TAMPA, Fla., June 15, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Internal Hydro International Inc.'s (OTCBB:IHDR) (www.InternalHydro.com) Energy Commander small-scale hydro system has superiority over larger turbines, in a system for renewable energy that has never been used. Bud Nelson, inventor of the base technology of IHDR's low impact hydro system has a great deal of experience creating technology that saves energy through water flows and electricity savings. Nelson states that the flexibility of the system to use varied small flow pressures that traditional hydro cannot use and never bother to capture is the key to the system. "No one bothered to use positive displacement like this before, ever since electricity became abundant from other sources; what positive displacement does is use cylinders to capture all of the power of a small flow in a superior fashion to turbines," stated Nelson. "The Energy Commander uses small flows in a small intake compared to turbines, in a fashion that creates energy in a way that does not hurt the environment," Nelson continued. "As we deploy the new system shortly, and other variations I am involved in, the use of this system in so many areas will affect electrical generation around the world. Besides industries such as steel, oil and gas refineries, utility plants, and other readily available flows, our effect in the third world, and other remote locations will change people's lives from dependence of fossil fuel."
Nelson is no stranger to creating or improving upon things that saved energy worldwide in the past. Nelson was a former President of a commercial kitchen parts supplier for many years, where he invented a device that is now utilized worldwide which saves energy on restaurant dishwashers heating and water use. Saving restaurants hundreds to thousands of dollars a month from the device, which was called the Budget Commander, was based on electrical cutoff of water use from a device Nelson invented. The technology and manufacturing was ultimately bought out by a major chemical supplier to be used in tens of thousands of locations. Nelson created other devices in his business, which led him to the invention of the positive displacement system, which became the Energy Commander. Through time, Nelson made the first four prototype units numbered Energy Commanders I, II, III and IV, which were in operation, from 200 watts, to 500 watts, to 25 kilowatts, to what is being produced and tested now at 30 kilowatts, all from intakes as small as 1/2 an inch when he began. Nelson cites how one of the initial units ran for years creating electricity that was used, creating concern from a local utility that he was stealing power. Nelson now fills the role of being a consultant to the Company for further expansion of the product into steam flow use, and other areas of the product development.
Nelson, as the first and only holder of a patent ever to be issued for the creation of electric power through the use of positive displacement flow of fluids by the U.S. Patent Office, states that the ability of the technology to use a variation of available flows, and create more mechanical power from smaller sources of flow is the key. "Positive displacement through the Energy Commander system is superior to traditional hydro turbines for several reasons," stated Nelson. "There is no such thing as having to have 65 psi to operate this technology; we can vary its intake by expanding the unit with no change in essential size unlike a turbine for most flows available. Turbines are great in many conditions, but we can provide electricity from flows that turbines can't touch due to the low flow and head pressure and our ability to scale up," stated Nelson. He continued, "First, it was made to utilize energy no one ever tapped before, essentially municipal pressure when I made the first units, which existed in the walls of any structure but could be used on the outflow, at much smaller scale than what we are going to produce now. The second advantage is that the positive displacement system takes in a much smaller diameter of flow, since we use small four to six inch inlets, whereas even micro turbines, and small turbines use inlets from 24-48 inches or more. Third, we have a start up point for the creation of electricity using flows at lower levels than turbines. Fourth, we can make electricity from flows as small as 30 pounds of pressure per square inch and escalate it up, not by bigger units but by simply expanding the number of cylinders if the flow is greater, not creating a larger unit which has environmental drawbacks, and limits . Fifth we can make it environmentally friendly since we use a smaller intake and can guard against fish mortality and other environmental concerns," continued Nelson.
When asked why no one else ever thought to use cylinders and positive displacement before or thought of the idea before him, Nelson cites that if we stuck with the way normal engineers think, we would not fly, use nuclear energy, or use microwaves, or in citing a 1876 document from Western Union, "' 'This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication.' " Nelson concluded, "Kind of stupid isn't it. That's how we progress."
About Internal Hydro International, Incorporated
Internal Hydro International, Inc. is an alternative energy company that developed a clean energy power system, the Energy Commander Systems, which utilizes a patented technology using waste water, fluid or gas flow from any source where flow pressure is present, and yet wasted, to create electricity. Internal Hydro has grown into a multi-national enterprise with international contracts spanning over three continents. Internal Hydro is well positioned to gain major market share and dominate the niche of hydro energy and expansion into other renewable energy areas in the fragmented alternative energy marketplace. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at www.InternalHydro.com.
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