Rosa Capacola
 Ignition Technology to Reduce Emissions in Diesel and Gas Engines Published: May 18, 07 Comments: 1 Views: 3,602 Scientists at Purdue University are developing an environmentally friendly technology called homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI), which will reduce greenhouse emissions commonly associated with combustion engines. HCCI technology can be applied to both diesel and gasoline engines, will increase engine performance and efficiency, reduce fuel consumption, and help to clean up the environment. Currently, scientists at Purdue are building a multi-cylinder “fully-flexible variable valve actuation” Prototype.
 Conventional engines run as a unit in which pistons turn a crankshaft and this causes valves to open and close, directing air and fuel into the engine's cylinder and exhaust out. The new strategy dubbed "variable valve actuation" would decouple the motion of the piston from the motion of the intake and exhaust valves. That means engineers could regulate on a fine scale precisely how much air and fuel gets sucked into the engine and the output.
"It'll allow us to make both diesel and gasoline engines both cleaner and more efficient, because we'll have more direct control over the valves," Shaver said.
(livescience)References: livescience, Filed In: |
HCCI
Edit
Ignition Technology to Reduce Emissions in Diesel and Gas Engines
Edit
FOUR WAYS TO REACT: vote, favorite, add more examples of HCCI or comment about Ignition Technology to Reduce Emissions in Diesel and Gas Engines.
| rocketranger on May 18, 07 0 Trends 2,582 Comments |
Cant wait till we get into cars, buses.
Go Purdue, Go .
Scrap the V8s for these engines.
Imagine huge yards for scrapping engines.
Bye bye V12, V14 engines or museumize those with Ford, Chevy, Chrysler V8s of the 1960s Muscle car era. |
rocketranger on May 18, 07 0 Trends 2,582 Comments
0
|
|
TREND HUNTER is the world's largest trend spotting and cool hunting community. It is an explosion of cool trends and ideas, fueled by a global network of trend spotters and cool hunters. By tracking the evolution of cool, Trend Hunters stimulate creativity and generate breakthrough ideas. About Us Trends Trend Reports Tools Store RSS (98 Flavors) Innovation Keynotes Exploiting Chaos Terms of Use Tips / Contact Join 0.2703 - Hosted by web1 Trends and Content Copyright © TREND HUNTER Inc. All Rights Reserved.
|
