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        <title><![CDATA[VIDEO]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-5579-91579]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The video is down at this site, But you can watch it on you tube at this link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=uf_-IMgla34]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:34:32 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[THIS IS AN AMERICAN INVENTION]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I was invited by a NASA scientist about 6 years ago. He had developed a similar scroll engine that was powered by a solar thermal collector (Apricus evacuated tube collectors). They wanted to run an air conditioner using this technology. I am glad to see it is being further developed for utilization in a car. I am sure this will be used one day in cars along with some form of self generating electricity and storing energy in a different form of battery. FRANK, IF YOU ARE READING THIS, YOUR INVENTION IS TAKING SHAPE ULTIMATELY. YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED WHEN THIS COMES OUT IN THE MARKET.NORBERT -- PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THIS.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:32:35 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Government funds]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Internet also came from &quot;buying the future, with our taxes&quot; children ?As well as the MRI machine  Telemetry in hospitals both from NASA]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kctpac]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:13:56 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE : New engine]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-5579-90063]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[How about an update on car prototype ?  We need this technology ASAP.   Just think how often you would have to fill up if this was combined with Envia's new 300 mile range battery.What about any other applications such as home power ?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:09:18 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[for the public]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[really good when made available to the public.   www.digzzy.com]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[vijayamurugan2712]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 09:54:44 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: New engine drastically improves driving range and cuts emissions.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Pair these engines up with the motor in hub idea on the Sin-Lei Japanese car talked about on this newsletter, you could have a great power combination.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[builder50@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:58:10 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: New engine drastically improves driving range and cuts emissions.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A potential to save the cost of fuel from being driven up dramatically as it becomes more scarce.  This should also help to excellerate the electric car business if it can make them more capable of going longer ranges between charges.  I look forward to seeing where this goes.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Genkijj]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:48:09 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[And might I point out...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-5579-38203]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[This research was made possible by Obama's stimulus funds.Can you say &quot;buying the future, with our taxes&quot; children?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lightning Joe]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:03:01 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: New engine drastically improves driving range and cuts emissions.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Presumably these engines could be varied in size to get different power outputs or perhaps they could be ganged up with more than one rotor on a single shaft.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[riverat1]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:55:11 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Thanks for external video - SmartPlanet video servers s*u*c*k]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-5579-38173]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Thankfully this video is hosted by YouTube, as the SmartPlanet video servers don't work worth a damn... no video buffering, and no resume from stalled playback... one must re-start from the beginning. This is better, even though YouTube is far from perfect. The best option in either case would be to allow the consumer to actually _download_ the video in a more efficient container, such as MKV (Matroska) or Xvid AVI]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Techno-Shaman]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:24:16 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A few basics for clarification]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Shockwaves are the best way to achieve efficient compression _of_anything_ as has long been known. Higher compression (and expansion) is the key to getting higher efficiency. That this turbine might reach 60% efficiency of thermal energy conversion is not putting it beyond Carnot efficiency, but such high pressure &amp; high temperature combustion could lead to high levels of NOx (nitrogen oxides) emissions IF the gasses remain very hot and very compressed for an extended time... which they won't! That's another beauty of this beast: the combustion and expansion in each chamber will be all over in a few microseconds.My only gripe at this stage is that this video needs to be subtitled, as he seems to switch to speaking German in a few spots. Even so, I *could* make out the power output figure he stated: &quot;25 kilowatts&quot;, which equals 33 and one-half horsepower. Still plenty to get you down a level road at legal speed... even with the A/C on. [1 HP = 746 watts]]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Techno-Shaman]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:16:58 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[There are countless applications for such an efficient engine.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[For example, I'd love to have a backup home generator based on mechanically simple and reliable technology like this.And yes, a 47hp engine on its own would be inadequate for most automobiles.  But combined with hybrid technology, it would be.  Since it runs most of the time at it's optimal output speed, it would spend most of its time charging a battery that would be called upon when more than 47hp is required, which it little of the time.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:31:56 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: New engine drastically improves driving range and cuts emissions.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Could have started as emergency home power generator units to demo the engine and build funds for larger projects.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:12:53 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: New engine drastically improves driving range and cuts emissions.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-5579-38126]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[While that video was uploaded to YouTube back in October 2009, the researchers have completed their prototype, unveiled it at an ARPA-E conference last week, and have already been awarded the $2.5 million funding.@marvinlee: Herrman and Nguyen's article awkwardly restated the researchers' claim concerning weight: &quot;The generator ... will replace nearly 1,000 lbs. of engine,  transmission, cooling system, emissions, and fluids &quot; (see project's PDF on  arpa-e.energy.gov site).]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[tystream]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:02:21 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: New engine drastically improves driving range and cuts emissions.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The audio was poor, but I think he said that unit would generate 35KW, impressive, if true.  This equates to about 47 HP.  If increased size would get more output, this means you need the equivalent of about 8 of these to fully power an auto with a/c,  fewer if using hybrid technology.  The real savings is in the conversion ratio!  Full changeover could save more than half of our fuel usage.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mogul264]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:43:21 -0700</pubDate>
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        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-5579-38123]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Qui va tuer celui ci dans l'?uf.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Labitaouais]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:35:02 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[I hoped to see it run... guess that was too much to hope for.It would indeed be a great thing to have an engine so efficient that it wouldn't need a cooling system, but it looks like all they have are theories at this point.A lot of engine designs have been tried over the years. I'm sure that someday we'll actually have something better than a reciprocating piston engine, and maybe this is it, but it's hard to believe that some automobile company hasn't already tried it, or something very similar. Contrary to popular belief, they do experiment. Chrysler worked on gas turbine engines for years, and could never solve the emissions problem. This engine, too, may produce unacceptable levels of NOx.I'm not trying to be negative, though: I'd love to see it work out. The Otto cycle was a breakthrough in 1876, and the improvements to it have been great, but it's been 135 years since we've had a true breakthrough. Maybe we're due.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AlanLaRue]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:09:43 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Carnot is dead. Long live Carnot!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I agree to IMWeira. I have to see it working before I believe in it. If we can get higher efficiency than Carnot we would indeed have perpetual motion.Anyway. 60% is lower than Carnot efficiency in a regular combustion engine. Could be possible in theory. But even Stirling engines have problems to get close to this.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas.Bremer@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:47:02 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[@dduggerbiocepts, of course this is mostly theoretical...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[...in fact, most of the stuff we see at SmartPlanet is, at best, theoretical or are &quot;funding needs news releases&quot;.  But every good idea has to start somewhere...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JohnMcGrew@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:51:39 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Contrary to the report, car powerplants are not 1000 pounds, nor are they clunky.  Instead, engines are in the range of 500 pounds, maybe 700 if the transmission is included, and typically are long-lived, smooth, and quiet. Better powerplants may well come, but not on the basis of misrepresenting modern engine technology.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[marvinlee]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:33:55 -0700</pubDate>
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