Bent crude tops 60 a barrel
Not sure it's a technical issue but, with Bent crude on the rise, pump prices will surely climb as well making it more expensive to enjoy our pastime of RVing. We may be back to conservative measur...
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free radical wrote:
While ICE will be with us for a long while yet,whats puzling is why not a single car engine builder uses proven tech that can improve its burning eficiency
Such as Coates Spherical Rotary Valves for example
http://www.coatesengine.com/csrv-advantages.html
Heres another interesting motor,which improves power and eficiency by simply preheating incoming fuel and air mixture to burn the fuel more completely..
http://www.hotrod.com/articles/hrdp-1009-what-ever-happened-to-smokeys-hot-vapor-engine/
actually several companies are using technologies that significantly improve thermal efficiency of gasoline engines. Both atkinson and miller cycle 4 stroke engines are signficantly more thermally efficient than a conventional otto cycle 4 stroke. Downside is very poor low rpm torque, but when coupled with an electric motor that is mitigated. Most or all the hybrids are using either miller or atkinson cycle engines. These engines can approach the thermal efficiency of a diesel engine.
