Program Plan 2007

Demonstration

Technical Objectives

In the 1stQ '07, the Institute will focus on the achievement of a self-running generator set demonstration, producing a net of 2.5 Kilowatts of useable, 60Hz, sinewave AC electric power for a representative load, fueled by water alone.   This 'Irrefutable Demonstration Unit' or "IDU" will be based on the most advanced portable gensets currently in general distribution in the United States, the Honda EU3000is and the Yamaha EF30iSEB.   These generators are the most energy efficient with conventional gasoline, offer the cleanest exhaust emissions in their class, are both designed for ultra-quiet operation, and produce clean sinewave AC power suitable to run computers and other sensitive electronics. 

Of particular interest for testing purposes, both of these gensets have conversion kits commercially available, which modify their carburetors with a regulated intake to operate on natural gas or propane in lieu of gasoline.  This conversion package, from www.propane-generators.com and the regulators provided therewith are also suitable for operation on the gas emanating from the Water Fuel Cell.  Both gensets also offer a separate 12v/12a DC auxiliary circuit independent of the primary AC service.

The portable IDUs will use the DC auxiliary circuit, at 12v/10a to power the Water Fuel Cell, generating all of the gas necessary to operate the genset at rated load, while employing the 2 amp reserve to power a small water pump, and two electric muffin fans used with a small heat exchanger (an auto transmission fluid cooler) to condense the exhaust water vapor for recovery.   In effect, for the expenditure of 144 Watts of auxiliary DC output, the gensets will produce a net of  2.5 Kilowatts of useable AC electric power, with a few gallons of ordinary water in continuous circulation in a closed loop as fuel.

As a result of their watefuel conversion, the gensets may be operated indoors with no environmental or health concerns, as there are no emissions of Carbon Monoxide or anything else to worry about.  These particular models were selected largely for their quiet operation and grease-free packaging design.

A commercial water filter will be incorporated into the recirculation loop, to remove any lubricants or metallic particles which may enter the fluid flow during waterfuel circulation; it will offer a checkvalve from which water samples may be taken (prior to filtration) for laboratory analysis.

Two or more IDUs will be assembled on heavy duty wheeled chassis, enclosable in ruggedized commercial shipping cases, suitable for independent commercial air cargo transportation.

Institutional Objectives

The Institute's program for cy'07 is focused on mounting a series of exclusive receptions in late June, with audiences of appropriate invited guests, for the demonstration of the IDUs.   Coincident with the expiration of the Meyer methods patent on June 26th, these events, collectively comprising the "Waterfuel Cellebration '07", will be held as follows:

Washington, D.C. - for Members of Congress, Capitol Hill and White House Staff, 'K Street' lobbyists, the Public Policy Establishment, Non-Governmental Organizations, Trade Associations, Labor Unions, representatives of DARPA, the Naval Research Lab, Office of Naval Research, Army Research Lab, Department of Energy, NASA, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Domestic and Foreign Washington Press Corps.

New York City - for Wall Street Investment Banking and Exchange Specialist firms, Mutual Funds, Insurance Companies, Pension Funds, Bank Trust Departments, Private Trusts, Private Equity Firms, Foundations, Network News Media and the leading News and Business Periodicals.

Detroit, Michigan - for Automotive Industry Executives, Aftermarket Auto Parts Manufacturers, Executives of Auto Parts Retail Chains and Auto Repair Service Franchisors, and the Automotive Trade Press.

San Francisco Bay Area - for Silicon Valley Technology Executives, Sandhill Road Venture Capitalists, and Technology Trade Press.

At each reception, the Institute will solicit contributions to underwrite its 2008, 2009, and 2010 Program Plans, below described herein.   Institute staff will conduct the followup on the contacts established at these demonstrations and their attendant media publicity for the balance of the year.

In August, 2007, the Institute will also launch a high profile Waterfuel promotional tour, by specially equipped and decorated RV/Motorhome, to college and university campuses throughout the United States, over the 2007 - 2008 academic year.  From aboard the water-powered vehicle, retired university Physics professors will give demonstrations for students and faculty at each institution that can be scheduled for a visit, exhibiting the gensets together with a multimedia presentation on waterfuel technology.   The Waterfuel Tour, essentially a repeat of one made by Dr. Puharich in the early 1980s, will invite and solicit each university to enter a competitive team in upcoming the AquAutoGen'09 Challenge.

In addition, planning and preparation for the 2008 program and associated marketing activities will be performed.

Project DROPLET

Data Replication, Operational Prototyping, Logistics, Evaluation & Testing
The first priority of the Institute is providing support to as many researchers, inventors, hobbyists, and commercial ventures involving waterfuel technology as possible.

Purpose of the Service

The Institute has arranged to support the efforts of inventors and developers in the field with technical services complementary to their business objectives, or where more appropriate, to pair them with entrepreneurs, manufacturers and marketing opportunities to turn their technology into actual products.

The Institute is interested in the demonstration of working hardware, its independent replication by by researchers other than the inventor, and the promulgation therefrom of corroborating data which conclusively validates his original findings with respect to the prototype device.

The Institute and its personnel and affiliates will execute a uniform Cooperative Non-Disclosure Agreement upon request of any inventor, in return for full and complete access to the technology under evaluation. To the extent that the technology is 'too secret' or 'proprietary' to disclose for adequate replication, it falls outside the mandate of the Institute and will not be subject to further consideration. Only devices for which the available, disclosable information will permit them to be independently replicated will be considered legitimate.

The protection of intellectual property rights, if any, is the sole responsibility of the submitting inventor(s), however, the Institute will provide such consulting assistance in this regard as it may deem appropriate to facilitate the inventor's rapid commercialization of a successfully replicated technology/product. The Institute maintains a physical presence within one mile of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, in Alexandria, Virginia.

Description of the Program

For devices which are unpatentable, derived from expired patents, open-sourced, placed in the public domain, or which can be examined under the Institutes' uniform CNDA, the Insitute has made arrangements to offer the following:

1. On-Site Preliminary Authentication - Upon the submission of an Application containing sufficient drawings, photographs, video, and operating test data taken from the prototype device by the Inventor, the Institute will dispatch a PhD-level Staff Scientist to conduct a preliminary on-site investigation, on the premises of the submitting inventor. The professional time, transportation expense, and per diem of the scientist will be paid by the Institute, at no cost to the inventor. The Institute's representative will hold an earned doctorate in Physics, Chemistry, or Electrical Engineering, and will be concerned only with the reality of the device's operation, not with any theoretical considerations, pro or con. This On-Site Authentication will inspect the prototype to determine that it is, in fact, operational, and can be subjected to further analysis and investigation. Presuming the device is found, on location, to be legitimate, the inventor will be extended an invitation to undergo further verification and validation testing, at the Institute's expense.

2. In-Depth Evaluation Testing - The Institute has arranged for a seaside home in Satellite Beach, Florida (approximately an hour from Orlando, just south of Cape Canaveral), in which to accommodate inventors, experimental apparatus, and test vehicles comfortably for a detailed test program of up to 30 days duration, per device. The Institute will furnish a vehicle to be converted, tools, and technical assistance to produce a suitable demonstration vehicle; the inventor will furnish all components of the waterfuel system to be installed, and primarily perform the installation or direct an automotive technician furnished by the institute in the installation procedure. If warranted, the Institute will provide additional scientific and engineering advice to the inventor, free of charge, and CAD based drafting support to more fully document the device as installed in the test vehicle, and in a final production configuration, with drawings suitable to facilitate computer-aided mass production of the device. Over the 30 day test regimen, the Institute will document the performance of the waterfuel device authoritatively, with multiple independent evaluations, resulting in certified affidavits of the vehicle performance by scientists, engineers, and automotive technicians. While the Inventor will be responsible for his own transportation to Central Florida, meals and incidentals, the Institute will provide for his accommodations, and furnish the vehicle which may also be used for his local transportation during his visit.

3. Limited Production for Public Beta Testing - Subject to the successful outcome of the 30 day, in-Depth Evaluation, the Institute is prepared to 'seed' the commercial introduction of the inventor's product, by arranging for and underwriting an initial production run of a "Beta" version of the product, and to set up a prototypical conversion shop, in a an industrial garage facility in Central Florida. From there, all of the likely problems to be encountered in the early stages of establishing a waterfuel conversion business can be identified and corrected, along with any irregularities that may arise in the operation of the product itself, in real-world situations, in customer vehicles. With a local Beta-test program, early customers and their vehicles can be carefully prequalified, in ways not practical over the internet; moreover, the Institute will assume the liability for any customer vehicle damage the device may cause, standing in for the inventor's own corporation, so that no early problems can derail the overall path of his business venture. It is anticipated that 1,000 Beta test units would be produced and installed by this facility, under the auspices of the Institute, with any net earnings on the test program evenly split between the inventor and the Institute.

4. Financial Services for Production Startup - The Institute believes that only after waterfuel devices become successful in the marketplace, as retrofit products converting existing cars in the aftermarket, will the major automakers seek to adopt the technology for incorporation into new vehicle manufacturing. Consequently, the Institute expects to arrange a consumer credit facility with a major national lender, on behalf of any waterfuel system vendors that wish to participate. This credit facility would allow retail installers to provide instant, on-the-spot 12 to 24 month financing to automobile owners to pay for the purchase and installation of waterfuel systems, by placing a lien on the motor vehicle title though the state's Department of Motor Vehicles.

5. Public Interest Advertising Promotion - Through a trade association for the emerging waterfuel industry which the Institute will organize and sponsor, a small, voluntary, industry-wide override on unit sales will be used to plant one new tree for every waterfuel system sold, and to send the customer a second tree sapling for them to plant personally, upon their online registration of the purchased product. The Institute hopes to develop a series of Public Service Advertisements promoting the Water/Fuel/Tree/Air connection, which would qualify for complimentary placement on radio and television stations around the country.

6. Generic Public Awareness & Lead Building - The Institute will produce a 30 minute Infomercial video, generic to waterfuel systems, for public education purposes. Instead of selling any particular product, it will solicit people interested in waterfuel auto conversion or home power systems to register to receive an information packet by mail. The leads thus generated will be shared with participating waterfuel vendors through the proposed trade association for the waterfuel industry.

7. Professional Education & Skilled Labor Training - Another common need shared by all waterfuel vendors will be the production of specialized training courses and materials for the automotive technicians employed by retailers to install the systems in customer vehicles (and on customer premises where home power systems are concerned). A quality training program on DVD, with bundled print materials, could make the transition to waterfuel systems sales and support services much easier for prospective small business Installation Retailers. In a companion effort, the Institute’s Scientific Advisory Board will publish an undergraduate-level college textbook, “Fundamentals of Waterfuel Technology for the Internal Combustion Engine, Theory, Design & Applications” to help the next generation of automotive, mechanical, and aerospace engineers adapt to the new technology, before they assume design careers in major industrial corporations.

8. Fleet Vehicle Operations Marketing - The Institute will introduce the potential of waterfuel technology at a policy level to corporate and governmental fleet vehicle operators, including federal, state, and local transportation authorities and public safety agencies. Seeking written indications of interest from each fleet vehicle operator presented to, the Institute will provide an electronic clearinghouse for vendor specifications and customer requirements, open to subscribing waterfuel vendors through the proposed industry trade association.

9. Federal Energy Management Program/GSA Qualification - With the benefit of its presence in the D.C. metropolitan area, the Institute is prepared to support waterfuel vendors with assistance in gaining product type-acceptance to the General Services Administration’s list of approved vendors to the federal government. This certification is necessary to qualify products for large volume purchases by any civilian agency of the federal government. A similar process exists for the Department of Defense, which is also applied to U.S. goods procured on behalf of foreign governments through various international aid programs. In addition, the Federal Energy Management Program coordinates the introduction of energy conservation technologies for use in federal buildings and government owned vehicles. The Institute will engage representatives of these federal programs to promote waterfuel awareness, and to ease the way for the industry’s products in marketing to the federal government.

10. Technology Transfer & International Licensing Consultation - The Institute is building a global network of parties interested in the introduction and propagation of waterfuel technology in their own national markets. In establishing an interactive wholesale marketplace for waterfuel hardware components, intellectual properties, retail distribution channels, and manufacturing production capacity, the Institute will administer the first vertically integrated portal for electronic commerce specific to the emerging global waterfuel industry. Additionally, the Institute will arrange to provide participating waterfuel vendors and interested parties with specific, personalized consultation where possible, seeking to maximize the global rate of waterfuel adoption by consumers and industry.