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Potomac Energy Projects, LLC, is pursuing a major research project to develop an electrical generator that only requires liquid nitrogen to operate. Ongoing R&D involves superconductivity, magnetic energy, and flux gates that can channel magnetic flux in a manner that will generate electricity. Our primary goal is to replace fossil fuel dependency with power provided through a new method of “Direct Energy Conversion (DEC).‿ This technology does not require oil or other carbon-based fossil fuels to generate electrical energy. The only waste products are heat and nitrogen gas. The DEC device is solid state with no moving parts, providing trouble-free service throughout the life of the generator.
Upon further development, this new DEC method has the potential to produce megawatts of clean electricity for powering electrical cars, trucks and everything in our homes within the next 10 years, free of the standard power grid - no more blackouts or brownouts. DEC generating devices could replace current electrical power plants, as well as the conventional power grid, with clean, highly efficient distributed electrical power systems.
The official web site is http://www.potomacenergyprojects.com.
- "The SRG technology is very much needed in space -- given that it works at very cold temperatures and produces Megawatts without nuclear products. It is ideal for close quarters living in space. I like to think this concept could be used to produce our first single stage to orbit aircraft as well as provide the energy to run very large ion engines with enough thrust to reach Mars in 2 weeks." -- Eddie Sines (Feb. 18, 2007)
— Web Site (http://www.potomacenergyprojects.com)
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About
Official Websites
Video
- Whiteboard explanation of Eddie Sines electrical energy production concept (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pF36PsLQOI) (9:31 mins) - The following is a simplified description of how Sines Reluctance Generator is envisioned to work. Concept involves magnetic flux generation (for electricity creation) via laser input modifying the conductivity of a liquid-nitrogen-cooled-YBCO superconductor thin film on quartz crystal tubes. (YouTube; Oct. 15, 2006) (Also at Google Video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8124068206318927900))
- Part II; Q&A (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-119602711685371939) (9:45 min) - 10% of output would be required to maintain the liquid nitrogen. Another 2-3% output required to address other losses. The rest is available for use. (Posted to Google Video Oct. 18, 2006)
Latest Developments
Magnetic Flux
There has been other R&D projects considered that block magnetic flux in order to generate energy...not possible. It is like trying to trap water with a matrix of bb's...the water will flow right through the matrix. Keep that in mind when considering new R&D projects that suggest you can block magnetic flux.
April 2, 2008: first working Ion gun from scratch
Eddie Sines writes:
Just built my first working Ion gun from scratch! Man what a battle.
Just wanted to pass you these first pictures and show you where that money (http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Potomac_Energy_Projects%2C_LLC#April_2.2C_2008:_first_working_Ion_gun_from_scratch) went. Sorry to say it only covered a little bit of the total expenses. Still I am deeply appreciative of the help.
It sure took longer then expected but at last it's working. Just finished my first 2 hour run burning it in to see how stable its going to be. Were looking very good.
This means we can push forward now and make some calibration runs.
Still working the bugs out of the ion gun but we're making progress.
The picture with the black and blue lighting is the ion gun in operations. Note you have to rotate the picture so the half moon blue lighting [the ion gun] is on your right side. The left side is a target of phosphorus V22 material that changes ions into light. Kind of a test to see how the ion spread out over the target surface.
Ion's play an important role in the process of thin films. Can't wait to get this interface up and running.
Independent Fundraiser Updates
- Independent Fundraiser for Sines Reluctance Generator (https://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2007-12-22.5567679700) - Bon Kulman has independently initiated a small $1,000 fund drive to support the research and development of one of the leading exotic energy technologies. Electrical generator concept involves thin film superconductivity, vortices and magnetic flux gates. Expires 1/16/08.
- As of the Jan 10th we have collected $1000 - our goal of $1000 minimum has been met and the total amount collected by January 16th will be forwarded to the Sines Reluctance Generator project once the fund drive closes out on the 16th! Thanks to everyone who donated - spread the word and help make this project a reality! Every dollar helps bring free energy a little closer to everyone!!! Please continue to show your support to help end the oil cartel's grip on our global economy.
- Sorry for the delay on my end, was my bad. I apologize to everyone who contributed and especially Eddie Sines for not getting the money to him in a timely manner, I know he needs it for continued research. I kicked in an additional 70$ to bring the total back up to a $1000(fundable takes a 7% take on all donations, just to let people who use this know for future reference) from $930. I believe Sterling sent a $1000 to Eddie so this should reimburse him. Again sorry the delay and I am more humbled. -Bon(2/11/08)
Dec. 19, 2007
- Re: http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2008/01/Superconducting_cuttlefish.asp - It has to do with using Cuttlefish bones as a template for superconductive materials. Not only does it make the materials lighter than conventional methods, but it also improves it's capabilities.
Eddie Sines wrote:
Looks like nature is always going to be way out front!
This is very interesting indeed and I will take some time out to look into this concept. I have been studing this crystal structure now for about 4mths, 100's of hours of R&D. After looking into the process of making super conductor thin films I have uncovered what I believe to be a real break thru in the process. Seem the guys before me have been making an error, maybe.
I hope to put this theory to practice very soon. If I am correct it should be able to improve the performance of thin films by at least a factor of 2, while reducing the faults to a minumum.
PEP has in hand our first ion gun. The gun was designed in house and we have a power supply coming from Japan due in on Dec 28, 2007. Once we have the supply in hand we plan to test said ion gun and then proceed to doing thin films on Silica. It should take about 30 days to close this data/process task and then we plan to move into Phase II. Things are looking very exciting for the new year.
Dec. 11, 2007
Eddie Sines wrote:
Working around the clock for the past few months on my project making some very good progress. BTW, the PEP concept has a direct link to the Casimir Force and I have reason to believe the Casimir Force is going to turn out to be the source of the energy that is coupled into the PEP device.
It could turn out to be the "ONE". Lots and lots of physics like bread crumbs is leading the way. The evidence is starting to look over whelming. I also discovered a text that suggest that 1/2 of the ZPE is potential energy ready for the taking. This information came out of a well know solid state physics book that is bared from sale in the US?
Some very interesting things are going on all around the world related to PEP. PEP is getting some exposure/interest in Holland, Australia and now the DOE. China is also looking into this concept.
PEP has found a company in the UK that is coating larger cylinders with thin films of YBCO on stainless steel cylinders substrates. They have just finished coating their first cylinder. This means that we now have a risk reduction, meaning that it's proven that one can coat cylinders with thin films of YBCO.
It took ~$2.5M and ~ 4.5 years of effort. Their principle investigator stopped in to see PEP's lab and was impressed by what he saw and the progress we had made. He also commented that he didn't see any reason why you couldn't coat small cylinders like I suggested. His background was in crystal lattice structures and materials. He is very interested in the concept but is unable to comment on it since it was outside of his area.
This means that PEP's concept to coat small cylinders is no longer a high risk problem, but just a matter of set up time and funding! We are very close to finding out if this concept will work and are making ever effort to push forward as fast as funding permits.
This is great news. In the mean time, PEP has become very good at making high quality HTS thin films.
I have mapped out a low risk method for coating the vortex cylinders, but like any thing in life the manufactured hardware is very expensive, so PEP will need to build it's own interface. Commercial system are running ~ $25K for just one part. Even if I make my own it still takes funding. I am working on the mechanical drawings now and plans to start to build the final parts I need to do thin film coatings ASAP. I expect the chamber to be down for ~ 30 days while this new interface is manufactured and installed. Can't wait to see the new year start. It's been a very long hard run to find out if this concept will work and it looks like 2008 is going to be the year.
April 21, 2007
PEP is now funded. This funding gives PEP the ability keep the lights on and do more R & D and process the IP. The funds provide Eddie Sines with a working salary, as well as one technician to work on the prototype. A new lab is being set up that is much larger.
Overview
Message from Eddie Sines, May 5, 2006
My company name is Potomac Energy Projects, LLC. We started this company on February 1, 2006. The goal of this company is to develop an alternate energy process that will use LN2 as the primary fuel to drive electrical cars, trucks and homes.
LN2 was looked into over the years but not the way we plan to use it. The energy conversion or efficiency LN2 will set a new world record when compared to the Carnot cycle.
All hydrocarbon devices are now obsolete, including Hybrid cars, since they have large battery banks which have a high replacement cost. Even the H2 cars are obsolete using the new fuel cell technology, since they only shift the problem but don't solve the real problem of our dependency on oil -- imported oil to be more precise.
This new technology will green thumb, since it only produces CO2 once in the cycle and in some cases, none when solar, nuclear, wind and hydro are used.
This new system has many advantages.
The concept has deep roots in real physics. It has taken me some 15 years of study to understand and refine this concept up to this point.
We are in the process of making our first working prototype or proof of concept working model.
In a way, companies like yours will play a very important role in the new model. Gone will the large distribution trucks and ships that need to cross the oceans to bring back oil, where American's are not well liked.
The economics of LN2 system is considerably less expensive then the present system and doesn't kill the planet at the same time. This new system could even scrub off CO2 and pump it into a pipe line for conversion into other products freeing out atmosphere of this global heating problem. If adopted, world wide we could turn back the clock in 10 years.
Every person on the planet would have access as long as they had electrical energy or a means of producing it using proven methods. Our cities would have ZERO pollution using this system since the only waste products would be nitrogen gas and heat. In effect we could scrub the complete atmosphere of waste products, like CO2 and other known harmful aerosols.
When you consider the present price of oil which is at ~$73/B, their is a significant savings if we could switch to LN2. I computed the cost of a single barrel at ~$6.00.... a major savings or profit margin should we get this new device working. In effect, we could change the world as we know it.
The hurdles are many and the technical solutions are by no means simple, but my research indicates they are all solvable given time and funding. With the help of vendors and people who want to make this change I believe that it will be possible to do. This concept has only been possible since 1990. As you can see we are ~16 years behind what could have been done back then.
-Eddie Sines, President, Potomac Energy Projects, LLC
Patents
Patent Application
- Sines Reluctance Generator Provisional Patent Application
- Sines Reluctance Generator (http://www.freeenergynews.com/Directory/Potomac_Energy_Project/SRG-Sines_patent_application.pdf) (pdf) U.S. patent application, submitted June 14, 2006; and posted online June 15, 2006.
- Sines Reluctance Generator International Patent Application Online (http://www.wipo.int/patentscopedb/en/fetch.jsp?LANG=ENG&DBSELECT=PCT&SERVER_TYPE=19&SORT=1206645-KEY&TYPE_FIELD=256&IDB=0&IDOC=1699505&C=00&ELEMENT_SET=BASICHTML-ENG&RESULT=1&TOTAL=17&START=1&DISP=25&FORM=SEP-0/HITNUM,B-ENG,DP,MC,AN,PA,ABSUM-ENG&SEARCH_IA=US2007013800&QUERY=sines) - "A method and apparatus for direct energy conversion employs modulated static magnetic flux emanating from the pole of a permanent magnet. Photon Cooper pair breaking is used to force a quantum state in Type II superconductor thin films by modulating a vortex channel made up of ..." (WIPO; Jan. 10, 2008; initially submitted June 13, 2007)
- Abstract
- This application describes a Direct Energy Conversion (DEC) method for extracting massive amounts of electrons developed and coupled by modulating the static magnetic flux emanating from the poles of permanent magnets (PM). This process is accomplished using the unique properties of Type II High Temperature Superconductors (HTSC).
- HTSC materials provide a means to modulate static flux. This flux is coupled in a traditional magnetic circuit where the laws of induction are used to produce an electrical potential to drive motors, lights and other useful devices. This electrical energy is manufactured at the atomic level and does not require the used of a moving armature.
- In addition, this new DEC generator (DECG) will only require liquid nitrogen to maintain the super conductive state of the Type II superconductors and some small control logic in order to function. In effect, this new DECG configuration will be solid state, have no moving parts making them ideal for many new applications.
- These new DECGs combine the known physics of Type II HTSC materials like, the Meissner Effect known to expel static flux from the interior of superconductor structure. High levels of static flux is also known to cause vortices in Type II HTSC. This application teaches a new method to use these vortices to control and modulate static flux.
- The vortex cylinder is manufactured and optimized to work with a process known as “Photon Cooper
Pair Breaking (PCPB). This process will toggle the Type II SC in and out of the superconductivity state thereby providing a time varying magnetic field enabling power to be extracted using traditional means.
Tangential Patents
Awarded to Eddie Sines
- Novel Cooling Technique I (http://www.potomacenergyprojects.com/6259347_sines.pdf) (6,259,347)
- Novel Cooling Technique II (http://www.potomacenergyprojects.com/6777835_sines.pdf) (6,777,835)
Self-Evaluation
On around June 12, 2006, PEP posted the following self-evaluation on their FAQ (http://www.potomacenergyprojects.com/faq.htm) page, according to the criteria set forth by the New Energy Congress.
I. Renewable
Using magnetic flux generated from permanent magnets, the only renewable requirement is liquid nitrogen, and in an environment such as space, liquid nitrogen could be recycled without an energy input. Type II superconductors with a higher Tc would only require cool air below Tc temperatures to operate.
II. Environmental Impact
No direct impact to the environment; only that which is initially required to produce a unit, and the energy required to generate the liquid nitrogen to operate the device. Increasing liquid nitrogen production capacity and demands would actually clean up the environment by extracting the pollution in the air during the liquid nitrogen generation process. Next generation systems will eventually allow for a completely closed system, similar to refrigeration systems, though the next generation systems will provide the energy required to generate liquid nitrogen directly from the unit.
III. Cost (cents / kw-h)
Estimated at approximately 10% of the current cost for fossil fuel electrical energy generation (check your electric bill for current rates, then divide by 10 for a rough estimate)…still to early to peg an exact figure. Next generation units would require only a fraction of that amount, and eventually no cost whatsoever.
IV. Credibility of Evidence
Research throughout the world has proven every aspect of the various components of the device as well as its design, though without a first-hand experience of a working prototype, this and ANY OTHER claim regarding new technologies should be viewed as highly suspect since the energy industry is such a lucrative market. Note how many third parties claim and are regarded as having developed valid technologies and have a history of such claims (10+ years in some instances), but without a working prototype directly observed by independent parties as operational, and validated first-hand using the appropriate scientific equipment to confirm such claims, any supposed evidence and related claims should not be considered valid. This is certainly a catch 22 for those who are lacking necessary funding to develop next generation technologies. Fortunately, this is not an issue for Potomac Energy Projects, LLC, as the project has been independently funded and developed.
V. Stability / Reliability
The device is solid state (no moving parts), completely stable/reliable (and scalable) as long as liquid nitrogen is available. The device requires an environment cool enough to operate the superconductor component that exhibits the Cooper pair breaking effect and channels magnetic flux through different paths at variable high frequencies between the superconductive and nonsuperconductive states. Once the liquid nitrogen completely converts to a gas, the device stops operating (above Tc), with no adverse risk to the device or to personnel.
VI. Implementation
Immediate, once results from initial prototype testing and evaluation are available.
VII. Safety/Danger to Persons
None, unless you plan on dumping liquid nitrogen all over your body…it’s great for burning off warts though. One would have to seal oneself in a room, dump the entire container of liquid nitrogen in this enclosed space, wait until you pass out, THEN one could die of asphyxiation…needless to say, controls are easily implemented to ensure that this gene pool cleansing does not occur. Air is 78% nitrogen, so no worries with respect to personnel safety. In a car accident for example, liquid nitrogen would actually help arrest any fires, rather than have combustible fossil fuel liquids pouring all over the highway and igniting, and/or sulphuric acid from the car battery exploding in your face.
VIII. Politics of science
We are not concerned about the politics, as an empowered populous will choose to embrace that which will allow the existence of mankind to continue. Current mainstream politics has already embraced ‘the hydrogen economy’ and fusion reactors as the next generation technologies to lift us out of our predicament; although, those technology fully implemented will not save our civilization, as a substantial amount of fossil fuels are required to implement hydrogen-based and fusion technologies…too little, too late. We need technologies that are immediately scalable AND available for full-scale production; otherwise, it’s time to start brushing up on our survival skills. Every aspect of our modern civilization is dependent on fossil fuels, and we are for all practical purposes out of time.
IX. Open-Source conducive
The device could be used in conjunction with any device that requires electricity to operate.
X. Stage of Device Development
The initial prototype is complete except for the YBCO (or any Type II superconductor exhibiting Cooper pair breaking) coated tubes. Once that last step (which has been holding up production for months due to the pulsed laser deposition unit requirement) is complete, it’s open season on full scale R&D and production. We are not operating alone, as independent third parties have already taken an active interest in this technology (e.g., anyone with a working PLD unit can join the club). Had a fully operational PLD unit been available months ago, we would already be working on next generation prototypes for full-scale production. Third parties have already expressed an interest in developing next generation prototypes, so we are certainly not dependent on additional funding or other support to complete our research efforts.
In the News
- Google News > "Potomac Energy Project" (http://news.google.com/news?q=%22Potomac+Energy+Project%22)
- Potomac Energy Project Releases Patent Application (http://pesn.com/2006/06/18/9500282_Potomac_Energy_Patent_Application/) - Company wishes to spur development of the concept whereby the natural elasticity of the atomic level restorative force is harnessed for abundant, non-polluting, inexhaustible energy. (PESN; June 18, 2006)
- Direct Energy Conversion (http://www.zpenergy.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1354) - Inventor Eddie Sines describes concept of creating a "flux gate" whereby Energy is extracted by means of magnet flux. (ZPEnergy; June 14, 2005) [Article author identity established Feb. 22 by email from Eddie Sines.]
Contact
Eddie Sines, Inventor and President
Potomac Energy Projects, LLC
email: edsines{at}aol.com (mailto:edsines@aol.com?subject=Potomac_Energy_Projects_mentioned_at_PESWiki.com)
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