Today I am going to discuss the design of a small, lightweight, energy-efficient, low-power small engine that can run on electricity.I have a long history of designing engines for commercial, industrial, and military applications.When I was working for a company called DX Engineering in the 1990s, I designed an electric engine that would run on batteries.This is a small version […]
Categories: OilfieldWhat the heck is a combustion engine?
Engine manufacturers, the automotive industry, and even the United States government have been debating the nature of combustion engines for more than 150 years.And now, in a landmark report published today, a coalition of scientists has finally settled on the answer: a tiny engine that runs on air, and that doesn’t need a lot of fuel.The result is a small […]
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