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Cindy,
This is our preliminary review of the documentation sent by Mr. Patteson. One more person will take a look at it. Vince ---------------------- Forwarded by Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT on 10/25/2000 03:13 PM --------------------------- Stinson Gibner 10/25/2000 01:16 PM To: Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: Zimin Lu/HOU/ECT@ECT, Kevin Kindall/Corp/Enron@ENRON Subject: Matthew Patteson, Inventor Vince, After reviewing the documents furnished by Mr. Patteson, I do not feel that Enron should consider engaging in any testing, development, or licensing of his proposed generator for the following reasons: 1. Enron is not currently in the business of developing or manufacturing electrical generation equipment and does not plan, as far as I know, to enter this business. The one exception is our ownership in entities developing wind and solar, renewable energy. 2. Enron does not have the proper facilities or expertise to test or develop Mr. Pattesons proposed generator. 3. There could be substantial risk in testing this generator as it would involve boiling of a flammable material under pressure. 4. I do not believe that the proposed generator will produce any significant quantity of electrical power. The generator produces power by induction. That is, electric current is induced by a changing magnetic field. The mechanism powering the changing magnetic field is the movement of magnetic dipoles which are suspended in a boiling medium. As the boiling will produce a somewhat random movement of the liquid, the "movement" or change in the magnetic field will be highly random and thus not suitable for producing a steady or reliable electrical current. I have asked Martin Lin to also review the documents to render an independent opinion of this proposal. Respectfully, Dr. Stinson Gibner PhD. Physics VP Research, Enron North America P.S. Kevin and Zimin: If you have any interest in reviewing Mr. Patteson's proposal, please let me know.
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