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Profile Introduction BLACKLIGHT POWER, Inc. (BLP) of Cranbury, New Jersey, is developing a revolutionary technology based on novel hydrogen chemistry. More explicitly, energy is catalytically released as the electrons of atomic hydrogen are induced to undergo transitions to lower energy levels corresponding to fractional quantum numbers with the production of plasma, light, and novel hydrogen compounds. The Company uses a chemically generated or assisted plasma to form atomic hydrogen and a catalyst which react through a nonradiative energy transfer to form lower-energy hydrogen atoms called hydrinos. Since hydrinos have energy levels much lower than uncatalyzed hydrogen atoms, the energy release is intermediate between chemical and nuclear energies. The net enthalpy released may be over 100 times that of combustion. Thus, the catalysis of atomic hydrogen represents a new source of energy with the source of hydrogen fuel obtained by diverting a fraction of the output energy of the process to split water into its elemental constituents. Moreover, rather than air pollutants or radioactive waste, novel hydride compounds with potential commercial applications are the products. Since the power is in the form of a plasma, direct high-efficiency, low-cost energy conversion may be possible, thus, avoiding a heat engine such as a turbine or a reformer-fuel-cell system. Significantly lower capital costs and lower commercial operating costs than that of any known competing energy source are anticipated. History Beginning in 1986, Dr. Randell L. Mills developed the theory on which the BlackLight Process is based. In 1989, the original patent applications were filed and the conclusions of the theoretical work were published. Dr. Mills believes that he has succeeded with the unification of gravity with atomic physics. In 1991, Dr. Mills founded HydroCatalysis Power Corp. to pursue the development and ultimate commercialization of a new form of energy - the HydroCatalysis Process. In the fall of 1996, the Company's name was changed from HydroCatalysis Power Corp. to BlackLight Power, Inc. to reflect the ultraviolet light emission produced by catalysis in the renamed BlackLight Process. In 1999 the Company moved to its present location, a 53,000 square-foot research facility, in Cranbury, NJ, and has since expanded its employee base to 25 people. The BlackLight Process Based on physical laws of nature, Dr. Mills' theory predicts that additional lower energy states are possible for the hydrogen atom, but are not normally achieved. They are not normally achieved because transitions to these states are not directly associated with the emission of radiation, thus the ordinary hydrogen atom, as well as lower energy hydrogen atoms (termed hydrinos), are stable in isolation. Mills' theory further predicts that hydrogen atoms can achieve these states by a radiation-less energy transfer with a nearby atom, ion, or combination of ions (a catalyst) having the capability to absorb the energy required to effect the transition. (Radiation-less energy transfer is common. For example, it is the basis of the performance of the most common phosphor used in fluorescent lighting.) Thus, the Company believes hydrogen atoms can be induced to jump to a lower energy state, with release of the net energy difference between states. Successive stages of collapse of the hydrogen atom are predicted, resulting in the release of energy in amounts many times greater than the energy released by the combustion of hydrogen. Since the combustion energy is equivalent to the energy required to liberate hydrogen from water, a process, which takes water as a feed material and produces net energy, is possible. The equivalent energy content of water would thus be several hundred to several thousand times that of crude oil, depending on the average number of stages of collapse. Significant Scientific Validation Points Validation Points - UPDATED 06/14/05 |
