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[Alex Pollard]

BlackLight Power say they are close to commercialisation. See their press release dated 08/12/09.

I can’t provide a link because this forum has an issue with posts containing spaces ie “% 20”.

I would be interested to see a full EROEI (Energy Return On Energy Invested) analysis for BlackLight Power and Focus Fusion.

Each has input fuels, which must be refined to some extent, but at what cost compared to the energy output? BLP claims a 200 fold energy return.

There are of course also capital costs in creating reaction chambers, these costs would be amortised over time but what about depreciation costs, as reaction chambers may wear out etc…

One factor with regard to BLP would be the capacity to boil water for steam turbines. Heat engines operate most efficiently at higher temperatures relative to the heat sink (whatever the waste heat is dumped into eg the atmosphere). What is the theoretical maximum temperature that can be obtained in the BLP process? Do the reactants catalyse at high temperatures used in steam turbines eg 600 degrees Celsius?

BLP, if it is for real, has the advantage of potentially being plugged into existing coal-fired steam turbines. Turbines may only be 42% efficient, but big power companies would find this convenient and are probably used to thinking in terms of large-scale projects.

Whereas deployment of multiple FF reactors locally throughout cities would probably be done by the competitors to existing large power distributors and generators.