into steam, in fact they are working on "super steam"
similar to Leonard Dorsetts work (see next article) as shown by
the following quote from their newsletter.
"SUPER STEAM - A Tesla conference in Colorado surfaces new
Super Steam Technology (SST). Leonard Dorsett and friends from
Texas share strikingly similar views to Aquarian Agency Ltd. They
have technology which produces steam instantly at up to 3,000F
without a boiler and with 60% savings in fuel over traditional
boilers. Nitrogen rich, it can put out gasoline fires and treat
many waste problems. Of major importance to Aquarian, this nitrogen-rich
steam will help to produce heat and Aquastone at considerable savings."
For further information on Aquarian Agency Ltd. they can be contacted
at 38 Weir Rd, Wimbledon, London SW19 SUG, England or on Internet
at <aquarian ocign.ape.org>.
SUPER STEAM TECHNOLOGY PART 2
Leonard Dorsett (PO Box 365, Grapevine, TX 76092) demonstrated
his Super Steam Technology at the 1994 International Tesla Symposium.
SST is a system for producing steam at any temperature or pressure
independently and instantly without the need for a conventional
boiler. It can instantly produce steam of any temperature from
hot water at 180F to super heated steam at over 3000F, while
pressures can vary from 1PSI to 3000PSI with airflow volumes of 1CFM up to over
2000CFM. The system operates on propane, methane,
petrol, kerosene, methanol, diesel, hydrogen or just about anything
else that bums and converts virtually 100% of the fuel into usable
energy. (Note: The person in the picture is Norman Wootan of MRA
fame)
This all sounds great, but how does it work? The basis of the
unit is a specially designed open throat chamber with controlled
air, water and fuel interaction and a high voltage ignition resulting
in a direct fire process establishing thermal zones. This creates
a stoichiometric condition resulting in a full spectrum of steam
product. Now comes the interesting part At the increased temperatures
of steam, disassociation occurs. (Could this be a clue to running
cars on water??) The hydrogen and oxygen reacts causing an exponential increase of energy resulting in
super heated steam. A similar superheat process was addressed
by Tesla in the October 12, 1911 publication of the "Engineering
News Record".
Applications of the SST system include a much more economical
way of producing electricity as no conventional boiler is needed.
It will also be an ideal low cost method for heating and cooling
homes and businesses. Small portable units can be developed for
home use, such as steam cleaning, and insect and ant removal,
without the dangers of insecticides. The system can also be used
for low cost purification of polluted water or sewerage and can
also convert salt water into drinking water both quickly and inexpensively.
Other uses are in fire fighting applications, ice and snow removal
from roads, etc. and sterilization and nurturing of soil for agriculture
where contamination has occurred.
ERRATA: or I STUFFED UP!
Last months article on the TOMI device brought a response from
Steve of the WA Searl group in that the reference to the SEG doesn't
mean Space Energy Generator, but does mean Searl Effect Generator.
The article came straight off Internet but nevertheless I did
not pick up the mistake. This is the second time I have been sprung
by Steve, the first being when I spelt Searl with an "e"
on the end. Thanks for the feedback Steve.
THERMODYNAMICS OF STEAM
The following is an excerpt from a book by Floyd Clymer called
"Historical Motor Scrapbook - Steam Car Edition Vol. I" kindly
loaned to me by Peter. Although the explanation is designed for conventional
steam engines, the article shows the tremendous amount of energy stored when
PHASE CHANGE occurs from liquid to gas. This then raises the question that
if steam can be produced "free" by using exhaust heat from a
petrol engine, can this energy stored in the steam be used to generate extra
motive power in the same engine?
"Latent Heat: If water be heated in an open vessel it will reach a
temperature of approximately 212F (100C) and will then boil away without
further rise in temperature. The added heat is absorbed in converting the
water into steam.
It takes far more heat to convert water into steam than to raise its
temperature. A pound of water heated to boiling from 32F absorbs only
18013TU, but in boiling away at 212F it absorbs an 996BTU additional. At
atmospheric pressure the volume of steam is 1645 times the volume of water
whence it came. This bulk of steam must displace an equal bulk of air, and
part of the heat energy represented by the steam has been spent in pushing
back the air to give it room. This will be made clearer from the sketch,
showing a long tube open at the top and containing a little water in the
bottom. On top of the water is a piston, supposed to be air-tight and
without weight or friction. If the water be boiled into steam, the piston
will be pushed upward against the atmospheric pressure a distance equal to
1645 times the original depth of the water. The work in foot-pounds thus
done will be 14.7 times the area of the piston in square inches times the
distance in feet through which it has moved. Approximately 7.45 percent of
the heat imparted to the steam represents work done against the atmosphere;
the remainder is spent overcoming the mutual attraction of the molecules of
water. The heat which has been absorbed by the change of state from water to
steam without change in temperature is called the latent heat of
vaporisation."
ASTRO VIDEO LIBRARY
There has been a few new additions to our library this month thanks to Lee
from Sydney (1994 International Tesla Symposium videos) and our very own
Ashley (Borderland Science Research Foundation videos). These will all be
available to borrow at the next meeting.
Daurn
Tesla's Egg & the Philadelphia Experiment
Seifer
Tesla: The Lost Years
Zeigler
A Pre-Tesla Coil
Tesla Memorial
Society
Nikola Tesla: The Genius who lit the World
Jorge Resines - BSRF
Invisible Radiations & the many Grid Theory
Gerry Vassilatos - BSRF
Ray of Discovery 111 - Medical Radionics
Gerry Vasilatos - BSRF
Ray of DiscoveryI - Nikola Tesla
FUEL/WATER VAPOUR SYSTEM WITH A DIFFERENCE
In another variation of fuel/water vapour injection is this idea which has
apparently been tried with success by Mr Anonymous (and achieved 8OMPG). I
have no personal knowledge of this system but it seems like an interesting
combination of technologies which may just work. The general principle is to
recirculate part of the exhaust gas back in through the carburettor. This has
the effect of vaporising the fuel (and water if used) mixture using the heat
from the exhaust gasses. This system is suited to a cross flow style of
engine as the carburettor needs to be mounted at a distance from the inlet
manifold to allow a smoother flow of gasses into the engine. The longer
inlet pipe also allows time for the mixture to vaporise, (see diagram 1) and
apparently can produce a turbo charging effect if the diameter and length of
the pipe are calculated correctly.
As the exhaust comes out of the engine , it passes through an exhaust
splitter which allows some gas to exit from the normal exhaust pipe, while
the rest is recirculated back into the inlet manifold. If water injection is
to be added, it can be sprayed into the system at this point. The basic
division of gas is set by an adjustable deflector inside the splitter (see
diagram 2) while the amount required by the engine at any given time is
adjusted by a butterfly valve in the tube. This valve is inter-connected
with another one on the carburettor and one at the inlet manifold to maintain
the correct air/fuel ratio. The butterfly at the exhaust splitter is
temperature controlled so that it cannot operate until the engine is warm.
STEAM INJECTION
Thankyou to Andrew for this article on steam injection which was
the subject of his interesting talk at the last ASTRO meeting.
"Water Vapour (water injection) is well known to increase
the octane rating of petrol. (reduce knock or pinging) It also
unfortunately reduces efficiency by robbing the fuel of a lot
of its energy as it absorbs the Latent Heat of Vaporisation (refer
to phase change technology). If however, the vaporisation of the
water into steam is done outside of the combustion chamber, several
interesting things happen.
The waste heat from the exhaust can be "harvested" and
returned to the combustion process, producing steam at 300 to
400 degrees Celcius. This steam is introduced to the inlet manifold
and instantly vaporises the fuel. This reduces the temperature
of the mixture to approximately 150 degrees Celcius due to the
phase change of the fuel. The resulting fuel vapour, steam and
air mixture is more easily ignited than the fuel "droplets"
and air mixture that occurs in an ordinary engine, thus enabling
the correct fuel/air mixture to be maintained, but using significantly
less fuel to do so. This is due to the fact that in a conventional
engine, it is only the vapour that surrounds the fuel "droplets"
that contributes to the fuel/air mixture, with the droplets only
burning and creating heat in the process. The important thing
is that all of the "heat" of combustion goes into expanding
the mixture, while none is lost in vaporising the fuel, etc.
Another advantage of this process is that it gives lower exhaust
emissions as combustion occurs at a much lower temperature due
to the steam. This causes reduced Nitrous Oxide emissions in the exhaust. When carbon fuels burn
in the presence of steam, the carbon robs the Oxygen from the
water (H20) to form Carbon Dioxide (C02), leaving Hydrogen (H2)
to burn as a separate combustion. Thus the exhaust gasses tend
to be C02 + H2 + H20, rather than CO + C02 + H20, with the only
compound not mentioned before being CO which is Carbon Monoxide.
Steam has a far greater Coefficient of Expansion than hot air:
i.e. a smaller quantity will "push" a piston much further.
Due to the lower temperature of combustion (fuel/air is approx.
2500C, while steam/fuel/air is approx. 750C) and the smaller charge
of fuel/air in each induction, the engine runs at a greatly reduced
temperature. This means that less of the fuel's energy ends up
being lost in the radiator, exhaust and in direct radiation from
the engine. This all adds up to improvements in fuel economy,
less emissions, less exhaust noise and longer engine life. I estimate
that the basic set up can be built for $300 to $400, which is
one third the price of an LPG conversion. Fuel consumption should
be about 25%, which for a Holden makes it around 100MPG!!! Andrew"
TWO MILES A MINUTE IN 19O6
The interesting thing about this bit of history is the method
of producing the steam. Guess what, they burnt "gasoline"
as a vapour!!!
ROD MULLER &"THE CROW"
Although not "alternative" as we define the word, because
this edition of the newsletter is about steam, and Rod keeps on
inventing new ways to utilise this medium, I thought I would include
this article from The Advertiser newspaper.
A NEW PERSON IN OUR MIDST!
For those of you who don't know by now, Ian (who sometimes dowses
his way to our meetings) and wife Frauke have a son, Lucas Gabriel,
who was born on April 1st. Everyone is well and happy after a
successful home birth.
NEXT MEETING
FRIDAY MAY 19TH
This month will feature the 30 minute video: NIKOLA TESLA:The Genius who lit the World
The usual applies in that please bring $3.00 to cover video purchase
and newsletter printing/postage, and something for supper would
be appreciated.I hope to see you all there !!!