HAS MULTIPLE VIDEOS TO EXPLAIN THEIR ENGINE............
https://astronaerospace.com/h2-starfire/
Posted on 08/26/2024 12:49:29 PM PDT by Red Badger
Astron aerospace has shown a partial prototype of a new rotary combustion engine it claims runs at an extraordinary 60% thermal efficiency, burning totally clean with zero NOx emissions and nothing but fresh water out of the tailpipe.
With internal combustion engines (ICE) on the way out and electric vehicles (EV) on the way in – both politically and environmentally – innovative ways of using renewable energy for clean transportation are at the forefront of many engineering minds.
Astron Aerospace has recently announced its latest novel innovative engine, the H2Starfire. It's a sort of Wankel-rotary design, but with an interesting twist: there are no planetary gears or apex seals. Instead, there are two counter-rotating shafts that have incredibly tight, frictionless tolerances, using ceramic coatings and titanium to prevent the escape of pressurized gas and mitigate heat deformation. We're talking 0.002-0.004 of an inch (less than 0.1 mm) tolerances.
The "H2," of course, stands for hydrogen – a gas that's notoriously difficult to store and transport. The most common method of producing hydrogen as it stands is steam methane reforming – cheap, but not green. You can also make it by splitting water in an electrolyzer using renewable energy, which makes it green, but not cheap. You then need to squash it to 700 times atmospheric pressure, or cool it close to absolute zero to store it – and even then, it'll boil off, and its tiny molecules will gradually sneak out straight through the walls of metal containers.
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HAS MULTIPLE VIDEOS TO EXPLAIN THEIR ENGINE............
https://astronaerospace.com/h2-starfire/
see also http://www.liquidpiston.com
“With internal combustion engines (ICE) on the way out and electric vehicles (EV) on the way in “
These leftists are amazing! They just literally speak things into existence no matter how insane and unscientific and we all have to live with it. Wow!
"With marxists (scum party) tagged for the chipper and patriots on the way in."
To refuel your car: Pull up to the hydrogen pump, shove the nozzle in and pull the lever.
Sounds expensive to build and operate.
Hydrogen gas is notoriously leaky.
cheap, but not green. You can also make it by splitting water in an electrolyzer using renewable energy, which makes it green, but not cheap.
a partial prototype
Hydrogen embrittlement is also an issue.
If you think EV car fires are bad, wait until one of these goes up.
I read that in Seattle, or maybe it was King county the lefties decided to vote that new city vehicles be use Hydrogen, and the busses also.
Unfortunately they never figured out until later that the nearest hydrogen fueling station is in Canada.
on the other hand there are some interesting things going on in the Hydrogen space. LOHC has great potential
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8382998/
Wonderful! Now only if we had a supply of hydrogen.
Since very little free H2 exists in nature, it must be generated from our old friends the hydrocarbons - plus a large amount of energy to separate out the H2. So hydrogen is not actually an energy source. It is, in effect, a way to store energy for later use (in the Starfire engine for example).
Even if you’re willing to spend all that money and energy to create the H2, you would still have to confront the fact that high pressure hydrogen tanks in motor vehicles would create a hell of a problem.
Other than that, hydrogen energy has a rosy future.
You can also make it (H2) by splitting water in an electrolyzer using renewable energy, which makes it green, but not cheap. …
It runs on Hydrogen, therefore practically useless.
https://www.youtube.com/@EngineeringExplained/search?query=rotary
https://www.youtube.com/@EngineeringExplained/search?query=hydrogen
...and the Mazda goes Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........
I had a 2000 Mazda Millenia.
Worst car I’ve ever owned.............
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