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MICROWAVE CELL BOMB TUNNEL
John:
Re: MW Cell Bomb pilot plant:
The purpose of this letter is to continue our collaboration with each other on how we want to proceed with IMS, or whatever firm we choose, to design and build the cell bomb pilot plant MW tunnel. Here are some preliminary thoughts:
Objectives for the pilot plant:
Most likely, any grants we get will be heavily based on the quality of our science and engineering team, which will include the lab folks at IMS. We might consider partnering with a US national lab or a university which is heavily financed by the funding agency. When we scale-up we will likely need heavy duty talent in all areas of the grant application. My current ROM for the production plant capital costs is 5.5 million.
IMS and the other candidates all have a deep understanding of high energy particle/wave physics in the MW range. As designers of food processing MW tunnels, they have studied the wave guide issues as well as the power consumption issues. I am comfortable that IMS fully meets these criteria, and we will know for sure as contract negotiations progress. IMS is located in North Carolina.
With one exception, the MW food tunnel manufacturers I have reviewed, do not seem to have much depth of understanding of the biology of cell lysis. I will supply that knowledge base. I would propose that I be temporarily stationed there during the design and fabrication of the pilot cell bomb tunnel. This collaborative effort is highly likely to obtain the objectives listed above.
During my stay at the lab, I will continue to source the parts we need for the pilot project (other than the black box) as well as the production project, price them and build the capital and operating budgets for the pilot extraction plant and the production models. I can also write the technical parts of any grant applications; if you choose, I can write the entire grant.
With respect to grants, we do not want to give the Feds a free license to use the patent. Depending on how the grant contract is worded, we can expect to retain the exclusive rights to the patent, but be willing, for a royalty, to license the technology to the Fed agency on the basis of $xyz per gallon of biodiesel delivered to any Federal agency or created by its contractors, which is from algal oil produced by our process. Thus, as an example, this approach would give the Fed agency the flexibility to hire a company in Iraq to grow algae and process it into biodiesel there, using our technology. In Afghanistan, the farmers could stop growing poppies and grow algae. Our licensee could be the UN or any foreign government or NPO. Our patent attorney will be busy obtaining international patents.
As soon as funding permits, I propose to drive to your location and during the drive, swing by Galveston and briefly meet the team at GMIT, then on to Gulf Breeze. After that, assuming we will have contracted with IMS, I would travel to the lab and temporarily setup shop there.
I need some indication of how deeply involved you want to be in the negotiations with IMS (or any contractor). I feel confident enough to negotiate the contract and by sending you copies of the drafts as they evolve, you could react as you choose. Essentially, I will be the point of contact between our JV and IMS/lab and by reports, keep you fully informed as we move along the protocol. I would want us to both be responsible for approving progress payments and final acceptance.
In our contract with IMS, a lab protocol will be devised as a first order of business in the negotiations, so that we will:
When GMIT has signed our JV agreement, please smail me a copy with all of our signatures showing.
Thanks.
Regards,
Jim
Re: MW Cell Bomb pilot plant:
The purpose of this letter is to continue our collaboration with each other on how we want to proceed with IMS, or whatever firm we choose, to design and build the cell bomb pilot plant MW tunnel. Here are some preliminary thoughts:
Objectives for the pilot plant:
- Low capital cost per yield
- Low operating cost per yield
- As close to “off-the-shelf” as is reasonably possible
- Easily scaled to about 30,000,000 gallons of algal oil per year
- Reliable operation
- Inputs can be varied
- Metrics are recordable and measurable
- Entire process is patentable and an application for a patent is made and all rights retained by the JV.
- Team collaborative approach is used with all stakeholders
- The team leader should hold a Ph.D. in high energy physics or related field.
- Team members should hold science or engineering degrees or have worked in comparable areas to gain insight into the technology, including the patent attorney.
Most likely, any grants we get will be heavily based on the quality of our science and engineering team, which will include the lab folks at IMS. We might consider partnering with a US national lab or a university which is heavily financed by the funding agency. When we scale-up we will likely need heavy duty talent in all areas of the grant application. My current ROM for the production plant capital costs is 5.5 million.
IMS and the other candidates all have a deep understanding of high energy particle/wave physics in the MW range. As designers of food processing MW tunnels, they have studied the wave guide issues as well as the power consumption issues. I am comfortable that IMS fully meets these criteria, and we will know for sure as contract negotiations progress. IMS is located in North Carolina.
With one exception, the MW food tunnel manufacturers I have reviewed, do not seem to have much depth of understanding of the biology of cell lysis. I will supply that knowledge base. I would propose that I be temporarily stationed there during the design and fabrication of the pilot cell bomb tunnel. This collaborative effort is highly likely to obtain the objectives listed above.
During my stay at the lab, I will continue to source the parts we need for the pilot project (other than the black box) as well as the production project, price them and build the capital and operating budgets for the pilot extraction plant and the production models. I can also write the technical parts of any grant applications; if you choose, I can write the entire grant.
With respect to grants, we do not want to give the Feds a free license to use the patent. Depending on how the grant contract is worded, we can expect to retain the exclusive rights to the patent, but be willing, for a royalty, to license the technology to the Fed agency on the basis of $xyz per gallon of biodiesel delivered to any Federal agency or created by its contractors, which is from algal oil produced by our process. Thus, as an example, this approach would give the Fed agency the flexibility to hire a company in Iraq to grow algae and process it into biodiesel there, using our technology. In Afghanistan, the farmers could stop growing poppies and grow algae. Our licensee could be the UN or any foreign government or NPO. Our patent attorney will be busy obtaining international patents.
As soon as funding permits, I propose to drive to your location and during the drive, swing by Galveston and briefly meet the team at GMIT, then on to Gulf Breeze. After that, assuming we will have contracted with IMS, I would travel to the lab and temporarily setup shop there.
I need some indication of how deeply involved you want to be in the negotiations with IMS (or any contractor). I feel confident enough to negotiate the contract and by sending you copies of the drafts as they evolve, you could react as you choose. Essentially, I will be the point of contact between our JV and IMS/lab and by reports, keep you fully informed as we move along the protocol. I would want us to both be responsible for approving progress payments and final acceptance.
In our contract with IMS, a lab protocol will be devised as a first order of business in the negotiations, so that we will:
- Know when we have reached the endpoint and can make the final payment and accept the project. We could have two end points: when the final report is delivered and when the patent is issued.
- Evaluate as we go along
- Have rubrics by which we can judge performance results on each stage
When GMIT has signed our JV agreement, please smail me a copy with all of our signatures showing.
Thanks.
Regards,
Jim
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