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Quantum Leaps in Engine Design Boost Fuel Efficiency

Guest post by: Michael Farrell

Article Overview: All of the easy improvements have been wrung out of conventional engine designs so only marginal improvements are available, reports Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it reveals that with advanced technology, the radical designs underway for internal-combustion engines have the potential to enable quantum leaps in automotive power so combustion engines will be with us for decades to come and provide very profitable investment opportunities.

Quantum Leaps in Engine Design Boost Fuel Efficiency

The internal-combustion engine, used in almost every automobile on the road, is an engineering marvel. From primitive beginnings in the late 1800s, it has become indispensable. For millions in the developed world, it is inconceivable to not own one. On the other hand, the great dream of rising middle classes in the developing world is to afford one.

The automobile provides something that no other form of transportation can: the freedom to independently travel anywhere, anytime - right from your front door.

As with so many other things, Moore's Law has made the technology far better.

We use computer-aided design for new engines and computer simulations to model and tweak prototypes before building them. Modern automobiles themselves are peppered with electronic sensors tied to computers that manage everything from reducing exhaust emissions to timing the sparks that ignite the fuel. As a result, our automobiles run far better, far longer, and far more efficiently for a given level of power than they did a few decades ago.

Believe it or not, most of the gas you put in your car is not moving it; it is wasted as heat.

With rising fuel prices, the pressure is on to come up with new designs. Innovators are making radical departures from the current paradigm which has not changed much since the Model T Ford first rolled off the assembly line.

One new engine design splits the four stroke duties between two different cylinders. The result is an engine with far lower emissions and more power for its size.

Another new design has two opposed pistons in the same cylinder instead of having one piston in a cylinder. It is a two-cylinder, four-piston design. This has a lot of advantages as the pistons only have to travel half the distance they would in a conventional engine so the engine can run twice as fast.

Furthermore, the design features advanced electronic controls. It has an electronically controlled turbocharger that can be engaged before the engine starts, as well as an electronically controlled clutch in the engine itself. This clutch allows only one cylinder to operate while the automobile idles, which saves a lot of fuel. Plus, it can run on gasoline, diesel, or ethanol and is far more efficient than a conventional engine.

Bill Gates has recently invested $23 M into this company to develop a 100 mpg car and the U.S. military has sponsored the design as a power plan for unmanned aerial vehicles.

We have wrung all the easy improvements out of conventional engine designs. Due to inherent shortcomings, all we will be able to manage are marginal gains. These radical designs however have the potential to enable quantum leaps.

I trust this post has provided some background and evidence that even though the internal-combustion engine has been providing us with automotive power for over a hundred years, the radical designs revealed in this post have the potential to enable large improvements in performance and efficiency. The combustion engine will be with us for decades to come and will create very profitable investment opportunities.

I favor a quote from Steve Forbes. Forbes says that pursuing additional financial education and the resulting increase in our financial literacy (including the investment potential in the new internal-combustion engine designs) will open our eyes to alternative wealth creating strategies and this will be the key to resolving our global financial crisis.

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