I've already got one.
So could steam engines.
so they invented the Mr Fusion home energy reactor from back to the future?
hehe
I've already got one.
Diesel engine was invented 130 years ago.
Nuttin new
Seems like same concept as a diesel except instead of turning a crankshaft they move magnets next to coils to generate an alternating current.
Maybe there’s also something about the fuel-air combustion that I didn’t understand. Perhaps someone can give information on that.
Clever idea — one I haven’t heard of before.
> The linear generator can quickly switch between different types of green—and no-so-green, if need be—fuel, including biogas, ammonia, and hydrogen,” <
I don’t know about biogas. But neither ammonia nor hydrogen occur naturally in nature. They have to be produced. And that takes energy. I suspect windmills alone won’t be able to do the job.
BINDUN
WOW, that is pretty nifty. But I’m sure it’s racist in some way.
“...on the fly without losing power.”
I don’t buy it for the simple reason that different fuel sources have different quantities of energy. This is why we do not have alcohol based car engines. Alcohol has a LOT less energy than does gasoline or diesel.
Cool BFL
For example, about 15 years ago I was at a lab demo of a corvette engine that would run gasolines, kerosene,diesels, jet fuels, etc. it was all in the fancy spark plug, sensors and ECU programming. This R&D work was funded by the feds.
I can see this generator having reduced parasitic energy losses compared to other generating mechanisms using conventional combustion. My opinions…
” These walls compressed the fuel-air mixture as they traveled in opposite directions, causing the molecules to clash quickly and violently until they broke apart and reformed into other molecules. “
Just like a diesel, no?
Contrary to popular belief, so can an Abrams tank. New ones come with built in generator. Home defense and emergency power. What more could a guy want?
Will it run on coal? Wood pellets? Buffalo chips? Lard? Peat?
Is it like a Mr. Fusion?
