Cyclone Power Technologies Files International Patent Application for Waste Heat Engine

POMPANO BEACH, Fla.--Cyclone Power Technologies Inc. (Pink Sheets: CYPW) filed an international patent application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) on its production prototype Waste Heat Engine (WHE). The PCT application constitutes the first step in obtaining patent protection for the award-winning WHE in each of the 142 contracting nations.

Cyclone’s WHE is able to convert wasted heat from sources such as ovens, furnaces and engine exhaust into mechanical energy and electricity. This process of cogeneration -- also called combined heat and power (CHP) -- can result in substantial savings to the end user and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The WHE is capable of producing up to 16HP through its 6-cylinder radial design, but weighs a mere 18 lbs and is only 14 inches in diameter.

The WHE can also run on heat obtained from renewable fuel sources such as biomass and solar energy. Currently, the company is completing its Biomass-to-Power prototype system, which burns dry vegetation and uses the WHE to convert thermal energy into usable electricity. With respect to solar thermal power, Cyclone believes that the WHE will ultimately be able to deliver electricity to residential consumers at a price more economically viable than current photovoltaic arrays.

“We have had such incredible interest for our powerful, compact WHE,” stated Cyclone’s COO Frankie Fruge. “With the filing of this international patent application, we intend to push full-steam ahead into the commercial markets worldwide.”

The WHE is the first production-ready model of the patented Cyclone Engine. Last year the WHE won the Society for Automotive Engineers’ AEI Tech Award.

CORPORATE PROFILE

Cyclone Power Technologies is the developer of the award-winning Cyclone Engine – an eco-friendly external combustion engine with the power and versatility to run everything from portable electric generators and garden equipment to cars, trucks and locomotives. Invented by company founder and CEO Harry Schoell, the patented Cyclone Engine is a modern day steam engine, ingeniously designed to achieve high thermal efficiencies through a compact heat-regenerative process, and to run on virtually any fuel - including bio-diesels, syngas or solar - while emitting fewer greenhouse gases and irritating pollutants into the air. Currently in its late stages of development, the Cyclone Engine was recognized by Popular Science Magazine as the Invention of the Year for 2008, and was presented with the Society of Automotive Engineers’ AEI Tech Award in 2006 and 2008. Additionally, Cyclone was recently named Environmental Business of the Year by the Broward County Environmental Protection Department. For more information, visit www.cyclonepower.com.