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2007-05-14 Science & Technology

A new type of internal combustion auto engine: promised to be more efficient

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Posted by 3dc 2007-05-14 20:05|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 I like it. This is what we need for new fuels.
Onward we march, armed with technology and a little imagination.

Posted by wxjames 2007-05-14 21:20|| 2007-05-14 21:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Sorry guys, this is my field.
They've been trying to use independent valves for the better part of a century now, the problem is the speed that valves have to open and close, no method is fast enough but mechanical motion, hydraulics and electronic solenoids are roughly ten times too slow.

it's a pipe dream that has no real chance of success.

That said, variable valve timing is a reality, unsuccessful so far, but it has been done. The problem here is the more you complicate the valve train, the easier something breaks.

If this idea succeeds, look for a mechanical system.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-05-14 22:10|| 2007-05-14 22:10|| Front Page Top

#3 SPACEWAR > US Official - TECHNOLOGY, NOT EMISSIONS CAPS, IS WAY TO FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING article.

OTOH, HANNITY'S AMERICA Show > Ted Kennedy, etal > Kennedy = State of Taxachusetts like to argue for "Universal" Environmentalism in the USA, AS LONG AS ITS NOT IN THEIR BACKYARD OR AFFECTS THEIR AGENDUMS. As wid many Demolefties, Radicalists, and aligned, -ISMS + "EQUALISM" IS FOR EVERYBODY AND ANYBODY ELSE - doesn't apply to them despite "universal" premises.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-05-14 23:54|| 2007-05-14 23:54|| Front Page Top

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