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Want Better Mileage? Simple Device Which Uses Electrical Field Could Boost Gas Efficiency Up To 20%
www.sciencedaily.com ^ | 9-26-2008 | Adapted from materials provided by Temple University.

Posted on 01/02/2009 11:37:56 AM PST by Red Badger

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Prototype of the fuel device. (Credit: Image courtesy of Temple University)

1 posted on 01/02/2009 11:37:56 AM PST by Red Badger
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2 posted on 01/02/2009 11:38:31 AM PST by Red Badger (I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
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To: Red Badger

Sounds like another something for nothing scheme.


3 posted on 01/02/2009 11:39:30 AM PST by marktwain
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Reducing Crude Oil Viscosity Using A Pulsed Electromagnetic Device

Temple University Study of Pulsed Electromagnetic Fuel Treatment Yields Dramatic Results in Reducing Oil Viscosity

4 posted on 01/02/2009 11:41:34 AM PST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: Red Badger

Hmmm. Seen it all already. Magnets, special things that mix more air in, things that take air out,etc. etc. Seen so much, it will take much convincing to get me to even believe this one...


5 posted on 01/02/2009 11:42:10 AM PST by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (Inflation is for trying to fix broken bubbles, apparently)
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6 posted on 01/02/2009 11:42:23 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are the opium of the people.)
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To: marktwain
Sounds like another something for nothing scheme.

If it works, one wonders why the existing injection system wasn't better optimized for droplet size? So it probably doesn't.

7 posted on 01/02/2009 11:42:29 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine (Is /sarc really necessary?)
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To: marktwain

I don’t think so, this time. It seems to make sense...........


8 posted on 01/02/2009 11:42:42 AM PST by Red Badger (I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
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To: marktwain

well, the guy’s a professor and I assume the article was in a peer-reviewed journal. So while that’s not an iron clad guarantee, it does give it a little more credibility than if it was some garage tinkerer making the claim.


9 posted on 01/02/2009 11:42:57 AM PST by kms61
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
You must BELIEVE................
10 posted on 01/02/2009 11:43:58 AM PST by Red Badger (I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
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To: marktwain

Not really. I’ve heard, in the past, that heating fuel prior to it entering the system will increas effeciency also. Actually, it’s a fairly simple and inexpensive system to play with.


11 posted on 01/02/2009 11:44:05 AM PST by RC2
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To: Red Badger

Probably a heating element to thin the fuel, a surfactant might do as well.


12 posted on 01/02/2009 11:44:36 AM PST by Vinnie_Vidi_Vici
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To: Red Badger

Ummm..., some of these kinds of things are mighty suspicious. I’m not saying that this is — but it’s sorta in the same league as with others...


13 posted on 01/02/2009 11:44:36 AM PST by Star Traveler
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...has been licensed to California-based Save The World Air, Inc., an environmentally conscientious enterprise...

I wouldn't buy one just for that!

14 posted on 01/02/2009 11:45:49 AM PST by MarineBrat (The New York Times is a Communist Kamikaze.)
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Reducing the Viscosity of Crude Oil by Pulsed Electric or Magnetic Field

The method does not change the temperature of the crude oil; instead, it temporary aggregates paraffin particles or asphaltene particles inside the crude oil into large ones. This particle aggregation changes the rheological property of the crude oil and leads to the viscosity reduction. While this viscosity reduction is not permanent, it is suitable for many important applications, such as oil transport via deepwater pipelines, since it lasts for several hours and is repeatable.

15 posted on 01/02/2009 11:46:21 AM PST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: Red Badger

Finally, my very own flux capacitor. 1954 here I come!


16 posted on 01/02/2009 11:46:29 AM PST by TheWasteLand
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To: Star Traveler

Since this comes from a university, and not from some guy on a late night infomercial for $19.95 +S&H, I think it may have some credence.......


17 posted on 01/02/2009 11:46:53 AM PST by Red Badger (I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
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To: marktwain

Herm, I’ve seen these before. Might as well be selling or researching “snake oil.”


18 posted on 01/02/2009 11:47:24 AM PST by fightinbluhen51 ("...If it moves, tax it, if it moves faster, regulate it, if it stops, subsidies it.")
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To: Red Badger
According to Rongjia Tao, Chair of Temple's Physics Department, the small device consists of an electrically charged tube that can be attached to the fuel line of a car's engine near the fuel injector.

This does not make much sense. Modern cars have one fuel injector per cylinder. Fuel is metered into the cylinder on the pistons downstroke, instantly vaporizing the fuel in the combustion chamber as it passes though the injector's atomizer nozzle.

19 posted on 01/02/2009 11:49:00 AM PST by 6SJ7 (Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
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I won't believe it til I see him sell it on TV!..........

20 posted on 01/02/2009 11:49:51 AM PST by Red Badger (I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
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