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04-07-2008, 10:26 AM
Boost fuel, camless engines are some of the ideas they’re studying. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23810675/)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Ford_EcoBoost_02.jpgSteve Kichen - Forbes - April 7, 2008
Ford’s ECOBoost - Direct injection with turbo charging into a smaller displacement ICE leads to FE gains.
Fuel costs tripled in the last 5 years with the possibility of yet another triple over the next 5 yet the automakers are looking for a 15 to 30% while increasing outputs. Obviously they are missing the boat. -- Ed.
It was not that long ago that US motorists were paying $1 for a gallon of regular gasoline. Today, the auto industry and outside researchers have a big incentive to explore energy-saving ideas that they would have considered zany just a few years ago.
Automotive history is ripe with tales of inventors with promising new engine technologies who were never able to bring their "ideas" to market. This time, maybe one or two of the ideas that follow will actively deliver a breakthrough.
Ethanol injection
One of the most promising new ideas in energy efficiency comes from researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The proposition: get more power and efficiency out of turbocharged motors by injecting ethanol, methanol or E85 (85 percent methanol, 15 percent gasoline) into the engine at times of higher demands for power.
The MIT crowd claims this technology can boost gas mileage by as much as 30 percent, and that it allows a high-compression engine and high-boost turbocharger to operate on regular gasoline. Daniel Cohn, senior research scientist at the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment, and other MIT professors, have formed a company, Ethanol Boosting Systems, and are testing… http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23810675/
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Ford_EcoBoost_02.jpgSteve Kichen - Forbes - April 7, 2008
Ford’s ECOBoost - Direct injection with turbo charging into a smaller displacement ICE leads to FE gains.
Fuel costs tripled in the last 5 years with the possibility of yet another triple over the next 5 yet the automakers are looking for a 15 to 30% while increasing outputs. Obviously they are missing the boat. -- Ed.
It was not that long ago that US motorists were paying $1 for a gallon of regular gasoline. Today, the auto industry and outside researchers have a big incentive to explore energy-saving ideas that they would have considered zany just a few years ago.
Automotive history is ripe with tales of inventors with promising new engine technologies who were never able to bring their "ideas" to market. This time, maybe one or two of the ideas that follow will actively deliver a breakthrough.
Ethanol injection
One of the most promising new ideas in energy efficiency comes from researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The proposition: get more power and efficiency out of turbocharged motors by injecting ethanol, methanol or E85 (85 percent methanol, 15 percent gasoline) into the engine at times of higher demands for power.
The MIT crowd claims this technology can boost gas mileage by as much as 30 percent, and that it allows a high-compression engine and high-boost turbocharger to operate on regular gasoline. Daniel Cohn, senior research scientist at the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment, and other MIT professors, have formed a company, Ethanol Boosting Systems, and are testing… http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23810675/