The Future of the Plasma Engine

[psi]

FYI:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5CNpW3r1Tc

This is getting closer and looking realer every day. There have been delays along the road, but within six months to a year it looks like we may now just how real.......Of course this is in addition to the Andrea Rossi/Defkalion saga.

Enjoy!

psi.

[jjohnson]

I think he lost me when he explained how he thought a steam engine worked. I understand that conceptually he is trying to create a high pressure inside the cylinder to force the piston in one direction with a crankshaft to convert linear motion to rotary - that's all stock engine stuff. But the idea that water enters a low pressure chamber and flashes into steam, which pushes the piston down etc, and then the steam "turns back into water" describes no steam engine that I've ever heard of, and doesn't seem consistent with being able to do work. Steam is typically created (using heat) outside the cylinder, is introduced into the cylinder when the cylinder volume is near a minimum (near top dead center) and the hot steam under a lot of pressure, pushes the piston along the cylinder, and is exhausted, at which point the flywheel action of the rotating assembly and crank returns the piston back to TDC for another shot of steam.

However, his plasma explanations were less than clear, and how ball lightning is created inside the cylinder was not obvious from his video, either. I'm not saying the idea is without merit or can't work, but it wasn't explained very clearly to me at all. One hopes that test runs with measurements of energy in and energy out and all the usual engineering trials are published real soon to see if he has something any more efficient than a good Geman Diesel engine or not. Anyone have access to any more detailed description than this YouTube video?

Jim

Jim

[MrAmsterdam]

Hi Jim,

There is a list of articles about the "Plasmaerg" on peswiki.com

http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory: ... sion_Motor

And this should be the "official" website ; http://plasmerg.com/

It seems they are busy developing this engine since 2009...

[psi]

I think he lost me when he explained how he thought a steam engine worked. I understand that conceptually he is trying to create a high pressure inside the cylinder to force the piston in one direction with a crankshaft to convert linear motion to rotary - that's all stock engine stuff. But the idea that water enters a low pressure chamber and flashes into steam, which pushes the piston down etc, and then the steam "turns back into water" describes no steam engine that I've ever heard of, and doesn't seem consistent with being able to do work. Steam is typically created (using heat) outside the cylinder, is introduced into the cylinder when the cylinder volume is near a minimum (near top dead center) and the hot steam under a lot of pressure, pushes the piston along the cylinder, and is exhausted, at which point the flywheel action of the rotating assembly and crank returns the piston back to TDC for another shot of steam.

However, his plasma explanations were less than clear, and how ball lightning is created inside the cylinder was not obvious from his video, either. I'm not saying the idea is without merit or can't work, but it wasn't explained very clearly to me at all. One hopes that test runs with measurements of energy in and energy out and all the usual engineering trials are published real soon to see if he has something any more efficient than a good Geman Diesel engine or not. Anyone have access to any more detailed description than this YouTube video?

Jim

Jim

I don't think anyone really knows how this works, certainly not John Rohner, who is an engineer, not a research scientist. But that doesn't mean it doesn't work. We should know within a few weeks or months whether there is really strong evidence that it does, given the company's announced schedule. There have been delays in the past, but this time I think they will have to show a running engine pretty soon or they will lose all credibility.

[D_Archer]

I looked at this a year ago i think and it does not look legit at all. Just my 2 cents.

Regards,
Daniel

[psi]

I looked at this a year ago i think and it does not look legit at all. Just my 2 cents.

Regards,
Daniel

You may be correct, Daniel, but I haven't yet given up all hope that it might be legit. In six months I might change my mind if we don't start seeing something more tangible.