Interesting new engine or pipe dream?
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Laughing Gas
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Interesting new engine or pipe dream?
I did a quick search on the forums to see if this had been posted, but I didn't find anything.
I read an ad for an invention competition and when I checked out the list of last year's winners, this was the First Prize Winner (not the grand prize).
The MYT Engine
I gave it a quick read but I was wondering what other people's opinions were or if there was other news about this engine. Seems to run on diesel, so I posted it here.
-Jim
I read an ad for an invention competition and when I checked out the list of last year's winners, this was the First Prize Winner (not the grand prize).
The MYT Engine
I gave it a quick read but I was wondering what other people's opinions were or if there was other news about this engine. Seems to run on diesel, so I posted it here.
-Jim
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Sounds interesting. Not being a trained engineer, I don't understand exactly how it works.
However, I treat anything that sounds too good to be true with a degree of scepticism.
I also treat any source of information that has spelling errors with scepticism as well.
I'll be interested to hear if anyone else has some concrete knowledge about this thing!
However, I treat anything that sounds too good to be true with a degree of scepticism.
I also treat any source of information that has spelling errors with scepticism as well.
I'll be interested to hear if anyone else has some concrete knowledge about this thing!
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And now that I've read the documentation, it seems to have a lot of promise.
One concern that I would have is the engine has 32 firing pulses per revolution, that makes a lot of heat. This engine (I would think) would need a massive cooling system to support that 800+ HP figure that they are advertsizing.
I think it's greatest promise in an application that one would expect it to last is something like a compressor pump or some other thing where an external engine drives it.
One concern that I would have is the engine has 32 firing pulses per revolution, that makes a lot of heat. This engine (I would think) would need a massive cooling system to support that 800+ HP figure that they are advertsizing.
I think it's greatest promise in an application that one would expect it to last is something like a compressor pump or some other thing where an external engine drives it.
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Laughing Gas
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It's hard to tell when someone is almost "religious" about such an invention whether the invention is truly a new, ingenious item or a fundamentally flawed idea. Especially because I am not an engine expert.
Seems to me that they haven't done much testing with fuel, just compressed air. In addition, they advertise very high compression ratios. Wouldn't this cause a large increase in NOx emissions when burning a fuel? Guess there's some development to be done yet.
Still an interesting machine though.
-Jim
Seems to me that they haven't done much testing with fuel, just compressed air. In addition, they advertise very high compression ratios. Wouldn't this cause a large increase in NOx emissions when burning a fuel? Guess there's some development to be done yet.
Still an interesting machine though.
-Jim
Last edited by PSKSAM2; Nov 21, 2006 at 09:39 AM.
