Future development projects
Marine Applications - Ships
The small marine craft and pleasure boat industry has traditionally displayed strong environmental leadership and the availability of a steam-hybrid engine will further enhance this pioneering position. We are in discussions with potential manufacturing partners and anticipate that a marine solution will be ready for market in late 2010.
Military
The flow of exhaust gases from engines in military vehicles allows enemy missiles to lock on and track them. An M1 tank, for example, produces more than four kilograms (about nine pounds) of exhaust gas per second.
The mix of carbon dioxide, oxygen, water vapour and particles emit infrared (IR) energy that can be detected by enemy sensors.
Considering thermal management is crucial in the design of military vehicles. The amount of IR energy able to be detected from an object is called a signature. IR energy emission varies according to temperature, therefore exhaust gases and the materials heated up from exposure to exhaust gases often act as large signature cues. This leads to potential detection, tracking and targeting of a vehicle.
CESAR technology can allow the military vehicle to operate without this potential detection and effectively maintain a stealth mode of operation and then switch to the main diesel engines when needed.
Trains
The CESAR system can be applied directly to the large engines fitted to locomotives to convert 40% of the wasted exhaust heat energy to supplementary electrical power for ancillaries or additional motive power.