PNGinc News Release

Release Date: December 1, 2006

New Automotive Turbine Designed for Super-efficiency

Major milestone in the war on global pollution

Munising, MI - As the planet's supply of breathable air decreases due to chemical transformations in the atmosphere, a team of activists is out to stop a major source of toxic emissions. Today in the war on pollution, PNGinc's Phoenix PDT pulse detonation turbine program reached another milestone as designer Ken Rieli completed his automotive turbine engine design. With the death toll from global vehicle-related air pollution mounting, and a resistance to change coming from the world's automakers, Rieli's company offers immediate hope in the form of a low-cost, zero-pollution engine that outperforms all other contenders.

A recognized authority on disc turbine technology, he describes his powerplant design strategy, "The goal of our program is to achieve super-efficiency in the region of 42% to 50% and we're confident we can hit that due to our research & development in critical areas: pulse detonation combustion, improved disc turbines, and heat recuperation."

In fact, Rieli throws down the gauntlet with this new design. "Using propane as the fuel source, we expect our Phoenix turbines to burn 1,000 times cleaner than today's gasoline and diesel piston engines -- without pollution remediation devices."

Proprietary combustion techniques developed by the company -- achieving greater than 98 percent burn -- are key to conquering the emissions demons that plague all other engine types.

With fuel cells now widely recognized as an immature technology not yet ready for taking on the task of reducing worldwide emissions which cause global warming, the shift to diesel engines has begun. Even Honda is now attempting to steer consumers into the diesel engine camp, as they recently unveiled in their "next generation" powerplant strategy to reduce global CO2 emissions. 

However, carbon dioxide is not the deadliest by-product of diesel engine combustion. Attached to the small particulate matter (PM) emitted in diesel exhaust are hundreds of chemicals that have been identified as toxic air contaminants. These air-borne toxins attack and suppress our natural immune systems, leaving us vulnerable to acute and chronic illnesses.

Years before China adopted its "car for every household" policy, a World Health Organization study estimated that air pollution would cause about 8 million deaths worldwide by 2020. With the rapid increase in automobile use in China & India, pollution-related deaths will likely double or triple to 20 million by that date -- surpassing AIDS, cancer and other diseases as the major killer.

Only a major change in engine technology will reverse the air pollution disaster that is now upon us -- and this engine must be affordable to a rapidly mobilizing developing world. The low-cost Phoenix PDT Turbine, designed to power HEV's and turbine-hydrostatic hybrid drivetrains, is the 21st century engine.

For investment opportunities, e-mail Pam Rieli at ventures_AT_phoenixnavigation_DOT_com  

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