Tech + History

Electrical energy is produced today in two basic forms - as DIRECT CURRENT (DC) and ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC). In the early days, DC was the form used to produce light and drive electrical motors; then Nikola Tesla discovered a way to produce AC from DC, using a rotating mechanical machine that is known today as an AC GENERATOR. The world still produces most of its electricity with rotating generators. New alternative technologies like solar (photovoltaic panels) and fuel cells have appeared on the scene in recent years, but these new technologies generate DC energy, not AC, which is the form of electricity that all modern facilities use all over the world to operate machinery and lighting.

The ORTRONIC Technology was developed by Mr. Juan Ortigosa a former NASA research engineer in Spain during the APOLLO program (1963-1972) and head of the USAF electronics and communications laboratory in Europe. During the 1960's he began researching reactive energy. As the following diagram shows in a conventional AC cycle reactive energy is not captured and is considered unusable.

In the 1980’s Mr. Ortigosa engineered a way to capture reactive energy electronically and called the method ORTRONIC (ORTigosa-electRONIC). This revolutionary technology does several things:

1. It produces genuine AC energy from DC energy electronically - NOT USING A MECHANICAL GENERATOR.
2. It recycles the portion of the AC energy cycle known as reactive energy back into the circuit to produce active energy.

It does this electronically, capturing the reactive charges through patented microchip circuitry and storing them in a battery bank. The batteries then send the stored DC energy back to the Ortronic converter where it is converted into AC energy for use by any load. To this day, many scientists refuse to believe that reactive energy can be utilized until they are shown a working Ortronic system.

By recycling reactive energy the Ortronic system is able to achieve significant energy savings. Average savings range between 50% and 70% depending on application. The future of this technology is limitless. Ortronic technology is the only solution to making alternative “green” energy options viable for world wide use both through price management and the increase in power generated. In an automotive application Ortronic technology holds the key to developing a 500mpg hybrid car and increasing the range of pure electric vehicles.

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