FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 18, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brownie's Marine Group, Inc. (OTCBB:BWMG), a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of highly specialized dive and safety products has produced nitrox generation systems for the yachting industry for over eight years. They recently expanded their line of NitroxMakers™ to include a new series designed specifically for commercial applications. Recent customers include Micronesian Divers Association in Guam and Ocean Enterprises in San Diego, California, with additional interest in the Cayman Islands and Galapagos Islands.
There is a clear and simple line of distinction between the membrane technology found exclusively in the NitroxMaker™ and other membrane based systems. Brownie's Marine Group's NitroxMaker™ produces permeate product (nitrox) at or close to ambient temperature.
Competitor devices are typically heated to 120-135 degrees F to reach efficient production. Unfortunately, the heat from the membrane may be retained by the permeate and passed into the intake port of the high-pressure compressor. Most high-pressure compressor manufacturers restrict intake temperatures to 100-105 degrees F. Ingestion of gas at elevated temperatures can lead to multiple problems including accelerated wear of the compressor seals and lubrication and drastically reduced filtration processing capacity.
Most purifier performance data is calculated at 70°F and when viewed on an inlet temperature scale at 100°F, roughly a 50% reduction results. Taking the inlet temperature into the 100-135°F range reduces the efficiency much further. The reason is that the mechanical moisture separators (ACD) work most efficiently with a higher temperature gradient factor in-between compression stages (15-20 degree drop between each stage in the coil, prior to the ACD). When the inlet temperatures reach beyond 100°F, the ACD systems are rendered inefficient, in higher ranges they are also highly un-predictable. The result is that moisture laden in air as a vapor, does not condense to a solid in a duration cycle long enough (cooling coils purpose) sufficient to be captured as bulk solid H2O in the condensate drains and subsequently pass directly into the chemical dryer media (first element in the purifier cartridge; typically designed to manage less than several percent of the water load).
"So, in a nutshell, the old-technology is very different than our "low-temperature" NitroxMaker™ and destined to become obsolete", says Mr. Robert Carmichael, CEO of Brownie's Marine Group and continues, "The added benefit of the world-leading Kaeser Rotary Screw/Dryer/Control unit as the mechanical workhorse in our turn-key systems provides substantial value as well."
The NitroxMaker™ produces nitrox at much lower energy consumption than typical other methods. As Mr. Carmichael puts it: "To gain a real-time understanding of the electrical cost of operation, consider that the NitroxMaker™ consumes slightly less energy than the comparable systems core compressor and then they must add the heater element to that usage factor. Across the board, our system will always be more efficient."
With a target of 1700 recreational dive shops in the US alone and the unanimous embracement of nitrox by essentially all leading edge recreational divers as the preferred breathing gas, the market potential is obvious. Brownie's Marine Group's goal of providing a seamless nitrox fill station solution that eliminated the need to handle pure oxygen (a time consuming and often expensive and dangerous method of making nitrox) is now becoming apparent to the masses. Stated by Mr. Carmichael: "We are proud to be in a category of our own as the only membrane technology that does not violate the engineering design principals of the leading compressor systems worldwide. Our NitroxMaker™ is the only true plug-n-play nitrox generation system available today."
Interested readers who wish to know more should contact Robert Carmichael by email, robert@browniesmarinegroup.com or call Brownie's Marine Group, Inc. +1 954 462 5570 ext 202
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About Brownie's Marine Group, Inc.
Brownie's Marine Group, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Trebor Industries, Inc., d/b/a Brownie's Third Lung, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida designs, tests, manufactures and distributes recreational hookah diving, yacht based scuba air compressor and Nitrox Generation Systems, and scuba and water safety products. The Company sells its products both on a wholesale and retail basis and is comprised of three highly specialized dive product groups. The Company is an industry leading manufacturing and distribution company that serves middle-income boat owners, higher income yacht owners, recreational divers, military operators and public safety personnel. The Company holds more than ten patents and enjoys a robust product development and intellectual property program that has yielded several proprietary products. Many of these products and innovations have become the "standard" for the marine industry. The Company is known for its meticulous devotion to detail, high quality production and design ingenuity. In the boating and diving community, Brownie's is known as the market leader when it comes to surface supplied "Third Lung" dive systems and Scuba Tankfill Systems for yacht-based diving. Brownie's products and support service divers at all levels of the underwater world, from shallow-water dive systems to deep-water mixed gas support systems for exploration divers and submariners.
In 2010, Brownie's introduced the first in a series of patent-pending Variable Speed Battery Powered Third Lung (hookah diving) devices engineered to conserve energy while delivering performance to the diver up to 3-times that of the nearest competitor.
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Contact: Robert Carmichael Email: robert@browniesmarinegroup.com
Brownie's Marine Group, Inc. +1 954 462 5570 ext 202
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