Projects
- Human Dynamo
- The Human Dynamo is a compact and efficient full body cardio machine.
- Launch Chair
- An office chair that allows the user to fully stretch and exercise the legs while at their desk.
- Henry Co-Gen
- A system for extra fuel efficiency for diesel engines driven by waste heat.
- Henry Steam Engine
- The Henry Engine is a rotary steam engine for small scale systems.
- SquareFace Golf System
- A sports training system for monitoring and comparing a golfer's swing to a desired norm or standard at the point of impact of a golf ball, so as to thereby detect deviation (e.g., hook or slice) from such desired norm or standard.
Henry Co-Generation for Vehicles
Interest in trying to utilize engine waste heat has been around since the early days of engine development.
Since engines are roughly 30-40 percent efficient, there is about 60 percent which is lost to the environment as heat through the radiator and exhaust.
There are various ways to try and capture this.
The best known way is to use the heat to boil a fluid which in turns powers a turbine or expansion engine. After expansion, the vapor returns to a condenser and is re-used.
This turbine can then be coupled to the drive train or can turn a generator and the electricity can be used in the vehicle.
Early prototype systems have been exhaust heat only, complicated and expensive.
The key requirements for a marketable system are: reasonable cost, simplicity and durability.
The "Henry Co-Gen" method is a very simple approach to capturing both engine block and exhaust heat with a minimum of heat exchangers, pumps and controls. It is estimated that an installed system in a long-haul truck could cost $5000.00 or less and pay for itself in about a year.
We have recently done some "proof-of-concept" tests on a V-8 engine with good results and we will soon be doing more extensive work with a diesel engine. If these results are promising we will want to do field tests on an actual truck.
Download the PDF for the Henry Co-Gen test program and read more about it.
Mike and the Henry Co-Gen test at UTEP September, 2007.