28-01-2012, 04:43 PM
Cyclone Engine Technology
Cyclone Engine Technology - First invented in 2004, it has been under continuous development since then. Many patents have been issued, with more in process. The technology is new, unique and revolutionary but relies on underlying well proven and established technologies, such as those used in gas turbines, diesel engines, and steam engines. It has superior characteristics in a number of domains
- Multi-Fuel - Will burn any combustible fuel including biomass and municipal waste
- Clean burning – Provides complete combustion and a very clean exhaust
- Efficiencies comparable to diesels, when all required subsystems are included
- High horsepower to weight ratios – about a 2.5 to 1 advantage over full diesel systems.
- Low noise, Low vibration, and low infrared signatures.
- Large range of sizes possible – from 1 KW up to over 1 Megawatt.
- Facilitates conversion to a range of synthetic fuels, including biomass.
- Provides an ideal power source for hybrid and conventional vehicles.
- Does not require a radiator, water pump, oil pump, complex fuel injection, or catalytic converter, reducing cost, weight, space and increasing reliability.
BACKGROUND
Applications for the Cyclone technology are nearly unlimited, and fall in two main categories – motive power and electric power generation. Advent Power Systems, Inc. (“APS’), is a licensee of the Cyclone Technologies, and was formed for the purpose of developing, manufacturing, and selling power systems employing the Cyclone Technologies. APS is a partially owned subsidiary of Advent International Management Company of Florida, Inc., whose corporate predecessors date back to 1982.
APS was founded and is led by President and CEO – Dr. Phillip F. Myers. He is a highly experienced corporate executive and entrepreneur. He has a five year Industrial and Systems Engineering Degree, plus an M.B.A., from Ohio State. His doctorate is from the Harvard Business School, specializing in the management of advanced technology companies. He has assembled and is adding to the company’s team of highly competent executives, advisers, and service providers. APS plans to be a multi billion dollar highly profitable technology leader within 10 years.
MARKET
Engines embodying the Cyclone technologies will have broad markets for motive power and power generation. Early effort is being given to developing the U.S. military market, in parallel with civilian applications. APS has the exclusive license for all military applications in the U.S. – a very important long-term market, and for which development contracts are pending. It also has a non-exclusive license in the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean for large generator sets powered by Cyclone engines using biomass as a fuel. APS also has the license for the U.S. Postal service, which is expected to replace its fleet of 140,000 small mail trucks starting within a few years. APS has an option on a license extension for generator sets and auxiliary power units under 20 kilowatts in the U.S. – a huge and very near term market. Various applications can run from as low as 1 kilowatt, up to 1 megawatt. The above listed advantages can have a dramatic beneficial result in military as well as civilian applications. At fixed base applications, garbage or any locally available biomass fuel source can be burned cleanly, drastically reducing the cost of power generation, while getting rid of bothersome waste. Biomass fueled power generation is expected to be rapidly growing, and eventually huge in size, with the Federal Government pushing hard for growth in this area. Unlike the expensive and capital intensive requirements to produce high grade liquid fuels that will run in internal combustion engines and diesels, the APS power generators can burn any fuel that is combustible. That includes wood, cornstalks, grass, farm waste, animal waste, garbage, etc. The cost of these fuels should be a small fraction of that necessary for the highly refined derivatives from them, or from conventional fuels.
Development Plans
APS is now executing its second strategic growth plan, covering the years 2008 to 2017. It is working on market development with several different very large customers. An already highly competent staff is being expanded, and funds raised from a variety of sources. While the basic Cyclone engines have already been developed and are running, with limited test results, production engines must go through the normal development and testing cycle. That process is currently underway, and will be expanded in 2008 and beyond.
The U.S. Army through its Tank Automotive Command is sponsoring APS in several important development areas. APS expects to receive major backing, development, and production contracts from the U.S. military, where APS has an exclusive license. Representatives of the U.S. Postal Service have expressed strong interest in new or retrofitted postal delivery vehicles, which could result in $300 million of Cyclone Engines which APS would supply. APS has received two certifications as a qualified Defense Contractor.
A major portion of APS’s Strategic Plan deals with the details and intricacies of corporate development and rapid growth to profitable sales in excess of $3 billion per year within 10 years.
Cyclone Engine Technology - First invented in 2004, it has been under continuous development since then. Many patents have been issued, with more in process. The technology is new, unique and revolutionary but relies on underlying well proven and established technologies, such as those used in gas turbines, diesel engines, and steam engines. It has superior characteristics in a number of domains
- Multi-Fuel - Will burn any combustible fuel including biomass and municipal waste
- Clean burning – Provides complete combustion and a very clean exhaust
- Efficiencies comparable to diesels, when all required subsystems are included
- High horsepower to weight ratios – about a 2.5 to 1 advantage over full diesel systems.
- Low noise, Low vibration, and low infrared signatures.
- Large range of sizes possible – from 1 KW up to over 1 Megawatt.
- Facilitates conversion to a range of synthetic fuels, including biomass.
- Provides an ideal power source for hybrid and conventional vehicles.
- Does not require a radiator, water pump, oil pump, complex fuel injection, or catalytic converter, reducing cost, weight, space and increasing reliability.
BACKGROUND
Applications for the Cyclone technology are nearly unlimited, and fall in two main categories – motive power and electric power generation. Advent Power Systems, Inc. (“APS’), is a licensee of the Cyclone Technologies, and was formed for the purpose of developing, manufacturing, and selling power systems employing the Cyclone Technologies. APS is a partially owned subsidiary of Advent International Management Company of Florida, Inc., whose corporate predecessors date back to 1982.
APS was founded and is led by President and CEO – Dr. Phillip F. Myers. He is a highly experienced corporate executive and entrepreneur. He has a five year Industrial and Systems Engineering Degree, plus an M.B.A., from Ohio State. His doctorate is from the Harvard Business School, specializing in the management of advanced technology companies. He has assembled and is adding to the company’s team of highly competent executives, advisers, and service providers. APS plans to be a multi billion dollar highly profitable technology leader within 10 years.
MARKET
Engines embodying the Cyclone technologies will have broad markets for motive power and power generation. Early effort is being given to developing the U.S. military market, in parallel with civilian applications. APS has the exclusive license for all military applications in the U.S. – a very important long-term market, and for which development contracts are pending. It also has a non-exclusive license in the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean for large generator sets powered by Cyclone engines using biomass as a fuel. APS also has the license for the U.S. Postal service, which is expected to replace its fleet of 140,000 small mail trucks starting within a few years. APS has an option on a license extension for generator sets and auxiliary power units under 20 kilowatts in the U.S. – a huge and very near term market. Various applications can run from as low as 1 kilowatt, up to 1 megawatt. The above listed advantages can have a dramatic beneficial result in military as well as civilian applications. At fixed base applications, garbage or any locally available biomass fuel source can be burned cleanly, drastically reducing the cost of power generation, while getting rid of bothersome waste. Biomass fueled power generation is expected to be rapidly growing, and eventually huge in size, with the Federal Government pushing hard for growth in this area. Unlike the expensive and capital intensive requirements to produce high grade liquid fuels that will run in internal combustion engines and diesels, the APS power generators can burn any fuel that is combustible. That includes wood, cornstalks, grass, farm waste, animal waste, garbage, etc. The cost of these fuels should be a small fraction of that necessary for the highly refined derivatives from them, or from conventional fuels.
Development Plans
APS is now executing its second strategic growth plan, covering the years 2008 to 2017. It is working on market development with several different very large customers. An already highly competent staff is being expanded, and funds raised from a variety of sources. While the basic Cyclone engines have already been developed and are running, with limited test results, production engines must go through the normal development and testing cycle. That process is currently underway, and will be expanded in 2008 and beyond.
The U.S. Army through its Tank Automotive Command is sponsoring APS in several important development areas. APS expects to receive major backing, development, and production contracts from the U.S. military, where APS has an exclusive license. Representatives of the U.S. Postal Service have expressed strong interest in new or retrofitted postal delivery vehicles, which could result in $300 million of Cyclone Engines which APS would supply. APS has received two certifications as a qualified Defense Contractor.
A major portion of APS’s Strategic Plan deals with the details and intricacies of corporate development and rapid growth to profitable sales in excess of $3 billion per year within 10 years.