Time Magazine(Oct.

5, 2009)
The magnesium energy society concept would greatly
contribute to environmental problems.

Yabe was chosen as

Heroes of the Environment
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 2008, Honda Foundation
2014, Toyota Motor Future Review Invited Lecture
"Creating a Japan in a Hundred Years' Time"
"The magnesium energy recycling society
"The Advent of a Magnesium
is just around the corner." Energy Society"
What is a Magnesium Recycling Society?

Propose Carbon-Free Energy System

Extract Magnesium of 1.8 quadrillion tons exists in Ocean

by New Desalination Device

Produce Magnesium by Natural Energy –Driven Laser.

Provide Fuel Free from Fossil Fuel

Magnesium is used for Fuel Battery, Hydrogen Generator,

Thermal Power Station.

Burned Fuel is recovered and recycled by Laser

New Desalination Device Exhausts only Water

Magnesium and Salt are Recovered in the Solid Form
Magnesium is used for Energy
Salt is used in Chemical Plant and
 Magnesium Recycling Society
Magnesium Battery
& Engine
Drone
MgO
Recycle Ship

Sunlight Laser
Reuse
Thermal Power
Magnesium Reduction
Sunlight, Geothermal EV
Mg
Wind Power+ Lasers

Desalination

Semi-conductor Laser
Ocean : 1.8x1015 tons Mg
Magnesium Recycling Society Supplies Water, Energy and Food

Fishing boat power Power supply

Greenhouse
Fish Frozen for agricultural machinery
Temperature Control & Water

Battery
Turning the desert Promoting plant growth
into farmland with LEDs

Desalination

Water for agriculture Meat processing r

Minerals are essential
large amounts of fresh water
for herbivores
Magnesium Civilization Contributes to the 14 Challenges of the SDGs
Sustainable Development Goals
 The Road to a Magnesium Recycling Society (1. Fuel Cells)
250Wh,250W,
Fuel changeable,Developed 1000Wh,1000W,

Connect as many units as you

want to improve performance

Mobile
Refrigerator Construction
night lighting
Electric
Motorcycle
Disk-type fuel cell , under development
１unit、8.2kWh/5.5kg, 7.8kW, Automatic fuel rotation supply,
燃料(B) EV

本体(A)
 The Road to a Magnesium Recycling Society (2. Desalination)

100L/day、
Water production equipment
for pleasure boats
Operated by engine exhaust heat
Developed

10 ton/day
Length 2.5m
1 ton/day
Developed
Diameter 1.5m
Need improvement
Developed

Future Challenges

Reduce prices through mass production

Recovery of magnesium and salt
(practical test)
The Road to a Magnesium Recycling Society (3. Laser Refinement)

4kW Semiconductor Laser

Successful experiment with one unit
Magnesium production efficiency
20mg/kJ
(4 times the conventional method)
= 2 MW of wind power generation,
Produces 1.7 tons Mg/ day

Pidgeon
Laser Method
Method

Purity
[mol%] 96 95

Future Challenges Efficiency

[mg/kJ] 20.5 5.2

Experiment with multiple lasers

Experimenting with cheap fiber lasers
Construction of a total production system
Cooperation with wind power generation
 The Road to a Magnesium Recycling Society (4. Generator)

Combustion Experiment
Success 2006

0.3mm thickness High temperature water vapor After combustion, it becomes

Using magnesium is generated by combustion magnesium oxide
Sections as fuel with water.
This allows the turbine to rotate

Future Challenges

Large-scale combustion experiment

Fuel injection experiment
Remodeling of thermal power plants
Reduce magnesium prices to
the same level as coal
Magnesium-fired power plants
 The Road to a Magnesium Recycling Society (1. Fuel Cells)
250Wh,250W,
Fuel changeable,Developed 1000Wh,1000W,

Connect as many units as you

want to improve performance

Mobile
Refrigerator Construction
night lighting
Electric
Motorcycle
Disk-type fuel cell , under development
１unit、8.2kWh/5.5kg, 7.8kW, Automatic fuel rotation supply,
燃料(B) EV

本体(A)
 Why a Driven Magnesium Fuel Cell is Essential?
The table below shows the performance per sheet
of magnesium. In fact, since the weight of the main
body is added, the weight is several times larger.
Therefore, if the magnesium fuel (B) is made
Fuel(B) heavier than the main body (A), the weight of the
main body can be ignored, and the performance of
Battery one magnesium sheet can be realized. For this
Body(A) purpose, a type of battery that supplies fuel is
required.

This ultimate drive type battery is a

Disk-Type Fuel Cell, in which
magnesium from the disk is supplied
to the main body while rotating.
Fuel Cell
Fuel(B)
Output Power / sheet of fuel x Number of sheet (Wh)

Battery body (g) + weight of 1 fuel x Number of sheet (g) Batttery

(A) << (B) Body(A)

最大電流密度 蓄積電荷 蓄積エネルギー セル電圧

A/cm2 at 1V Ah/g Wh/g V

現状 0.25 1.3 1.5 1.8 LiPOBattery

0.176Wh/g
理論性能 2.31 6.8 3.1
 EV cannot be Popular with Secondary Batteries
Why did gasoline cars
become popular in the
past 100 years?
●Time required for fuel
injection 1-2 minutes
● Store a large amount of fuel
● Long cruising range
● Fuel can be carried over
long distances
●Fuel can be stored for
a long time
A long charging time inhibits EV use
● Even if a battery can be charged in 1 minute, the required
power is 1 MW (60 kWh) for one car. Everywhere, a one-minute
spike in electricity demand of 1 MW (equivalent to 600 houses)
could collapse the power infrastructure.
● Unchargeable in rural areas without electricity
●Is it possible to respond by replacing the battery?
The number of stocks required during busy times fluctuates.
Battery scuffle wreaks havoc.
The same problem occurs when charging stored batteries
at once
 Proposal of Disk-type Fuel Cell
Required Charge 1 unit
20cmx100cm
For driving at 100 km/h 314cm2x100 cells
Since it runs 6km at 1kWh, 100/6 = 17kWh
It is sufficient to supply 17kW for one hour.
Weight 5.5kg 8.2kWh 7.8kW

The battery replaces 5.5kg per unit as well

as gasoline.
Because it is safe, it can be sold at 100 cm
convenience stores.
The figure shows 6 units
Weight 33kg
49.2kWh
Maximum output 46.8kW

40cm
The Only Solution for Drones & Flying Cars

Lithium-ion battery Yabe magnesium battery

Storage energy far exceeds that of

lithium-ion batteries
LiPObattery 0.176Wh/g
Flying time 23mins
(Current situation) Flight time 3 hours
最大電流密度 蓄積電荷 蓄積エネルギー セル電圧
A/cm2 at 1V Ah/g Wh/g V

現状 0.25 1.3 1.5 1.8

理論性能 2.31 6.8 3.1
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 The Road to a Magnesium Recycling Society (2. Desalination)

100L/day、
Water production equipment
for pleasure boats
Operated by engine exhaust heat
Developed

10 ton/day
Length 2.5m
1 ton/day
Developed
Diameter 1.5m
Need improvement
Developed

Future Challenges

Reduce prices through mass production

Recovery of magnesium and salt
(practical test)
 Challenges facing the world
Water The population will grow from 6 billion in 2020 to 9.73 billion by 2050.
Shortage Expected to result in the need for 2.2 trillion tons of water per year.
(3.6 trillion tons in 2020, 5.8 trillion tons in demand in 2050)
This water should be known as more for industrial, agricultural use
than drinking water.
➔Food shortage (water shortage means lack of food)
We need to greener the desert and supply water to farmland.
➔Energy supply
2.86 billion of magnesium in tons 2.2 trillion tons seawater
The energy generated by 2.86 billion tons of magnesium is
19.7 trillion kWh,
This is equivalent to the current global power generation of 27 trillion kWh.
A magnesium-recycling society means that all countries will produce their own
energy, water, and food.
Agricultural products can also be produced at low cost if there is energy and water.
If this is resolved, there will be no more around wars in the world.
 Why can't magnesium be collected at present?
Reverse Osmosis Membrane Device Fresh water is filtered using a
membrane and taken out, so that it
adheres to the membrane
Release of high salinity water
(Environmental pollution)
Salt and magnesium must be discarded
Large power consumption before the membrane can be used.
Membrane replacement
Boron residue Membrane
(Harm reproductive function) Salt
High price

Seawater Fresh water

Multi-Stage Flush（MSF) Method

Wash out Salt

=>High-Salinity
Water

Release High-Salinity Water

 Yabe-type Desalination Device for Collecting Magnesium
Superiority and originality Engine Solar Heat
Waste Heat
It was made to extract magnesium from seawater.
1,800 trillion tons of magnesium exist in seawater

No membranes used, and no environmental release of emissions

Not pollute the environment
Operation of any heating source
(solar heat, waste heat of waste disposal, etc.)
Boron can also be removed
Low cost (1/10 of RO)
Distilled water can be produced
(for semiconductor cleaning) Waste Heat of
Production of magnesium and salt Waste Disposal

Air flow Cooling Ink soup to Remove

Condensation distilled water Solid Pure
Pure
Material water
water

Blower Seawater Waste water mixed with

Sewage to distilled seawater
Fan water
Sewage treatment is also possible with seawater desalination equipment

Experiment at a sewage treatment plant

in Taizhou City, China
The water (left) from a sewage
treatment plant in Taizhou
City, China was purified with
a small device (blue box) in
the photo on the left, and all
components were removed.

Since any substance can

be removed, it is a
promising method of
eliminating river pollution
caused by factory Before After
wastewater, domestic
wastewater, etc.
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 Even in inland areas, use seawater in canals as well as transportation

We propose to build a seawater canal

here in order to generate water by
desalination even in inland areas far
from the sea.
The relatively low construction cost
and the large number of devices
along the canal coast allow fresh
water to be supplied on the spot and
irrigated farmland. Agricultural
products are transported by canals,
の完成で毎年３０億元の輸送
saving on transportation costs.
コスト節約

Small, distributed method + canal

Example of a canal (Hangzhou ~ Ningbo)

200km Beijing is 165 km from the sea

Total construction cost 1.1 billion yuan
10 tons/day every 140m
1,400 units total: 14,000 tons/day
Distributed 1-10 tons/day of
small equipment where needed
+ Can be used as a means of transportation
Reduction of transportation costs
by 3 billion yuan/year

10 tons/day of water irrigable 20,000 m2 - farmland (2 ha, 141 mx141 m)

Large-scale desalination equipment and resource recovery

There are 1,800 trillion tons of

magnesium in seawater.
In this device, distilled water
can be generated from
seawater, and the remaining
resources can be recovered in
the form of solids, so it can be
used as various resources.

Mg 300,000 JPY/ton

NaCl 100,000 JPY/ton

MgCl2 25,000 JPY/ton

KCl
Refining of spent fuel
MgO

Distilled Water100,000 JPY/ton

The Road to a Magnesium Recycling Society (3. Laser Refinement)

4kW Semiconductor Laser

Successful experiment with one unit
Magnesium production efficiency
20mg/kJ
(4 times the conventional method)
= 2 MW of wind power generation,
Produces 1.7 tons Mg/ day

Pidgeon
Laser Method
Method

Purity
[mol%] 96 95

Future Challenges Efficiency

[mg/kJ] 20.5 5.2

Experiment with multiple lasers

Experimenting with cheap fiber lasers
Construction of a total production system
Cooperation with wind power generation
 Production Method of Magnesium
Electrolysis Heating Chlorine + Carbon Electrolysis
Anhydrous
Magnesium magnesium
Seawater (hydrous oxide Magnesium
magnesium chloride) chloride

hydrochloric acid carbon dioxide Inable to electrolyze directly

Pidgeon from seawater
Method Heating Heating
Dolomite
Magnesium Magnesium
(MgCO3,
oxide, calcium For the production of
CaCO3 etc.)
oxide, etc. 1 kg of magnesium
10 kg of coal required
carbon dioxide FeroSilicon

Laser Laser irradiation

Heating
Method
Seawater Magnesium
(hydrous magnesium Magnesium
chloride)
oxide
No coal, high efficiency
Can be refined
hydrochloric acid using only natural energy
 Recycle Waste Magnesium Fuel
The magnesium production efficiency of the coal-fired Pidgeon method has been greatly improved.
This method converts natural energy into semiconductors and fiber lasers, and can efficiently
separate magnesium by local heating.

Solar, geothermal, wind Mg

power, etc.
Semiconductor
laser
Laser Pidgeon
Method Method
Purity
[mol%] 96 95
Efficiency MgO
[mg/kJ] 20.5 5.2
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 Lasers can be focused in time and space
Lasers can focus energy in time and space. Even with the same
human power, you can slap (concentrate in time) and push with a
sharp object (spatially concentrate), and if you do both at the same
time, you can drill a hole.

Concentrate in time

Slap with the palm of

your hand

Press slowly with the palm

of your hand

Concentrate in space

Push with a pointed object

 Merits of Laser
Lasers can focus energy in time and space
A 3W flashlight can't move
If energy is added to the area with a diameter of 2 cm, it can
things, but a laser can move
only be up to 100 degrees Celsius. However, If you focus it into
2mm, temperature goes up to 10,000 degree. things even at 5W.
This causes the atomic bond of MgO can be cut
Laser: 0.5 J ,10Hz
Flashlight 3W 5W !! The plastic bottle moved

Laser

When inflated to 2 cm,

Temp. drops to 100 degrees Weight 80g Splashes fly
Walls never get hot

2cm diameter heating
Temp. 100 degrees
Water
Laser
2mm diameter local heating
Temp. 10,000 degrees !!
The resulting Mg moved from Objects move in the opposite
the spot direction to droplets
(Same as rocket)
 Nature 2002, 06
Using this laser's space-time concentration to fly an airplane with a laser of only a
few watts was widely covered in Nature and the New York Times in 2002, and is
being studied by NASA and the U.S. Air Force as a promising method for future
rocket launches.

© 2021 CIP Soft Co.Ltd.

New York Times 2002, 07

© 2021 CIP Soft Co.Ltd.

 The Road to a Magnesium Recycling Society (4. Generator)

Combustion Experiment
Success 2006

0.3mm thickness High temperature water vapor After combustion, it becomes

Using magnesium is generated by combustion magnesium oxide
Sections as fuel with water.
This allows the turbine to rotate

Future Challenges

Large-scale combustion experiment

Fuel injection experiment
Remodeling of thermal power plants
Reduce magnesium prices to
the same level as coal
Magnesium-fired power plants
 Magnesium-fired Power Plants

Ordinary thermal power plants

(coal-oil-fired)
Heat the water to steam

Magnesium-fired power plants

Steam is generated directly
Hydrogen is generated from
magnesium + water, and hydrogen
combines with oxygen to generate
high-temperature steam
 Magnesium Hydrogen Generator
Magnesium is an excellent hydrogen carrier
1 kg of magnesium can generate 83 g of hydrogen
12.5cmΦ20cmh
2.4L

Magnesium reaction 10g/min

Hydrogen production 0.83g/min
Electrical output: 1.6kW
Heat generation 2.5kW

Loading magnesium section 0.3mm thickness

 Magnesium Production & Recycling
2 MW Wind Power Generator（2 million USD）
+10kW diode laser (5 million USD) Total construction cost 9 million USD
+Desalination plant (2 million USD)
=> Produce Magnesium of 625 ton/year

Solar Power Unit

Wind Power Units

Power

Operate by waste heat

Desalination Units

Laser Refinement Units

Waste Heat （Because of 50% efficiency of laser）１MW

Distilled Water 24MWh=>1000 ton/day（1000 USD/ton) 3650 million USD/10years
Salt 30ton/day（1 USD/kg）128 million USD/10years
Mg price 0 /kg !!
Magnesium Production 1.3 ton/day
 Magnesium Recycling Society Demo City Concept
Power
Research Centers supply Magnesium Generator

Power
supply Magnesium Fuel Cell

EV Drive
Waste
Incinerator

Solar Water Heaters Power

Heating
supply

To Magnesium
Seawater Desalination Refinement
Laser Refinement
Intake
 Development Plans and Goals
Disk-type fuel cell

Fuel Cell

EV 40kWh
Magnesium generator
Construction 107 billion JPY EV 4900 units/day
Magnesium Water, Salt sales
Power 3700 billion JPY/year Magnesium Fuel Cell
Generator Mg free !! 195 MWh
Water 0.1 million ton/day
10 ton/day Mg 130 ton/day
Heat 0.9 GWh
40% Thermal Power Generator
Desalination 0.36GWh
50 billion JPY 50%
Distilled water sales
3600 billion JPY/year

2.4 GWh
50% Wind Power
Laser Laser
2MWx100 units
Refinement 37 billion JPY
57 billion JPY
20 billion JPY
年
 10 years Storage Possible Mobile Charging Station
Alternative Thermal Power Easy to Transport on Board
Safe

Energy Storage

Magnesium
Inexhaustible Resources
1.8 Quadrillion tons in Ocean
Recycling with Natural Energy Electric Vehicle
Coal va Magnesium
27MJ/kg vs 37MJ/kg
Fuel Recycling

Solve Water Problems

Electric Ship
Desalination without Pollution
Collect Magnesium Flying Car

Desert to Farmland Drone

Electricity to Areas Emergency Power

with Non- Electricity in Disaster
Mobile Charger
1.5 Billion Air Conditioner
Water Purification
People Refrigerator and TV
Medical Care

Mobile Base Station