In power generation or stand-alone motor
Technical Aspects
We have already proven the basic principle by means of a model. Prof W J Koen, retired Physics Professor at the University of Stellenbosch stated that "As far as I am able to judge the arrangement suggested by Jacques van den Berg violates none of the known principles in Physics that I am aware of. It contains an arrangement which, to my knowledge, is unique. I think the present concept has that simplicity but special quality to be a winner" (18 May 2000). In primitive energy systems, all the gas employed or substantial quantities of such a charge of gas is expelled at the end of or during a cycle, whereas in the Bergen energy system the charge of gas is generally retained within the system, with only a very small number of gas molecules escaping past seals. It is hoped that this gas can also be replenished from within the system in an enhanced form, at least in part. The Bergen Engineİ will be employed as a stand-alone unit of any size (micro-motors to very large engines) or, at the end of the spectrum as a unit driving a generator to generate electricity. Seeing that very high pressures can be employed, as achievable in compressors, a power-to-weight ratio comparison to primitive energy systems is heavily in favour of Bergen Enginesİ; the average pressure on a piston in a conventional piston engine being 150 psi, whilst pressures of 5 000 psi are easily achievable in compressors. The cost of generating energy in extremely compact Bergenizedİ high pressure power plants should be better than 25% of the costs achievable in systems using fossil fuel. POWER TO WEIGHT RATIO COMPARISON
PotentialIt is estimated that the Bergen Energy System could turn over US$ 100 trillion world-wide in the long term. The underlying calculation is very simple. Marketing a product of this magnitude in more than 1 000 market segments, will require a group of at least 50 major corporations, each turning over a typical US$ 30 bn p.a. That gives $1.5 tn p.a. Multiply that by 17 years (patent period of first concept), which equals $ 25.5 tn. Multiply that by three (3 Bergen Engineİ concepts are under development) = $75 tn. Add to that the manufacture and marketing of new Bergen VTOL and other technologies at
present under development, acquisitions and expansion over a period of 50 years. As
stated, the Bergen Engineİ/Motor will be manufactured and marketed in 1 000+ market
segments, e.g. in computer drives, office equipment, home power generation, household
appliances, lawn products, motor cycles, cars, trucks, locomotives, jet and other
aircraft, ships, power plants, missiles, tanks and other military applications. Bergen
Enginesİ/Motors will eventually replace all engines and motors on the planet. The market
should be substantially penetrated within 17 years, as that was how long it took jet
aircraft to replace propeller aircraft up to the point that 70% penetration was achieved. The greatest deal on earth is the following. When a factory owner is approached to switch to Bergen Energy, he or she will be given the option of becoming an Independent Power Producer. Practically it means, if it is a cotton spinning company, for instance, that each Bergen Motor now driving each cotton spinning machine, can be used to also sell electricity to the distribution grid. The factory owner will be given the option to DOUBLE the capacity of the Bergen Motor driving the spinning machine. The one shaft end of the Bergen Motor is linked to the spinning machine and the other shaft end of the same Bergen Engine, to a micro generator, selling electricity to the grid on a continuous basis. The factory owner will not feel the effect of having DOUBLE CAPACITY Bergen Engines at every cotton spinning machine, as there are no fuel costs - only the cost of the engine (paying for itself) plus 40% royalties on projected fuel saving reducing by 2 percentage points per annum over the first five years, payments commending from the fourth year, reducing thereafter by 1 percentage point per annum for a further fifteen years, after which royalties will be 15% p.a. for the rest of the total 46 year period. EACH COUNTRY AND COMPANY AVAILING ITSELF OF THIS ONCE IN TEN MILLENNIA OPPORTUNITY, WILL BECOME EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE. This energy system will be boosting mobility internationally on a vast, exponentially expanding scale, as vertical take-off and landing transport will become economical. This will impact positively on especially participating (Bergenizing(c)) economies promoting Bergen Transport Energy, in the sphere of increased tourism and the cheaper movement of goods and services across the globe. Very cheap Bergen energy also opens up new possibilities in the area of land utilisation. We intend to build factories and other buildings in pyramid shape, with each building core containing lift shafts in great numbers (thanks to very cheap energy), making such buildings much more efficient in terms of compactness and internal and external accessibility of its various parts and which buildings will be very well adapted to vertical take off and lift transport systems, as such a pyramid forms an airfield seen from above, with access possible on all the giant steps all round, with numbers and colour coding on flat surfaces. Nuclear power is largely a waste of time and precious resources, for the following reasons. An area around a typical major power plant with a radius of 3.13 miles (5 km), being a land area with a diameter of 6.26 miles (10 km), is a danger zone in which no development is allowed. In an area with a diameter of 20 miles (32 km), only limited development is allowed. Eventually, practically all land areas in fairly densely populated regions will be relatively close to cities, where land will become increasingly too valuable just to be wasted on inferior and lethally dangerous energy systems, especially nuclear power. Bergen Energy is extremely compact, 100% clean and safe and Bergen power plants can be positioned even in city centres, suburbs, business parks etc. The only answer is to Bergenizeİ. Also in terms of global climate change, there is an urgent need for Bergen Energy. In a letter to the editor of the New York Times of December 18, 2001, Paul R. Epstein, M.D., writes: "Ice cores reveal that greater variability has heralded past rapid change. In the late 1990s, the pace of warming increased. Moreover, changes are occurring in multiple climate system components-ice cover, forest cover, deep ocean and atmospheric temperatures. We naturally underestimate the potential for sudden change; but signs of instability is growing. For this reason, along with health, environmental and security concerns, it is time to phase out fossil fuel dependence. An economic stimulus package (in the USA) that rewards the transition to clean energy could help revitalise the economy and give the climate a chance to restabilize" Power stations (first priority market segment) will now be 80-90% smaller; practically all equipment and buildings in existing power plants will be removed except the generators on site. Only Bergen Enginesİ will then be added, to form Bergen motor-generator sets. Stockpiles of power plant fuel (e.g. coal) will be sold off to reduce the cost of changing over to Bergen energy. The largest suppliers of electricity to at least two major industrialised countries have expressed strong interest; so that probably in this (non-US) market segment alone US$ 200 billion of the product would be sold in a short space of time; marketability is absolutely assured. Where the USA market segment is concerned, the Bush administration made repeated assertions during April/May 2001 that the nation needs to build a big new power plant every week for 20 years to keep up with the demand for electricity (NY Times, May 6, 2001). A company presently operating an executive jet, such as the Boeing 737 business jet, can now slash the fuel component of their $4m annual operating cost by 60% and more (substantially reducing the $5,000 for each hour flown). Enquire immediately. A major German car manufacturer indicated that they will negotiate IMMEDIATELY after the positive evaluation of the prototype at present under construction. A major overseas oil company has indicated that they want to go into business with us. The participation of all the above major players will have a domino effect. We will also be establishing engine replacement centres throughout the world. At such centres, members of the public can drive in during the morning, buy a new engine for cash or on terms, and fetch the car in the evening as if it was a mere servicing operation, with a Bergen engine under the bonnet. (The fact that we are targeting the used car market, will prevent disruption of the flow of new cars to economies.) The conventional engine being replaced will be sold by Bergen for its own account as part of the transaction. When an owner re-sells the vehicle, it will have a very high resale value, as the equity resides mainly in the engine. The simplicity of the engine makes it accessible also to less sophisticated economies. The Bergen Operation is at present managed by a world-class core management team, who will become members of the board of Bergen Holdings. One of the key managers, who has vast experience in technology business, has a 40% stake in a NASDAQ quoted company and is one of the founders of that company. The Bergen Board, a Think Tank containing "Greenspan" class brainpower and an international conglomerate of blue chip corporate & other consultants, will manage the emerging Group. World-wide patenting will follow some provisional patent applications that have been filed on earlier designs in the Bergen family of designs, through which proof of IPR has been secured. What is required - the subsequent or other negotiated dealAn equity investment of US$ 10m will provide 0,5% in the international holding company (potentially the equivalent of 50% in a major US corporation) and 1% in the main US or other subsidiary (there will be one in each major country). In the megabucks phase, an investment of US$ 5 billion will fetch 2% in the holding company and 5% in the main US (or other major) subsidiary. A stake of this order in an emerging industry of this magnitude is realistic. Earlier this year (2001), Britain's Vodafone Group paid $2.5 billion for a 2% stake in China's biggest telephone company, China Mobile Communications. Hong Kong's Hutchison Whampoa holds a 2% stake in China Unicom, China's second mobile telephone operator. An interim round of investment in the Bergen Operation could be an amount of US$ 1m, constituting a pro rata stake. A corporate or merchant bank would, of course, find all capital needed for a stake of 1% in the operation, Bergen paying off the loans at competitive rates. In the case of utilities and other key players, special discounts will be negotiated, as will top priority in delivery. The vast cash flows from the operation will, over time, finance all expansion undertaken by such players. The way forwardIn the first phase we expect that the investor will get a green light to the rest of the Project, in that a confirmation force analysis will be carried out by a qualified mechanical engineer and checked by another engineering expert. Should this phase be positive, the next amount for the following phase will be released and so on. The investor can withdraw at the end of each phase and milepost. The present state of the art indicates 100% success. |
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No-fuel compressed-air engine, which is in an advanced stage of R&D (all
problems that surfaced were solved, design of basic engine in its entirety completed), is
designed to run solely on one charge of compressed air for many months or years at a time,
without using any additives such as hydrogen-producing substances (best-case scenario) or
using hopefully a maximum of 5% external energy in the form of fuel (worst-case scenario),
although our present knowledge of the system does not indicate any necessity to fall back
on external energy assistance. It is therefore also better than the German system.