evilgenius wrote:I have an idea about how to build an internal cumbustion engine that might get better mileage. ...
I reckon that it is possible to put two opposing pistons in the same bore. This creates a different kind of more highly compressed combustion chamber.
dukey wrote:The key to making cars more efficient besides making them with smaller engines would be to use some of the waste heat.
evilgenius wrote:Also it might be possible to extract hydrogen from water as a vehicle goes along. Using the same basic principle as a plant uses it might be possible to carry a tank of water and extract only the hydrogen required at the moment or a small store. A charged membrane would separate the hydrogen from the water. The technology for this has existed for quite a few years but is being used in a different field. Researched, as we need to research, and applied to this field and it means the end to the puzzle of how to store enough hydrogen on board the vehicle of the future. You would store water and expel oxygen from the hydrogen formation process. These same would be recombined to expel water from a fuel cell.
evilgenius wrote:Also it might be possible to extract hydrogen from water as a vehicle goes along. Using the same basic principle as a plant uses it might be possible to carry a tank of water and extract only the hydrogen required at the moment or a small store. A charged membrane would separate the hydrogen from the water. The technology for this has existed for quite a few years but is being used in a different field. Researched, as we need to research, and applied to this field and it means the end to the puzzle of how to store enough hydrogen on board the vehicle of the future. You would store water and expel oxygen from the hydrogen formation process. These same would be recombined to expel water from a fuel cell.
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