New Technology to Increase the Mileage of Vehicles
Researches at Temple University in Pennsylvania made an invention which may result in a world with 20% increase in fuel efficiency.They made an electrically charged tube covering car’s fuel line near to the injector and this resulted in the increase of mileage from 14.029 km/liter to 15.73km/liter.This achievement is based on a principle named electrorheology, The principle states that the applied electric field could reduce the viscosity of the fuel and the atomization of spray could be increased resulting in a better combustion.They expect the technology would make many advancements in the field of engines and locomotives.Since a better combustion could be achieved the emissions or pollutants is low helping to preserve a green environment.
A piece of study abstract made by them is shown below
“Because combustion starts at the droplet surface, smaller droplets lead to cleaner and more efficient combustion. Both laboratory tests and road tests confirm our theory and indicate that such a device improves fuel mileage significantly. The technology is expected to have broad applications, applicable to current internal combustion engines and future engines as well“
They are going to publish their studies on Nov 19th issue of ACS’s publication, Energy and Fuels.
So let us hope we could drive our future cars with more efficient engine , saving our money and keeping the nature clean.
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