As of today there exists no efficient link between solar energy and Hydrogen. There is no way to collect solar energy and profitably, economically, and safely convert solar energy to a transportable fuel. There is no way to generate electricity from solar energy in order to manufacture Hydrogen and to use it in a car as fuel. We plan to change that. Furthermore, there is no method of operating a solar plant 24/7 economically, profitably, and efficiently. In addition, there is no method of manufacturing Hydrogen that does not create large amounts of CO₂ in the process. Although the fuel cell has scientifically matured it still has not found a place in the market even though this device is twice as efficient as an Otto engine. What is missing is a way of shipping the fuel…solar energy easily.

Our interest in solar energy began with the oil crisis of 1973. One day while on a gas line a “eureka” moment was attained when my hand was placed on my “solar energized” hot black dashboard. Why could we not use solar energy some way as a source for our energy in cars? Further investigation into the problem yielded many dilemmas and obstacles that needed to be overcome. These dilemmas such as efficiency, temperature, area, safety, transportation are dealt with in a general way in the first section of this web site. Hopefully, we have supplied enough links to other web based information AND that you are curious enough to look at it.

THE QUESTION-

How does one collect and package solar energy in a manner that it can be safely shipped?

SOLAR ENERGY---

There is enough solar energy to accomplish the task. What is needed is an engine that is more efficient and that operates at lower temperatures. Photovoltaic collectors are both inefficient and very expensive. Thermal based systems are both too hot and too inefficient or are too cool and too inefficient. Neither system allows energy to be absorbed from thermal sources that are cooler than 100F.  The sun’s energy never turns off therefore we should be able to take advantage of it that way. Both photovoltaic and thermal solar power generation rely on direct radiation from the sun. There are many times that the temperature is hot but the sun’s radiation will not be available because of cloud cover. We believe that this obstacle can be overcome.

THE ENGINE

We are going to build a thermal power generation system that is very efficient and relies on lower thermal sources. This means that we will be able to get away with a much smaller collector field or non at all and there is an opportunity to use warm or cool air at night as a power generation source. There is also an opportunity to recycle and resuscitate waste thermal process heat, which allows us to reduce the size of the thermal field further.

THE FUEL

H_2, as previously stated, is difficult to deal with. We wrestled with this dilemma for several years. At the time, what was needed was a way to package solar energy. The answer came one day while I was roaming an inventors showcase at what was then ‘The Coliseum” at Columbus Circle in New York. There was buzz on the floor about a man that was burning water. My first reaction was, “That is impossible!!!” Then, I thought for a minute. If this inventor was in some way creating electricity he could produce Hydrogen by electrolysis. After further investigation, it was learned that this inventor has a battery that when a switch was thrown created power—current. This current when applied to either an outside electrolyzer or back onto itself would generate H2 when needed. An on/off switch and a rheostat control the quantity of gas generated.

As the Hydrogen is produced the anode of the system degenerates into a precipitate or powder that can be filtered out and recycled. I later learned that the process for manufacturing or in my case recycling the precipitate to a metal involved an electrolytic process. It was at this point that it was realized that this invention could be the basis for an energy system that used solar in a way that was recyclable, non-polluting, and reduced the amount of carbon generation.

This is a way to PACKAGE SOLAR ENERGY in a manner that was safe and shippable.