To: ckilmer
"One shipping company we are talking to is interested in retrofitting their existing engines with laser ignition." Cargo ships employ diesel engines. How would you retrofit a diesel engine with laser ignition?
14 posted on
02/20/2015 7:25:26 AM PST by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Pontiac
Cargo ships employ diesel engines. How would you retrofit a diesel engine with laser ignition? Your point makes this sound like a false claim.
52 posted on
02/20/2015 7:53:16 AM PST by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Pontiac
Nuclear would be better - except if the leak or sink.
92 posted on
02/20/2015 8:29:36 AM PST by
daniel1212
(Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
To: Pontiac
Won’t work on diesels. Their combustion is not a result of ignition from an outside source, but from the heat of the high compression.
The ignition from the high compression essentially already does to diesel fuel what the laser approach proposes to do with gasoline engines.
That’s why diesel engines are more efficient than gasoline engines - a more complete and thorough combustion of the fuel - albeit with worse combustion byproducts/emissions.......
108 posted on
02/20/2015 9:10:08 AM PST by
Arlis
(A "Sacred Cow-Tipping" Christian)
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