2024-05-13 11:00:44
While the whole world is searching for the infallible formula to decarbonize, a engine which has fallen 80 years in time. You won’t believe the fuel it uses. If you thought you had already seen it all following crossing paths with him first compressed air engine, wait till you see what we are going to teach you now. In accordance World Health Organization (WHO), one in five people die in the world due to pollution.
Only in The European Union, transport accounts for more than 25% of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Around 70% of them come from road transport. This is why the way we choose to get around each day MATTERS A LOT. Likewise, the development of engines that use more environmentally friendly fuel is of great importance.
There are already several nations, including the EU, that intend to decarbonize mobility in the coming years. Choosing this route is a guarantee of life and an opportunity to give other forms of transport a chance.
This engine takes a trip to the past with the least expected fuel
Cummins Inc In 2017, it closed a contract worth $47.4 million, awarded by National Advanced Mobility Consortiumto develop one engine technologically advanced intended for the next generation of American combat vehicles. The project has been named de Advanced Combat Engine (ACE).
Management was left in the hands of Cummins Corporate Research and Technologywho had support from Achates Power. This project was well suited to the research and development work of US Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC).
The ACE was a key factor in the company’s 30-year strategy to modernize tactical and combat vehicles, with the potential for future production configurations to be used in the Bradley family of vehicles and next-generation combat vehicles.
This project was subsequently implemented with the aim of improving the performance, survivability and autonomy of ground vehicles while reducing fleet fuel consumption.
Together with ACE, they sought to incorporate an integrated starter/generator, an advanced combat transmission, an advanced thermal management system and other key elements into the key powertrain demonstrator.
This engine surpasses anything we have seen so far
On the other hand, the company Achates Powerin partnership with Argonne National Laboratory at the US Department of Energy, has focused on the development of internal combustion engines optimized to run on hydrogen. This fuel is one of the most popular in recent times.
Their engines provide improved efficiency and reduced emissions, which is why the world sees them as an attractive alternative. Achates Power proposes a redesign of the engines, a significant advance in the industry. These engines were invented more than a century ago, but have now been adapted to run on pure hydrogen.
Until now, conventional fuels, such as petrol and diesel, have taken the lead. The main goal of this project is to equal or exceed the efficiency, power density and torque of diesel engines.
This is how these named engines can give us a new sustainable hope, just like the lightest hydrogen engine in history. As time goes on, more models are emerging to show us that the verdict is still out in the mobility sector.
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