III. 2002 End of the Year Review

December 5, 2002

This year we focused most of our efforts on designing, developing and testing gas phase combustion technologies. By the beginning of summer we were able to feed any combustible hydrocarbon into a standard spark ignition automotive engine and get it to run smoothly. By the end of summer we had refined the gas phase process to a previously unprecedented ultra-clean burn from crankcase oil. Armed with this knowledge, we will soon be able to produce clean steam power from a toxic waste byproduct.

Our club membership has steadily grown to over 270. We are projecting a rapid rise in new global membership as we focus more effort on the job at hand -- to provide a real technological solution to the world's pollution problem. 

When we started the club two years ago, we knew then that turbines had much greater potential to replace piston engines -- compared to fuel cells. Now with our progress beginning to outstrip the efforts of the largest automotive manufacturers worldwide, we can safely and confidently say that our solutions will absolutely fill in the gap between pistons & fuel cells.

Most of the technology posted on the club is the result of a very small dedicated core of individuals. Now that more of our members are beginning to send in their test results, we see the potential beginning to rapidly grow. This coming year -- 2003 -- is going to be a real blockbuster! Several key events or milestones will move our meager efforts into world-class development.

First of all, our goal for the year is to develop a closed cycle boundary layer turbine. By that I mean a complete stand-alone turbine -- including blower, combustor and hot rotor in one compact package. If the major car companies worldwide have failed to come up with a similar solution, how (you may ask) are we going to do it? Global joint development! -- It's going to take the efforts of all club members to move ahead. 

Within the first half of the year we plan to produce and ship an Experimenter's Turbine, consisting of a hot rotor section mounted on a bearing frame with an integral oiling system. This is being made available as an off-the-shelf product for experimenters to develop into a stand-alone system.

Secondly, we are planning to produce -- in the second half of the year -- a complete ultra-clean waste oil burner. The basic burner can be used as a home heating unit, or as a building block for a steam turbo generator system.

Since our focus for the year is to finalize development of both direct-combustion and steam turbine systems, we need the cooperation of all of our members to make the effort succeed. We are calling on our technical members -- particularly engineers with expertise in compressors, blowers, and combustion techniques -- to work with us to make Tesla (or modified) turbines a reality for world use.

Even though big government and big biz doesn't see the need to clean up the emissions problem, we -- the intelligent, powerful individuals of the world -- can made the difference, if we unite and work together without the shackles of greed politics & economics.

The solution is within our grasp!

Coming next -- (January 2003) 
Worldwide Proliferation of Tesla Turbines

Ken Rieli 

CEO, PNGinc 

http://phoenixnavigation.com

Chairman, Global Motive Power Revolution

Founder, Phoenix Turbine Builders Club

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