Large amounts of solar radiation bask the earth every day are an excellant source of energy. Sunlight is often converted into electricty using silicon wafer solar cells. These solar cells are expensive, relatively inefficient and complex electronic devices. Their manufacture also consumes a significant amounts of non-renewable resources.
Infinilec generators on the other hand will use simple and cheap renewable materials and involve manufacturing process which will have a low environmental impact.
Infinilec generators are placed at the focul point of a parabolic dish. Concentrating the sun's radiation through the use of mirrors can produce temperatures over 600°C. These high temperatures help to achieve very high efficiencies in the heat powered engines.
Similar technology has been extensively tested by Stirling Energy Systems, Inc. in the USA. Their Solar Dish Stirling technology has held the world's efficiency record for making grid-quality electricity from solar energy using Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) since 1984. They claim their approach is twice as efficient as current photovoltaic solar cells.
We expect Infinilec's generators to extend this efficiency even further through a simpler and significantly more efficient heat engine design.
Annual output from a single Infinilec generator used with a solar dish concentrator of around 11m diameter (see photo) would produce more than 65,000 kWh of electricity. This is enough to satisfy the the total annual energy requirements of a dozen homes.
The ICUIP engine is the core of the efficiency expected from the Infinilec electricity generator. These engines will have only few moving components and a have continual non-reciprocating motion.
There is no complex technology or exotic materials used in the manufacture of an ICUIP engine. The extreme efficiency breakthrough they promise comes from a completely new approach to piston and cylinder design.