LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Encore Clean Energy, Inc (OTCBB:ECLN) today announced a significant design improvement to its HeatSeeker(tm) technology which the Company is calling MPG(tm), for Accelerated Magnetic Piston Generator.
Encore's new MPG design resulted from the optimization of its vapor hydraulic HeatSeeker, heat-to-electricity energy conversion technology, which was originally developed by inventor Mr. Robert Hunt and licensed to the Company.
The MPG design is for a unique pressure driven "Linear Engine" that propels a permanent magnet through a series of electro-magnetic coils to generate electricity according to Faraday's Law of Induction, wherein moving a permanent magnet into and out of a coil of wire induces an electrical current in the wire while the magnet is in motion.
The MPG design can use fuel combustion or low-boiling-point working fluids to convert heat energy into high-pressure gases that propel its "Magnetic Piston" at high velocities, back-and-forth, through a linear alternator to generate usable electricity. The greater the velocity of the Magnetic Piston passing through the alternator, the greater the electrical power output that can be generated. The Company believes that the MPG design can be scaled-up to generate electricity by the kilowatts or potentially megawatts of power.
The MPG design, when configured as a thermal (heat) conversion technology, represents an untapped power source that can convert both low and high temperature heat resources into electricity. These heat resources can be readily found in nature (solar thermal, geothermal and ocean thermal) and in the smoke-stack and tailpipe exhaust heat of many man-made combustion engines, micro-turbines, fuel cell generators and industrial processes, all of which burn fossil fuels.
In a typical internal combustion piston engine, which powers virtually every car and truck in the world, pistons are attached to a crankshaft via connecting rods, which transform the linear motion of the pistons into rotary crankshaft motion. If the primary purpose of an engine is to generate electric power, then this linear-to-rotary transformation is unnecessary and inherently inefficient as a substantial portion of the mechanical work produced is lost due to the forces imposed by the crankshaft and friction generated by moving parts. With fewer moving parts, the MPG design can offer increased engine fuel-efficiency and operating reliability in a smaller, lighter and more powerful engine for cost-effective use in the new generation of hybrid gas-electric vehicles.
Using the "free fuel" of waste heat which our modern industrialized society currently discards, the MPG is designed to be installed alongside and improve the overall fuel efficiency of any fuel cell system, vehicle combustion engine, gas turbine or steam boiler without consuming any additional fossil fuels, nor generating any additional greenhouse gas emissions. The MPG design can thus enable power plants, factory steam boilers, ovens and furnaces worldwide to increase their fuel efficiencies and lower their emissions intensity. Encore's new MPG alternative energy technology may one day help countries reduce their dependence on foreign energy imports by harnessing these entirely untapped domestic energy resources, which are currently being wasted, ignored and unexploited.
In addition to waste heat recovery, the MPG is designed to generate zero-emission electricity using compressed air or gas pressure to drive the MPG in a pressure-to-electricity conversion process. Such geo-pressure resources are available in many of the world's oil and gas wells, natural gas storage tanks and pipelines. Wind turbines could uniquely be utilized to compress air into storage tanks for subsequent high-pressure release into the MPG to produce electricity on demand.
Dan Hunter, Encore CEO commented, "We're extremely excited about our new MPG design. It has the flexibility to be powered by any source of thermal (heat) or pressure energy, outputs electrical power just like a hydrogen fuel cell, but offers the potential to be more versatile, fuel-efficient and cost-effective."
About Encore Clean Energy Inc. http://www.encorecleanenergy.com
Encore Clean Energy intends to leverage ownership of its revolutionary low-cost, high-efficiency clean energy technologies to form valuable partnerships with local industrial leaders best positioned to market, sell and profit from the social, economic, environmental and political benefits of its low-cost, high-value, in-demand clean energy-generating products. Encore Clean Energy is currently focusing its corporate efforts on product development of potential breakthrough clean and renewable energy technologies, which the Company has been researching, developing, prototyping and testing.
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