Rotary Powered Battery for your tech device needs.
06-13-2011, 03:08 PM
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Rotary Powered Battery for your tech device needs.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/...with-gasoline/
I want this to have a portable rotary engine more than anything.
06-13-2011, 04:46 PM
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I think I just call BS on the whole thing:
Though I know the context they have it in isn't what most people see it as
I did read an article recently that noted that the higher content of energy in gasoline would mean that if an entire gas engine/fuel supply could be small enough to fit into the space that a current battery does today, that it would last longer at the same power output, or produce more power at the same duration, or a mix of the 2.
Only a matter of time until someone tried.
Simplicity of the rotary and it's agreed efficiency at fixed RPM fixed load running DOES make it ideal.
New money maker for Mazda
The Hybrid Battery is small, ultra-simple rotary engine with just two moving parts. Rotary engines — like the famous Wankel — are highly efficient and do away with pumping pistons an instead use a spinning rotary piston.
Though I know the context they have it in isn't what most people see it as
I did read an article recently that noted that the higher content of energy in gasoline would mean that if an entire gas engine/fuel supply could be small enough to fit into the space that a current battery does today, that it would last longer at the same power output, or produce more power at the same duration, or a mix of the 2.
Only a matter of time until someone tried.
Simplicity of the rotary and it's agreed efficiency at fixed RPM fixed load running DOES make it ideal.
New money maker for Mazda
06-14-2011, 04:41 AM
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A 15kw version may be enough to be a source for pressurised air to build a low lag turbo.
e.g. Forget the electrical output and mechanically connect it to the compressor side of a turbo.
Much easier to package and faster response time than an existing turbo.
Then run one per rotor for more power (am I getting too carried away now?)
e.g. Forget the electrical output and mechanically connect it to the compressor side of a turbo.
Much easier to package and faster response time than an existing turbo.
Then run one per rotor for more power (am I getting too carried away now?)
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