To generate power, fuel is contiguously burned in a ceramic tube which glows red-hot. Unlike an internal combustion engine, fuel is burned continuously without periodic explosions.
Combustion is complete and clean.
The generator will have many other applications besides power a vehicle. It can also supply heat as well as electricity for mountain cabins, recreational vehicles, or boats, etc. This single burner generator was capable of running a small television. The TPV8 installed in Viking 29 was the result. JX Crystals of Issaquah, Washington has been the industry partner in all these grants and has continued to make all the cells and filters and mounts them on the circuit boards for the generators.