Saturday, April 06, 2013

Mini Engines



TECHNO THRILLS                               

minis


Res Ipsa Loquitor Scientists have created the smallest petrol engine in the world ( less than a centimeter long not even half an inch ), small enough to power a watch or any small gadget.
  • The mini-motor, which runs for two years on a single squirt of lighter fuel, is set to revolutionize world technology.
  • It generates 700 times more energy than a conventional battery. It could be used to operate laptops and mobile phones for months doing away  with the need for charging.
  • Experts believe it could be phasing out batteries in such items within just six years.
  • The engine, minute enough to be balanced on a fingertip, has been produced by engineers at the University of Birmingham
  • Al Gore cries havoc! and says he's committed to eliminating the threat posed by this internal combustion engine"

Current events lead me to speculate on how the state will use this technology to further intrude on our privacy.  Ironic isn't it, that the party of abortion rests its argument on the "right to privacy," and only in that one instance?

Here's more examples of  V8 and V12 Engines in Miniature

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4 comments:

Guy S said...

Rodger, went looking around the web to find more on this. Seems the original article was written around 2003, but there has been some updates since (2012).

http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/college-eps/mechanical/staff/jiang/jiang-microengines.pdf

Anonymous said...

Did these inspire those advertisements on TV where people working in an office pull a starter rope to turn on their computer? Prescient.

On youtube, there's a guy who runs 'Visible V8' models up to ~7200 rpm. Not too sure what his goal is, but he'll tell you about melted crankshafts and twisted connecting rods, and teflon topped pistons.

tom

Wabano said...

As for wristwatch like complexity on mass produced engines, nothing beat the Napier Sabre British Engine on the Hawker Tempest...24 cylinders sleeve valves H engine...extremely efficient...just as unreliable!
http://www.automotiveillustrations.com/illustrators/automotiveimages/napier-sabre-24-aero-engine-m-ouchi.jpeg

Contrast to the unsinkable Pratt and Whitney R-2800's power and simplicity running the P-47(one kept flying after taking 3,000 hits!) One bullet was enough to kill the Tempest...just like with the Mustang!
http://www.automotiveillustrations.com/illustrators/automotiveimages/napier-sabre-24-aero-engine-m-ouchi.jpeg
The 18 cylinders 3,000hp PW engine itself(without gearbox and rear accessories) was only 2.5 feet long!

Wabano said...

Oops...here's the Pratt:
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l192/lanemiker/Visits%20to%20Duxford/_MG_0101modcopy.jpg

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