* Trade Secret : Evidence that battery manufacturer secretly adds alum salt - but only to its "top of the line" batteries. A cunning patent: even in the battery factory no one knows about it! * Alum's battery life extending effects were already well known during world war two - except to the public. * Automating the Experiments. * Better instructions for treating a battery.

* Poggendorff cell. * Oxalic Acid Battery - It works ! Potential for substantially higher energy density than lead-sulfuric acid because 3 to 4 x lighter electrode metals can be used. * Acetic Acid (Vinegar) Battery?

* New name: Torque Multiplier - is to differentiate it from worthless hydraulic crap. * Parts selection and reselection: homing in on a workable unit. * Unit ready to test about November 22nd, but motor system changes delay testing. * Successful Bench Tests November 30th - seems to provide plenty of force to propel a car.

* New topic heading to cover the EH system as a whole. * Hall Effect Magnetic Switches: - easier to install than optical sensors system - make EH motors even easier to build. * EV Heater: 12V Electric Heaters in Series [3 for 36V]: a simple & cheap "off the shelf" solution. * Vehicle Handling; Motor weight and suspension: I've had the key all along? * Supermagnet "Fan Blade" Choices.

Department of Inventive Progress: The government's missing organ



Directions for Softening Epoxy Glue (eg, to Remove Magnets from Rotors)



Electric Hubcaptm Car Drive Motor and Controller Project Detailed Report

* a mistaken diagnosis - Hall effect sensors - New MC chip (sigh!)





Magnetic Mechanical Torque Converter Project Report



* Conceptual Adaptation and Design Growth

* A test indicates it'll work better without magnets, so it becomes purely "mechanical"!

* Works by inertias and masses - reminiscent of mechanical clock escapements.

* First Mechanical Torque Converter proves itself vastly superior to geared transmissions in every respect, doubles gas mileage. Adoption is sabotaged by GM duplicity, and it's rejected by the automakers -- IN 1923!





Microcrystalline Ceramic Motor Coil Cores Project Detailed Report



* No Activity - no report





Turquoise Battery Project Detailed Report



* Design Considerations: Dimensions

* ABS battery case forming tool #3.

* At Last: The awesomely powerful flat-plate electrode compactor mega-press!

* Squashed stainless steel mesh to replace "perforated nickel sheet" for pocket electrodes?

* Veegum, CMC gum, xanthan gum for electrode briquettes

* Semipermeable Membranes

* More on Manganese; Certain Rare Earths





The Lead-Acid Battery Project Progress Report



* Overview

* The plate cleaning reactions figured out...(?)

* October Quantifying Experiments

* Better Instructions for Renewing a lead-acid battery with sodium sulfate salt.

* More & long term testing is needed to get hard figures & statistics.





TE News #20 - October 4th 2009



Highlights/Contents:

September in Brief (summary)



Electric Hubcaptm Car Drive Project Detailed Report * The motor and controller are both finished and the designs are on the web.

* Motor Controller Making Manual updated - schematics.

* Regenerative braking ideas



Magnetic Torque Converter Project Report

* Project Recap

* Painfully slow progress towards a prototype - changing design ideas.

* Preliminary test... It Runs!



Microcrystalline Ceramic Motor Coil Cores Project Detailed Report

* Cores with "Barium Titanate" - didn't work



Turquoise Battery Project Detailed Report

* Good Cellophane - YAY!

* Ion passing electrode separator sheet.

* Battery cases: Squaring round ABS tubes in the kitchen oven

* Battery making idea: start with charged electrode chemicals instead of discharged.

* Manganese negative electrode: Higher energy density and voltage than MH, Zn, Cd, Fe...

* Making Lithium Hydroxide electrolyte additive.



Lead-Acid Battery Project Detailed Report

* Tried epsom salt - yuk!

* Tried sodium sulfate - Higher voltage: ? Test battery is crap - leaks!

* Made sodium sulfate by adding sodium hydroxide to the battery's own sulfuric acid. (Cheaper!)

* pH Test Paper Famine!

* Tentative Instructions for "Renewing" a lead-acid battery with sodium sulfate salt or sodium hydroxide.



TE News #19 - September 4th 2009





Highlights/Contents:



August in Brief (summary)



Electric Hubcaptm Car Drive Project Detailed Report * A similar Hybridizing Concept!



Magnetic Torque Converter Project Report

* A completely new design. Still not built.



Microcrystalline Ceramic Motor Coil Cores Project Detailed Report

* Some test cores made and tested - no positive results yet.



Turquoise Battery Project Detailed Report

* Lanthanum-Manganese battery.

* Sealed Cases, Pressurized Batteries, Higher Voltages: the continuing saga.

* Cellophane separator sheets: they're MADE broken! "Standard" plastic coatings clog cellophane's microporous structure.

* "Lead-Acid" batteries -- Switch the electrolyte; ditch the dangerous acid: 50% more energy per charge, triple the life span! Restore "worn out" batteries to better than "like new"! [Correction: some of these claims, copied fresh off the web at the time, are not true. In particular, the electrolyte becomes acidic and dangerous regardless of what's put in, and performance may be restored to "like new", but it's not "better than". Please see newsletter #21 for the real story and battery renewal instructions.]

Construction Manuals for making your own:

* Electric Hubcap Motor

* Turquoise Motor Controller

http://www.TurquoiseEnergy.com/



TE News #18 - August 3rd 2009



Highlights/Contents:

July in Brief (summary)



Electric Hubcaptm Car Drive Project Detailed Report * Oh boy, Motor Wire!

* Compact high current pugs & sockets: they exist! (Anderson "Power Pole" connectors)

* Improved Wiring/Equipment Box with New Motor Controller: Made, Tested, Working .

* Instructions for new motor controller/equipment box are now on line !



Magnetic Torque Converter Project

* A quick test



Microcrystalline Ceramic Motor Coil Cores Project Started

* Some test cores made and tested - no positive results yet.



Turquoise Battery Project Detailed Report

* Manganese negative electrode - fell apart.



TE News #17 - July 2nd 2009



Highlights/Contents:

June in Brief (summary)



Electric Hubcaptm Car Drive Project Detailed Report

* Another Geared Wheel Motor - This motor looks very similar to Electric Hubcap

* New Motor Controller logic - circuit & PCB design is done, have circuit boards, ready to test

* Wiring Boxes with Motor Controllers: merchandisable product?



Magnetic Torque Converter Project

* Theory of operation defined



Microcrystalline Ceramic Motor Coil Cores Project Started

* Materials Purchased to make test cores for firing in a pottery kiln

* Test procedure worked out: Find the distance from which a "standard" size coil will make a magnet jump!



Turquoise Battery Project Detailed Report

* My paper " Some Principles of Aqueous Electrolyte Battery Design " is now on the web.

* A practical battery electrode design

* Made a working battery (at last!)

* Electrodes with monel powder appear to be a BIG advance to the state of the art!





TE News #16 - June 3rd 2009





Highlights/Contents:

May in Brief (summary)



Electric Hubcap tm Car Drive Project, Longwinded Detailed Report

* Torque Converter first test, spins car wheel May 20th. Movie.

* Torque Converter Induction Rotor design: An axial flux adaptation of NEMA "Type D"?

* EH Power (oops): consumes max 5400 W (7.2 HP)... Not 3600 W (4.8 HP).

* Copper Loss Calculations: inefficiencies at high currents. Better at lower drives.

* How Much Electric Power is Required?: a 4 HP, 50 Km/Hr, converted car.

* Reconfigured motor free-spins: lower current draw when not turning car wheel.

* Optical Commutator and simplified motor controller with MC33033 chip.

* Micro-Ferrite Ceramic Motor Coil Cores with Niobium?



Turquoise Battery Project, Longwinded Detailed Report

* Nickel - Iron battery experiment

* Some Battery Design Principles



A Great Electric Generator?

* It looks like the common lawn mower motor is the fabulous cheapo DC generator everybody wants but can't find for windplants, micro-hydro, etc.



Bipolar Division of Labour?





TE News #15 - May 3rd 2009



Highlights/Contents:

April in Brief (summary)

* Preliminary manual for making Electric Hubcap/PMSM Motor Controller/Wiring Box is now on line.

* Electric Hubcap tm: runs well, but still doesn't have quite enough torque. Not to worry...

* Compact Magnetic Torque Converter should solve the problem.

* Entered Motor project in New Ventures BC awards competition

* Turquoise Energy Ltd. Gains Business Partner?

Electric Hubcap tm Car Drive Project, Longwinded Detailed Report

* Timing adjustment experiment shows best timing to be where I originally figured it should be.

* "Thin-line" plug & socket for heavy motor wires.

* Magnetic Torque Converter : torque leverage without gears.

* Car turn signal lights wiring: Too simple!

* Motor Controller Circuit Improvements

* Ignition Switch Power Relay - found one at last



Turquoise Battery Project, Longwinded Detailed Report

* Great glue found for battery cases: model airplane dope!





TE News #14 - April 3rd 2009

March in Brief (summary)

* Much work on web site - more to do.

* Icy weather impedes car/outdoor work.

* First driving attempt ("Production Prototype" motor): Motor moves car but is not quite yet fit for street.



Competition !?!

* "TheWheel": electrically similar wheel motor makes many performance claims very similar to Electric Hubcap.

* they are even more optimistic about average direct-drive PMSM energy savings (50%) than my estimates (33%).

* bulkier, heavier, costlier & can't retrofit existing cars

* Their large model is running ultra-efficient hybrid busses.



Electric Hubcap Car Drive Project, Longwinded Detailed Report

* Calculations show current phase lag is a non-issue for EH 3-phase power timing.

* Evolving designs of terminal blocks for heavy wires.

* Slow, steady progess on small details/problems during March.

* First moves car March 26th.

* After all my figuring... timing adjustment seems needed.



Turquoise Battery Project, Longwinded Detailed Report

* A problem identified: cellophane needs chemical surface treatment for use as electrode separator sheet.

Electric Hubcap Motor Making Course/Workshop

* Hybridize your car (or other motor project).

* Workshop cost re-examined: $2750 all inclusive?



Innovative Product Developers Assoc.

* Meeting: Sunday, April 26th 2009, 1:30 PM, 820 Dunsmuir Rd, RSVP, 384 2626 (there's no article, just this notice.)



TE News #13 - March 2nd 2009



February in Brief (overview... summary... the short version!) INVITATION to Inventors and Innovative Product Developers

* Owing to the absence of support for innovative product

development in Canada & BC, we hope to create a

professional innovators' association.

* Exploratory First Meeting Sunday March 15th, 1:30 PM Electric Hubcap Car Drive Project, Longwinded Detailed Report

* New motor spins wheel, tests look good.

* But lack of funds eventuates in further delay of road testing. Turquoise Battery Project, Longwinded Detailed Report

* Several electrodes sent to U of Stockholm for evaluation





TE News #12 - February 9 2009



January in Brief (overview... summary... the short version!) * or, this TOC is the Super Short version... Electric Hubcap Car Drive Project, Longwinded Detailed Report * Electric Hubcap tm is (today) ready to test

Turquoise Battery Project, Very Longwinded Detailed Report * Interesting Chemistries Emerge * University Battery Researcher to run performance tests and evaluate my Electrodes

TE News #11 - January 2nd 2009



December in Brief (overview... summary... the short version!)

* or, this TOC is the Super Short version...

* December was a slow month for the energy projects. Electric Hubcap Car Drive Project, Longwinded Detailed Report

* Cold weather, flu delays production model prototype tests.

Turquoise Battery Project, Longwinded Detailed Report * To get much lower resistance, more current: compress powders. (nothing established battery makers didn't already know!)

Electric Hubcap Motor Making Course/Workshop : Hybridize your car (or other relevant motor project)! * Workshops are on hold pending motor road tests - (Hopefully coming this spring)

TE News #10 - December 3rd 2008



November in Brief (overview... summary... the short version!)

* or, this TOC is the Super Short version...

"Secret" Federal SDTC Program: Filling the Funding Gap ! * Funding for developing clean technologies

Electric Hubcap Motor Making Course/Workshop : Hybridize your car (or other relevant motor project)! * Cheaper, easier with only two motors needed?

* starts, um... Feb? March?

Electric Hubcap Motor "Kit": Marketing Idea * Sell manuals and parts

Electric Hubcap Car Drive Project, Very Longwinded Detailed Report * Double power "production model" motor - probably just 2 motors needed per car instead of 4! - made from off-the-shelf automotive parts!

Turquoise Battery Project, Very Longwinded Detailed Report * Effective Sealed Battery Housings: - plumbing pipes & rubber test tube stoppers! * Convoluted battery chemistry... experiments continue.

* Recent patents disclose battery work paralleling mine.







TE news #9 - November 1 2008

The Month in Brief (overview... summary... the short version!)

Or, here's the Super Short version:

* Electric Hubcap Motor Moves Car!

* Batteries start to Charge!

* Promising New Battery Chemicals!

BC's Goals? - an editorial comment

Proposed First Electric Hubcap Motor Making Class/Workshop

(...January?)

Electric Hubcap Car Drive Project, Long, Detailed Report

Turquoise Battery Project, Long, Detailed Report



TE News #8 - October 6 2008

The Month in Brief

** Classes/Workshops: Battery & Electric Hubcap Motor Making

Electric Hubcap Project Detailed Report

rewiring; tests; new motor controller; tests

Turquoise Battery Project Detailed Report

a bit of progress; Lead-acid: 1/4 cost of gasoline



TE News #7 - Sept 3 2008

Electric Hubcap tm Car Motor: a recap

Rerevised Motor Controller - the "Opto-electronic commutator"

Submarine Motors Project?

Who Killed the Nickel-Metal Hydride Battery? - and a battery comparison



TE news #6 - August 4 2008

Electric Hubcap tm Drive Motor Changes - cooling & mounting mods

Revised Turquoise Motor Controller

Cross Section of the Turquoise Battery tm (as currently envisioned)

TE news #5 - July 5 2008

Electric Hubcap TM Drive Motor - successful spin & car move tests

Turquoise Motor Controller - successful motor driving tests

Turquoise Battery TM

Car Conversion Economics

How is that Possible?

TE news #4 - June 6 2008

Technology Implementation Editorial [& democratic company ideas]

The Electric Hubcap TM Drive Motor

Turquoise Motor Controller

Turquoise Battery TM

Site C Peace River Hydro versus Vancouver Island Wave Power

TE news #3 - May 1 2008

Technology Exploitation

The Electric Hubcap TM Drive Motor

Turquoise Motor Controller

Turquoise Battery TM

The Wave Power Machine

TE news #2 - April 6 2008



The Electric Hubcap TM Electric Car Motor



The Turquoise Motor Controller



The Turquoise Battery Ni-MH car battery



Commercialization of the Products







TE news #1 - March 6 2008



Wave Power



MPMG



Batteries [?]







http://www.TurquoiseEnergy.com