Vision and Mission
The demand for electrical power is continuing to increase relentlessly, both in the developed and particularly the developing nations. Coal is by far the largest source of energy for electrical generation, in the United States for example, producing roughly half of the nation's power. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, coal power plants are the largest source of air pollution in the US. Natural gas and nuclear, the next two largest power sources, also produce significant toxic emissions, but each produces less than half the electricity coal does.
Governments worldwide are introducing legislation which sets targets for increasing the percentage of power generated from clean energy. A particularly effective solution is landfill gas power generation, where the methane gas content produced by decaying waste is used to power spark ignition combustion engines driving electrical generators. The numbers of these landfill gas projects are currently increasing rapidly throughout the world.
In the transportation sectors Governments worldwide, led by the USA and Europe, and driven by public pressure, are continuing to apply more and more onerous legislation on exhaust gas emissions. The world vehicle manufacturers have to date met the requirements largely by employing sophisticated combustion control and exhaust post treatment systems. They are now on the steeply rising asymptotic curve of "Cost/Time/Resources" against "Attainment" and they are being forced to look for alternative approaches.
The alternative approaches are 'Biofuels'; Electric Propulsion; Hybrid Vehicles or Fuel Cell Vehicles. An analysis of all the suggested alternatives shows significant drawbacks for each, particularly in the areas of the 'total energy conversion chain' and the implications for supply infrastructure.
A cost effective system that can be applied to any internal combustion engine in power generation or transport modes which delivers much improved engine efficiency with the attendant lower fuel consumption and emissions will without doubt have an enormous worldwide market potential.
The 'Clean Energy Separation And Recovery' (CESAR) system developed by CPT generates electricity without the need of fuel or resource. The only system input is exhaust heat energy that would otherwise be wasted.
CPT's vision and mission is to improve the fuel efficiency and reduce the emissions of internal combustion engines.