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[Aeronaut]

Brian H wrote:

Realistically, I don’t think anyone will want to buy a license until we at least succeed in our experiment. At that point, someone might, on the assumption they could get a better deal than after the prototype is developed and everyone will want a license. This is a possible route to financing the more expensive engineering phase.

Thank you! I have been trying to make that point: licensees won’t pay for a pig-in-a-poke; that’s what investors are for! :cheese: 😉

As long as we look at FF strictly as an electrical generator, I agree. Viewed as an existing heat source that may or may not ever produce net energy, however, FF can convert industrial boiler design from combustible fuels to electrically heated, yielding energy in/out numbers that look impossible if you don’t know about the FF reactor. The immediately compelling reasons to license are to reduce fuel costs and improve steam quality. Eliminating combustible fuels in a boiler makes operating costs more stable, keeps the EPA from meddling, and shows the end-user is environmentally responsible.

Placing the FF down the centerline of a 3 meter diameter boiler is a very elegant shielding arrangement that leaves the rest of the length open for the gyrotron, which the patent calls for to couple the ion beam to the solenoid. The helium generated is another way to influence the net operating cost projections. The longer the boiler, the thinner the lead plug at the end of the barrel. 9 to 10 meters is a fairly common length.

Here’s a few links that only begin to explore industrial steam boilers in Google.

http://www.epa.gov/airmarkt/progsregs/nox/docs/bessette.pdf is about 2 pages describing the vast differences between industrial and utility steam loads.

http://www.thomasnet.com/products/steam-boilers-6132807-1.html The online Thomas Registry. The full text of the 4th ad is quoted below. Looks like just what we’re looking for to expand awareness until breakeven is achieved. Now we’re down to a 7MBTU/hr heat surplus during peak steam demand. Wonder what Rematog’s supplier would charge for that exchanger?

Miura Boiler, Inc. – Rolling Meadows, IL
Manufacturer
http://www.miuraboiler.com/Steam-Boilers
Company Profile: Custom manufacturer of boilers including steam boilers suitable for industrial applications. High pressure steam gas/oil boilers specifications include models ranging from 100 hp to 300 hp, 150 maximum operating psig, heat output ranging from 2,343,000 btu/hr to 10,050,000 btu/hr, main steam outlet…
Steam Boilers Product Catalog with CAD:

The biggest factor complicating my design is not knowing the capacitor dimensions and terminal locations. I’m currently guessing 15 inch diameter by 5 feet length. Also, given the production engineering challenge of roughly 1,000 foils of differing sizes, it may be a while before FF generators come rolling off the assembly lines. A boiler can do desalinization this year unless I’m missing some key engineering detail.