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A NEW SCIENCE THAT GENERATES POWER LIKE THE EARTH’S WEATHER DOES, USING TEMPERATURE, MASS, AND PRESSURE DIFFERENTIALS TO HARNESS GRAVITY, DISPROVES THE CARNOT EFFICIENCY -- ONE OF THERMODYNAMICS MOST CHERISHED PRECEPTS

PASS CHRISTIAN, MS (January 13, 2004) – Gravityplane inventor Robert D. Hunt, a theoretical physicist and former nuclear designer that helped engineer the nuclear reactors for the USS Nimitz who has recently received a great deal of national attention as the inventor of the fuel-less flight aircraft known as the “gravityplane” that has been featured in national and international magazine articles, including the December issue of The World and I Magazine and the January issue of Flying Magazine, announced that he filed international patent applications today for a new power cycle that creates energy in the same manner as the weather creates power by using the difference in the temperature from a low altitude to a high altitude and using the dual forces of gravity – buoyancy and gravity acceleration -- in an alternating cycle, along with hydrostatic pressure.

“I applied for U.S. Patent protection on this power cycle that mimics nature nearly a year ago after I began to discover the secrets of how to harness gravity by studying how nature uses the dual forces of gravity – buoyancy and gravity acceleration – to create our weather and the underlying principals from this patent allowed me to invent the gravityplane and an innovative new sea glider, which are powered by the dual forces of gravity that are used in an alternating cycle,” Hunt explained.

“Everyone knows that heat energy from the sun vaporizes liquid water into water vapor that condenses into liquid water again high in the sky. The water falls to land as rain or snow that melts to flow to the sea at lower elevation, which creates mighty rivers and lakes capable of powering hydroelectric power plants. The latent heat given off by condensation of the water vapor into water heats up the surrounding air and this warm air rises within the body of colder air to create wind currents. This process drives our weather; however, the weather could not be created without help from gravity.”

“If you examine the weather process more closely, you will realize that gravity plays a huge role in our weather cycle. Yes, the process begins by the use of a small heat input to vaporize the water into water vapor, but it could not occur without help from the dual forces of gravity”

“Gravity exerts its presence on Earth as two forces, buoyancy and gravity acceleration. It is buoyancy that allows the water vapor to lift up high into the sky in the first place. Buoyancy is caused by the greater pull of the earth’s gravity on bodies of higher mass than on bodies of lower mass known as the Archimedes Principal. Bodies of lower mass rise within a higher mass surrounding fluid and bodies of higher mass fall within a lower mass surrounding fluid. The water vapor is lighter-than-air, which means that it has less mass per cubic foot than air does. At high altitude a temperature difference causes the water vapor to change phase to liquid water. The water has more mass per cubic foot than air does; therefore, the liquid falls to the ground. The process is driven by both temperature differentials and mass differentials. Our weather is the result of the combination of energy created by temperature differentials and mass differentials working together. Creating mass differentials is the process by which gravity is harnessed.”

“The location at which the liquid water is created by the phase change creates a potential energy of height that is immediately converted into kinetic energy of motion as the water falls from the sky. This process is mimicked in the potential energy power cycle I created that uses temperature differentials, mass differentials, and hydrostatic pressure that work together,” Hunt explained.

“There is a natural temperature differential that occurs between lower altitudes and higher altitudes. This temperature differential with the help of gravity can supply all the power we will ever need. The heat energy to drive my system exists in the thermal energy within the atmosphere at lower altitude that surrounds us and is available for our use 24/7. The energy is principally produced by solar radiation that is retained as thermal energy in the air that can be harnessed. With this new technology to harness gravity using power from solar heat (direct solar heat and thermal energy stored in the atmosphere) in the same manner that our weather does, there is no need to any longer burn fossil fuels.”

Hunt’s potential energy power cycle is formed by a pipe that creates a closed loop that goes from the ground or even underground (to provide access to geothermal heat) to high into the sky and a temperature differential occurs between the bottom of the loop and top of the loop. In a single pressure closed system vaporization and condensation can occur with as little as five degrees F. difference; just as it does in heat pipe technology that is used to efficiently transfer heat from one location to the other. The temperature drops by approximately 5 deg. F. every thousand feet of altitude gained; therefore, more than adequate temperature differential may be readily attained by a system that could be built onto the side of a mountain, into the proposed new 1,700 foot tall World Trade Center Building to supply all of its power needs, or added to a pumped hydro-electric plant to eliminate the need for pumping water back to the reservoir.

A low-boiling-point-liquid or water at a reduced pressure is vaporized at the bottom of the loop using heat (thermal energy) from the ambient temperature air, geothermal heat, waste heat, or any other readily available low temperature heat source. The vapor rises to a condenser at height at the top of the loop via an insulated pipe that forms the left side of the loop. The condenser uses the higher altitude cooler ambient temperature air for heat rejection to accomplish condensation of the vapor into a liquid. The liquid formed by the condenser fills a tube with high mass liquid that is formed by the right side of the loop that extends from the condenser to the ground and hydrostatic pressure is applied to a hydro-turbine at the bottom of the tube.

A steady state flow is achieved as the vaporization rate, condensation rate, and liquid flow rate through the turbine are equal, thus the tube remains full all of the time and the liquid applies a hydrostatic pressure to drive the hydro-turbine to generate power.

The output power of this potential energy power cycle is determined by the flow rate and head pressure. The head pressure can be increased merely by making the loop taller. The vapor, having a vapor pressure, will rise to almost any desired height to reach the condenser so long as it is not allowed to cool and condense in the pipe along the way to the condenser. Therefore, the output power will continue to increase with the height of the system.

The height of the system determines the output power that readily changes by height when harnessing gravity and the input power is relatively fixed. Thus the nature of harnessing gravity is the process of forming the potential energy of height that is immediately converted to kinetic energy of motion or converted to hydrostatic pressure as used in Hunt’s power cycle and thus there is a direct correlation to height and energy output and not a direct correlation to input energy and output energy as is the case of heat driven thermodynamic power cycles, such as the Rankine Cycle.

Hunt maintains that his power cycle may not be correctly expressed by the Carnot Efficiency. “Thermodynamics is the study of heat in a closed system. Interestingly, thermodynamics are laws or postulates formed from mere observation and were created because no scientist had observed otherwise or proven otherwise. Thermodynamic laws are not actually proven; they are merely not disproved. One of its main precepts is the Carnot efficiency (often referred to as the Carnot limit) that determines the maximum efficiency (or the maximum limit of power that may be produced) of any power cycle. My technology that works in the same manner as our weather works clearly and emphatically disproves the Carnot efficiency.”

“The Carnot Efficiency produces inaccurate and misleading results because the formula only pertains to creating power from heat differentials and it is possible to create power from mass differentials and pressure differentials as well that must be added to the heat output energy in order to get an accurate measure of the amount of total energy gained. The Carnot efficiency formula subtracts the lowest temperature from the highest temperature and divides the result by the highest temperature and multiplies the result times 100% to give a measure of the maximum possible efficiency of a cycle.”

“In the above gravity power cycle, let’s assume the highest temperature in 100 degrees F. and the lowest temperature is 90 degrees F. (100 – 90 = 10 / 100 = .10 X 100% = 10% efficiency). Because the temperatures in the process always remain the same the result of 10% efficiency is always obtained using the Carnot efficiency formula that only refers to heat with no consideration given as to the height at which condensation takes place creating potential energy, which is obviously incorrect.”

“The math doesn’t lie. The correct solution to determining the efficiency of my gravity power cycle is to separately calculate the input energy and output energy and make a percentage correlation, which will be determined in large part by the height at which condensation takes place as this determines the amount of potential energy that is generated (by the process of harnessing energy from mass differentials and pressure differentials) and potentially the output energy may be larger than the input energy because the output energy continues to increase with an increase in altitude, which represents an increase in potential energy gained.”

“The reason the Carnot efficiency is wrong is that it only refers to heat energies and does not take into account any other form of energy that may be created in a power cycle, such as energy gained from harnessing mass differentials and pressure differentials which can also generate power.”

“This technology can literally change the world. The units can be placed anywhere and the hydro-turbines can generate electricity, which then can be used to produce pollution free hydrogen via electrolysis and the hydrogen can run fuel cells to power everything that is not connected to the grid, such as powering modes of transportation and providing power in remote sites, etc. The units can be built into the ground, instead of high in the sky, to take advantage of geothermal heat, which is especially effective in cold regions like the Artic Circle where the temperature differential from the ground to the ambient temperature air is substantial.” Hunt is interested in speaking with power companies or other parties interested in building prototype units of his invention.

Hunt’s potential energy power cycle is marketed by Encore Clean Energy, Inc., a public company listed under the ticker symbol ECLN. Their website is: www.encorecleanenergy.com

Link to The World and I Magazine December Issue Article

	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A NEW SCIENCE THAT GENERATES POWER LIKE THE EARTH’S WEATHER DOES, USING TEMPERATURE, MASS, AND PRESSURE DIFFERENTIALS TO HARNESS GRAVITY, DISPROVES THE CARNOT EFFICIENCY -- ONE OF THERMODYNAMICS MOST CHERISHED PRECEPTS PASS CHRISTIAN, MS (January 13, 2004) – Gravityplane inventor Robert D. Hunt, a theoretical physicist and former nuclear designer that helped engineer the nuclear reactors for the USS Nimitz who has recently received a great deal of national attention as the inventor of the fuel-less flight aircraft known as the “gravityplane” that has been featured in national and international magazine articles, including the December issue of The World and I Magazine and the January issue of Flying Magazine, announced that he filed international patent applications today for a new power cycle that creates energy in the same manner as the weather creates power by using the difference in the temperature from a low altitude to a high altitude and using the dual forces of gravity – buoyancy and gravity acceleration -- in an alternating cycle, along with hydrostatic pressure. “I applied for U.S. Patent protection on this power cycle that mimics nature nearly a year ago after I began to discover the secrets of how to harness gravity by studying how nature uses the dual forces of gravity – buoyancy and gravity acceleration – to create our weather and the underlying principals from this patent allowed me to invent the gravityplane and an innovative new sea glider, which are powered by the dual forces of gravity that are used in an alternating cycle,” Hunt explained. “Everyone knows that heat energy from the sun vaporizes liquid water into water vapor that condenses into liquid water again high in the sky. The water falls to land as rain or snow that melts to flow to the sea at lower elevation, which creates mighty rivers and lakes capable of powering hydroelectric power plants. The latent heat given off by condensation of the water vapor into water heats up the surrounding air and this warm air rises within the body of colder air to create wind currents. This process drives our weather; however, the weather could not be created without help from gravity.” “If you examine the weather process more closely, you will realize that gravity plays a huge role in our weather cycle. Yes, the process begins by the use of a small heat input to vaporize the water into water vapor, but it could not occur without help from the dual forces of gravity” “Gravity exerts its presence on Earth as two forces, buoyancy and gravity acceleration. It is buoyancy that allows the water vapor to lift up high into the sky in the first place. Buoyancy is caused by the greater pull of the earth’s gravity on bodies of higher mass than on bodies of lower mass known as the Archimedes Principal. Bodies of lower mass rise within a higher mass surrounding fluid and bodies of higher mass fall within a lower mass surrounding fluid. The water vapor is lighter-than-air, which means that it has less mass per cubic foot than air does. At high altitude a temperature difference causes the water vapor to change phase to liquid water. The water has more mass per cubic foot than air does; therefore, the liquid falls to the ground. The process is driven by both temperature differentials and mass differentials. Our weather is the result of the combination of energy created by temperature differentials and mass differentials working together. Creating mass differentials is the process by which gravity is harnessed.” “The location at which the liquid water is created by the phase change creates a potential energy of height that is immediately converted into kinetic energy of motion as the water falls from the sky. This process is mimicked in the potential energy power cycle I created that uses temperature differentials, mass differentials, and hydrostatic pressure that work together,” Hunt explained. “There is a natural temperature differential that occurs between lower altitudes and higher altitudes. This temperature differential with the help of gravity can supply all the power we will ever need. The heat energy to drive my system exists in the thermal energy within the atmosphere at lower altitude that surrounds us and is available for our use 24/7. The energy is principally produced by solar radiation that is retained as thermal energy in the air that can be harnessed. With this new technology to harness gravity using power from solar heat (direct solar heat and thermal energy stored in the atmosphere) in the same manner that our weather does, there is no need to any longer burn fossil fuels.” Hunt’s potential energy power cycle is formed by a pipe that creates a closed loop that goes from the ground or even underground (to provide access to geothermal heat) to high into the sky and a temperature differential occurs between the bottom of the loop and top of the loop. In a single pressure closed system vaporization and condensation can occur with as little as five degrees F. difference; just as it does in heat pipe technology that is used to efficiently transfer heat from one location to the other. The temperature drops by approximately 5 deg. F. every thousand feet of altitude gained; therefore, more than adequate temperature differential may be readily attained by a system that could be built onto the side of a mountain, into the proposed new 1,700 foot tall World Trade Center Building to supply all of its power needs, or added to a pumped hydro-electric plant to eliminate the need for pumping water back to the reservoir. A low-boiling-point-liquid or water at a reduced pressure is vaporized at the bottom of the loop using heat (thermal energy) from the ambient temperature air, geothermal heat, waste heat, or any other readily available low temperature heat source. The vapor rises to a condenser at height at the top of the loop via an insulated pipe that forms the left side of the loop. The condenser uses the higher altitude cooler ambient temperature air for heat rejection to accomplish condensation of the vapor into a liquid. The liquid formed by the condenser fills a tube with high mass liquid that is formed by the right side of the loop that extends from the condenser to the ground and hydrostatic pressure is applied to a hydro-turbine at the bottom of the tube. A steady state flow is achieved as the vaporization rate, condensation rate, and liquid flow rate through the turbine are equal, thus the tube remains full all of the time and the liquid applies a hydrostatic pressure to drive the hydro-turbine to generate power. The output power of this potential energy power cycle is determined by the flow rate and head pressure. The head pressure can be increased merely by making the loop taller. The vapor, having a vapor pressure, will rise to almost any desired height to reach the condenser so long as it is not allowed to cool and condense in the pipe along the way to the condenser. Therefore, the output power will continue to increase with the height of the system. The height of the system determines the output power that readily changes by height when harnessing gravity and the input power is relatively fixed. Thus the nature of harnessing gravity is the process of forming the potential energy of height that is immediately converted to kinetic energy of motion or converted to hydrostatic pressure as used in Hunt’s power cycle and thus there is a direct correlation to height and energy output and not a direct correlation to input energy and output energy as is the case of heat driven thermodynamic power cycles, such as the Rankine Cycle. Hunt maintains that his power cycle may not be correctly expressed by the Carnot Efficiency. “Thermodynamics is the study of heat in a closed system. Interestingly, thermodynamics are laws or postulates formed from mere observation and were created because no scientist had observed otherwise or proven otherwise. Thermodynamic laws are not actually proven; they are merely not disproved. One of its main precepts is the Carnot efficiency (often referred to as the Carnot limit) that determines the maximum efficiency (or the maximum limit of power that may be produced) of any power cycle. My technology that works in the same manner as our weather works clearly and emphatically disproves the Carnot efficiency.” “The Carnot Efficiency produces inaccurate and misleading results because the formula only pertains to creating power from heat differentials and it is possible to create power from mass differentials and pressure differentials as well that must be added to the heat output energy in order to get an accurate measure of the amount of total energy gained. The Carnot efficiency formula subtracts the lowest temperature from the highest temperature and divides the result by the highest temperature and multiplies the result times 100% to give a measure of the maximum possible efficiency of a cycle.” “In the above gravity power cycle, let’s assume the highest temperature in 100 degrees F. and the lowest temperature is 90 degrees F. (100 – 90 = 10 / 100 = .10 X 100% = 10% efficiency). Because the temperatures in the process always remain the same the result of 10% efficiency is always obtained using the Carnot efficiency formula that only refers to heat with no consideration given as to the height at which condensation takes place creating potential energy, which is obviously incorrect.” “The math doesn’t lie. The correct solution to determining the efficiency of my gravity power cycle is to separately calculate the input energy and output energy and make a percentage correlation, which will be determined in large part by the height at which condensation takes place as this determines the amount of potential energy that is generated (by the process of harnessing energy from mass differentials and pressure differentials) and potentially the output energy may be larger than the input energy because the output energy continues to increase with an increase in altitude, which represents an increase in potential energy gained.” “The reason the Carnot efficiency is wrong is that it only refers to heat energies and does not take into account any other form of energy that may be created in a power cycle, such as energy gained from harnessing mass differentials and pressure differentials which can also generate power.” “This technology can literally change the world. The units can be placed anywhere and the hydro-turbines can generate electricity, which then can be used to produce pollution free hydrogen via electrolysis and the hydrogen can run fuel cells to power everything that is not connected to the grid, such as powering modes of transportation and providing power in remote sites, etc. The units can be built into the ground, instead of high in the sky, to take advantage of geothermal heat, which is especially effective in cold regions like the Artic Circle where the temperature differential from the ground to the ambient temperature air is substantial.” Hunt is interested in speaking with power companies or other parties interested in building prototype units of his invention. Hunt’s potential energy power cycle is marketed by Encore Clean Energy, Inc., a public company listed under the ticker symbol ECLN. Their website is: www.encorecleanenergy.com Link to The World and I Magazine December Issue Article www.worldandi.com/newhome/public/2003/december/nspub1.asp