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PwrCor Advances Disruptive Heat-to-Power Technology & Launches 3rd Generation Engine Design
PwrCor Advances Disruptive Heat-to-Power Technology & Launches 3rd Generation Engine Design.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nNEW YORK, June 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PwrCor, Inc. (OTCQB:PWCO), an advanced technology company focusing on clean, renewable energy solutions for the Waste-Heat-to-Power, Geothermal, and Solar Thermal markets, announces a significant technology breakthrough that exceeds cycle efficiencies of conventional power cycles.\n The efficiency advancements resulted as part of PwrCor’s ongoing Research and Development program with its exclusive technology partner – a third-party, internationally recognized, research institute.  The increase in efficiency gives PwrCor a major competitive advantage. The advancements afford a substantial increase of the potential maximum cycle efficiency of PwrCor’s proprietary power cycle while also realizing higher actual operating efficiency with its latest engine design.  The design enhancements are expected to reduce the overall cost per kW output of the PwrCor engine, and will have little impact to the size of the engine, resulting in significantly greater power output within the same general footprint. As Tom Telegades, CEO of PwrCor, stated, “The efficiency potential established by this research represents a major development in the commercialization of PwrCor’s technology.  Our value proposition to those industries generating ultra-low-grade heat, such as Fuel Cell, Data Center, and Geothermal, is now significantly enhanced.” The new design enhancements are scientifically important and have significant practical implications.  There is a thermodynamic limit on the efficiency of an engine, known as Carnot efficiency.  These advances allow the projected efficiency of the PwrCor engine to achieve about a one-third improvement, bringing the engine to between 72% and 85% of the thermodynamic limit, depending upon operating conditions. This represents an unprecedented level as compared to other technologies.  The practical implication is that the power output of PwrCor’s technology should be able to increase by the same one-third – with no change in input.  This is a very significant development. At the operating temperatures currently being addressed by the PwrCor technology, the efficiencies projected now exceed that of most thermodynamic power cycles, including the Rankine Cycle, used in many applications, as wel...