This is my first posting in over two weeks. I just moved to Dallas and my new job is occupying most free time, thus, my posting frequency is going to decline. Since no one has ads on my blog, I feel free to do so.
In prior posts, Volt Full of Trouble, The Inconvenient Electric Car, and The real future energy crisis look into energy issues relating to transportation. I discuss the aspects of what will occur when crude oil supplies are depleted worldwide in the latter post. The former posts investigate why the electric car and hybrid are poor replacements for the current technology. My over all conclusion is we need a liquid alternative to crude oil along with innovative engines.
This post on MSNBC.com is just what the doctor ordered. Researchers at Michigan State University have developed their Wave Disc Generator. According to the authors,
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.If true, this is quite an improvement over current 100 year-old technology. They even claim that it reduces emissions by 90 percent in comparison to typical internal combustion engines. Double bonus for clean air.
How the engine works creating such high efficiency,
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.
If claims are true or not, it is going to be new technologies similar to this prototype that is our future, not electric cars.
