gas2.org — Revetec, a little known company from the Gold Coast region of Australia, may be on to something huge: they’ve created an engine that is 50% smaller, 50% lighter, has 50% lower emissions and is cheaper to manufacture than a conventional internal combustion engine of the same horsepower.
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strictneinJun 27, 2008
But, a couple of years later they did start laying some really sweat beats.
seandalyJun 27, 2008
People, please stop regurgitating this "law of energy" crap unless you understand the science behind it.#1. A car that runs on water may ultimately not end up being a perpetual motion machine.#2. It may not always take more energy to extract energy from water than you get out of it. It just does today.You people realize that water DOES have energy in it, right? You're not creating something from nothing here. Water has a an incredible amount of energy stored in it... You're not violating any laws of physics. Water is hydrogen and oxygen. The sun is a giant ball of burning hydrogen. We put zero energy into the sun yet it somehow manages to continue it's energy producing evil every day! H202 (hydrogen peroxide) is basically water with an extra hydrogen atom. When high concentrations come into contact with a proper catalyst (almost any organic matter, although silver and platinum work well), it violently decomposes into H2O (steam) and hydrogen. It actually WANTS to get rid of that extra hydrogen atom. We just need to figure out exactly what conditions make the molecular bond weakest / easiest to break. The problem is, current methods of extracting that energy out of water are inefficient. There are a few ways to do it today and all involve attempting to convince the water to release the bond between the Hydrogen and Oxygen molecules by brute force. If we can put the water into a state where we weaken that bond, the process becomes easier to achieve.As we know, some molecules are easier to convince to unbind than others. Water just happens to have an extremely stable molecular bond structure. Some of the most promising methods for water dissociation involve using high frequencies to break the bond, which many don't realize is directly related to string theory. Many scientists working in the field of high-frequency sonics have noted the dissociation of water. We know it can be done, we have not yet found exactly which frequency(s) or sweeps induce the maximum effect. We can split water with a catalyst. At first glance, I guess it seems as though you're getting out more than you're putting in, although it's never discussed how much energy was required to produce or process the catalysts responsible.I'm rambling, but the point is that we don't know s**t! The science behind these efforts is very young. Give it time...
andreiottawaJun 27, 2008
I don't think that GM and Ford are now in a position to buy a patent and sit on it.
Closed AccountJun 27, 2008
I get what you're saying Frank, but most people agree that the small, efficient, but more complex engine is much preferable than the big, inefficient, but simple engine. We're all just guessing at this point. Maybe it's not as complicated and a pain in the ass to work with than it looks. Even if it is, I'll take the complex engineering marvel over the one I can maintain myself any day. MPG is higher priority for me.
toyotaboyJun 28, 2008
while this is a greatly efficient engine design, I have yet to see a prototype (and I've been following this company for about 10 years now). bottom line, I'll believe it when I see it.
avatarpalinJun 28, 2008
No Victoria...
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ackerman76Feb 3, 2009
it looks at first like it would be efficient to have one piston providing energy to the opposite piston for compression. but it still uses the whole mass of the piston to essentially pump air.no obvious efficiency gains..there was a cali guy who had an engine always moving in a circle which does save energy