LENR in architecture

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    Pumice seems simply a way to benefit from local resources ?
    Is is related to what we call cellular concrete ? It is practical but have problems with water (absorbant) and safety (you can enter with a saw), but there is problems everywhere.


    LENR does not benefit from pumice as I imagine, but LENR eliminate many constraints of previous system, so may allow it where usual constraints prevent it. LENR allow cheap heating, so some architecture that are today unacceptable may be practical.
    On the opposite the insulation provided by Pumice or cellular concrete may not be useful... insulation anyway if not required with cheap energy is a comfort factor.
    LENR introduce new freedoms, but it depends on technology maturity.


    If LENR is ok for a single home, the you don't need grid around.
    For heating, if LENR is dense enough it can be central heating and why not local space heating, tap boiler.
    Some electricity is probably needed in the first generation that will be electrically controlled, but I imagine it will be autonomous and even generating as soon as technology improve.
    This mean more freedom.


    if LENR is more bulky than I imagine (because of safety or cost), then local bulky generator may be shared as an electric microgrid by a complex, with heat grid.


    The design have to account for the kind of LENR maturity...
    heating only, CHP or generator; noisy or silent; district scaled, home scaled, room scaled, or appliance scaled? we cannot be sure today.

  • So in respect to scale, the volcano site provides the space to explore these various options. Although an urban site would be more useful for commercial application, perhaps the mine would allow for exploration of various LENR functions.


    It's the forms that are possible to explore on such a site that are more interesting to me than the pumex itself as a building block, though I would be interested in using the pumice for agriculture and vegetation. Unless of course it could enhance LENR technology in its capacity to store water and hydrogen, this was the main reason I asked about it. Or if it could work as a container for cells.

  • I asked about the best site for Mills's generators, and this was the response I received, favouring Lipari -


    'We have not done too much work applying our generators into an architectural context. However it is quite different than grid infrastructure, thus I may make the suggestion to choose the abandoned pumice mine on the volcanic island (however it would not be able to withstand a volcanic eruption if that is part of your project!). I say this, as one of our biggest applications is in the mining sector, where there is a large need for distributed power generation (on-site power).



    The beauty of our generators is that no grid infrastructure is required. You can simply do construction and engineering at a site, poor a pad to place our generator on, then connect it into an electrical panel to create a primary form of power. We can generate this power cheaper than anyone else in the world, while allowing no pollutants to reach our atmosphere. Our generators range from 100kW- 11MW in power. They can be ganged together to reach the 11MW total or a power plant can be developed.



    Let me know if you have any more questions. If you have any engineering problems I may be able to get some of those questions answered for you as well. Good luck on your project.'

  • I've attach some images of concepts that have started forming in my work. Right now they are not tied functionally to anything, they are just a response to the landscape, and to the energy of a cold fusion reaction.


    I've started with Lipari for now, this may change over the week still.


    I'm also trying to figure what I would design on Lipari, I thought of a school of stone masonry using pomice, to keep craft and culture alive in the region, also a power generation facility, a landscape regeneration programme, an lenr research laboratory, and sports facilities. Maybe not altogether!

  • I just found this system being used on another volcanic island called El Hierro, which combines water and wind power.


    Could this work on the Lipari site if the wind turbines were replaced with the Suncell or an LENR device?


    I now have site plans and sections to scale, and am developing a strategy.

  • @agroszek The significant feature of LENR is, it doesn't require transport and storage of energy, being able to produce energy on demand.

    So there is no need to fill the countryside with wind and water plants, by the pumped storage water dams the less. Not to say, even these reservoirs aren't without risks..


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  • Sure, the idea came as I would like to have a water treatment and desalination facility on site, which would in turn allow for irrigation and land regeneration, as well as providing a water source for the area.


    However those would be at the bottom, and on top only a natural hot spring pool. But I thought I could recycle the water from the pool by filtering it, so the water would need to come back down from the top of the slope. So this is why I thought, since the water will be travelling up and down anyway for irrigation and pool water recycling I thought it can be used for energy. But if a suncell would suffice then no need! Here are some drawings with my rough layout, I'm not sure how much you'll see! the site is huge, 1km by 1km approx, and the top of the volcano is 450m above sea level.

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