Alternative Designs Inc. (ADI) develops sustainable energy technologies to address intermittency issues with renewable energy. ADI's patented dual shell Stirling engine delivers 25 kilowatts of power and their solar collection dish improves solar collection efficiency. ADI also has a patented calcium hydride energy storage system that stores excess renewable energy for use after sunset. ADI is seeking $15 million in initial funding to construct a 100 kW pilot plant to demonstrate their technologies and help transition to commercialization.

1. Alternative Designs Inc., (ADI)
Integrating Sustainable Technology to Solve
Tomorrow’s Energy Needs Today!
Wayne Bliesner Founder and CEO

2. Cheap continuous
renewable power
is now possible!
With ADI.
See how...

3. Roadmap
The Problem
ADI People
ADI Technologies
ADI Solutions
How Do We Get There?

4. No cheap, continuous
renewable power. Why?
Intermittency Clouds block the
sun; then it sets. Winds are
variable.
Intermittency limits renewable
power input to 10 % of grid
capacity before the grid
becomes unstable.
The Problems

5. The Problem
Batteries or other storage are needed for off-peak
production.
No commercially available power storage system
delivers sufficient power to offset intermittency.
Strategic materials such as Lithium are too rare to
scale to Terawatt levels.
The Problems

6. ADI People
Wayne Bliesner ADI Founder and CEO
20 years in Aerodynamics engineering research at Boeing.
Headed $100 Million NASA research program.
7 patents for airplane systems.
Invented wing configuration worth $50 million for Boeing.
20 years as an independent research scientist, inventor.
Stirling engines, Solar energy storage, Solar Fuels
High efficiency LED lighting systems.

7. ADI People
Gerald Fargo COO
15 years as an engineer, project manager, product manager.
Boeing, Ford, Dynacs Consulting.
Expertise in fluid dynamic, structural mechanics, automotive
acoustics, solar optics, pomputational methods, CAD software
development.
15 years as an independent research scientist.
Designed and patented the ADI Side-Focusing Heliostat.

8. ADI Associates
Dr. Sergio Calqueiro
High-Tech-Concepts Marketing GmbH, presenter, consultant.
Dr. Robert Bowman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (ret.)
Hydride expert, consultant.
Dr. Robert Reed, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Heat transfer consultant, heat pipe designer.
Dr. Allan Organ, Cambridge University (ret.)
Stirling engine design consultant.

9. ADI Technologies
Patented, tested Dual Shell Stirling Engine.
Delivers 25 kilowatts.
Highest efficiency, minimal power cost.
Fueled with natural gas, biomass, or solar.
10th generation Beta engine operational.
Beta prime design improvements:
Dual shell heat exchangers.
Rhombic drive.

10. 25kW and 100 kW Dual Shell Configurations
Engines gang together on common driveshaft.
25 kW becomes 100 kW.
100 kW Systems and
10 MW Systems are
available.
ADI Technologies

11. ADI Technologies
Patented Solar Collection Dish
Improved solar collection efficiency.
Smallest solar power land footprint.
Competitive cost of energy.
Environmentally sustainable.
Continuously available power.

12. ADI Technologies
Patented, tested Calcium Hydride energy storage
Stores excess power for delivery after sunset.
Solves renewables “intermittency problem”.
Environmentally sustainable.
Competitive power cost.
Scalable - no rare materials.

13. Wayne demonstrates
ADI Calcium Hydride
test cell.
ADI Technologies

14. ADI Technologies
Advanced Op Advanced Optics with two
stage focusing.
48:1 at heliostat creating constant beam diameter.
25:1 at down-mirror into thermochemical processor.
Solar Collection Dish and Mirror System.
Calcium Hydride Thermochemical Reaction Processor.
Storage Vessel and Heat Recovery System.

15. ADI Solutions
100 kW Solar Array and power plant
Six 14m-diameter dishes
focus a 0.4m-diameter
light beam to deliver 900
kW of thermal power to
CaH2 processor.
80m x 80m (1.5 acre) area

16. Hydrogen Storage / Heat Recovery CaH2 Reactor 100 kW Stirling Engine
Focused Sunbeam
ADI Solutions
100 kW System
Available 2022

17. ADI Solutions
100 kW Renewable Systems Annual Yield

18. ADI Solutions
10 MW System
Available 2025
Buildable anywhere and scalable to deliver Terawatts of power.
Utilizes General Electric 10 MW supercritical CO2 Brayton turbine.
360-degree solar field via tilt mirror behind parabolic dish.
System requires only 0.65 square km area (158 acres).

19. ADI Solutions
Solar Storage System Advantages
Competitive Cost of Energy.
Environmentally Sustainable.
Continuously Available Power.
Continuous baseload power.
No Rare materials, can scale to
deliver Terawatts of power.
75% more energy than PV systems.

20. ADI Solutions
77% more energy than equivalent
size turbine systems.
May serve as baseload or distributed
power source as required.
37% total system efficiency.
Significant price reduction once in
mass production.
Cost competitive with wind and PV
systems, even with no subsidy.

21. ADI Solutions
Design and Fabrication
Subcontract with existing specialty vendors:
Precision Castings: robotic engine component castings
Janicki Industries: solar dish fabrication
Alaskan Copper Works: stainless tanks
ADI: integration, testing, assembly expertise, design and
development experience in hydride systems.

22. Funding
100kW, 10 MW Pilot Plants
Phase 1A $15M
100 kW Pilot System (Stirling Engine).
$5M Infrastructure.
$10M 100 kW Pilot System Fabrication.
Phase 1B $100M
10 MW Pilot System (Brayton Turbine).

23. Phase 1A $5M Infrastructure
On 100 kW System
$1M Building 5,000 sq. meter.
$1M Press (3,500 MT).
$750k Vacuum Oven.
$500k E-beam Vacuum Welder.
$500k Solar Dish System.
$500k DLC Deposition System.
$250k CNC Lathes, Mills.
$200k Hydride Equipment.
$200k Heat Pipe Equipment.
$100k Hydride Dry Box.
Funding

24. Funding
Phase 1A $10M Pilot System
on 100 kW system
2M Five Additional Solar Dishes.
$2M Tank Fabrication.
$2M Chemicals (Ca, Mg, etc).
$1M Heat Pipe, Boiler Assemblies.
$1M System Assembly.
$800k 100 kW Engine Fabrication.
$400k Shop Labor.
$400k Metal Alloys For Parts.
$400k Overhead (Engineering, Tooling,
Materials).

25. Funding
100 kW System Commercialization
Phase 2 $200M.
Two 100 kW system factories.
1,000 units / year.
$300M loan repayment 2027-2030
(based on equipment sales only).

26. Funding
10 MW System Commercialization
Phase 3 $180M.
10 MW System Factory.
50 Units / Year.
$300M Loan Repayment (P & I) 2026-2030
(Based on Equipment Sales) only)

27. Alternative Designs Inc., (ADI)
Contact Bryan Long in Business Development
Cell (541) 233-8492 in Oregon
LinkedIn or Alignable
Wayne Bliesner CEO/Founder
Cell (425) 273-4232 in Washington