Friday, July 08, 2011
"New Car Engine Sends Shock Waves Through Auto Industry"
This sounds promising.
It appears to be an example of American ingenuity rising to the occasion to resolve a problem.
In my perfect world, government stays out of the way and allows things like this to happen...
It appears to be an example of American ingenuity rising to the occasion to resolve a problem.
In my perfect world, government stays out of the way and allows things like this to happen...
Nic Halverson recently reported this at Discovery.com:
"However, researchers at Michigan State University have built a prototype gasoline engine that requires no transmission, crankshaft, pistons, valves, fuel compression, cooling systems or fluids. Their so-called Wave Disk Generator could greatly improve the efficiency of gas-electric hybrid automobiles and potentially decrease auto emissions up to 90 percent when compared with conventional combustion engines.
The engine has a rotor that's equipped with wave-like channels that trap and mix oxygen and fuel as the rotor spins. These central inlets are blocked off, building pressure within the chamber, causing a shock wave that ignites the compressed air and fuel to transmit energy.
The Wave Disk Generator uses 60 percent of its fuel for propulsion; standard car engines use just 15 percent. As a result, the generator is 3.5 times more fuel efficient than typical combustion engines."
