Mini petrol Engine - The world will change!

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New mini petrol engine 
By JOHN SCOTT 
SCIENTISTS have built the smallest petrol engine - tiny enough to power
a
WATCH.
The mini-motor, which runs for two years on a single squirt of lighter
fuel,
is set to revolutionise world technology.

It produces 700 times more energy than a conventional battery despite
being
less than a centimetre long - not even half an inch. It could be used to
operate laptops and mobile phones for months on end - doing away with
the need
for recharging.
Experts believe it could be phasing out batteries in such items within
just
six years.
The engine, minute enough to be balanced on a fingertip, has been
produced by
engineers at the University of Birmingham. Dr Kyle Jiang, lead
investigator
from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, said: "We are looking at
an
industrial revolution happening in peoples' pockets.

"The breakthrough is an enormous step forward. Devices which need re-
charging
or new batteries are a problem but in six years will be a thing of the
past."

Other applications for the engine could include medical and military
uses,
such as running heart pacemakers or mini reconnaissance robots. At
present,
charging an ordinary battery to deliver one unit of energy involves
putting
2,000 units into it.

The little engine, because energy is produced locally, is far more
effective.
One of the main problems faced by engineers who have tried to produce
micro
motors in the past has been the levels of heat produced. 
The engines got so hot they burned themselves out and could not be
re-used.
The Birmingham team overcame this by using heat-resistant materials such
as
ceramic and silicon carbide.

Professor Graham Davies, head of the university's engineering school,
said:
"We've brought together all the engineering disciplines, both materials,
chemical engineering, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering.

"What better place to have the second industrial revolution - in
nano-technology - than where the first took place, in the heart of the
West
Midlands."


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New mini petrol engine
By JOHN SCOTT
SCIENTISTS have built the smallest petrol engine - tiny enough to power a WATCH.
The mini-motor, which runs for two years on a single squirt of lighter fuel, is set to revolutionise world technology.

It produces 700 times more energy than a conventional battery despite being less than a centimetre long - not even half an inch. It could be used to operate laptops and mobile phones for months on end - doing away with the need for recharging.
Experts believe it could be phasing out batteries in such items within just six years.
The engine, minute enough to be balanced on a fingertip, has been produced by engineers at the University of Birmingham. Dr Kyle Jiang, lead investigator from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, said: "We are looking at an industrial revolution happening in peoples' pockets.

"The breakthrough is an enormous step forward. Devices which need re- charging or new batteries are a problem but in six years will be a thing of the past."

Other applications for the engine could include medical and military uses, such as running heart pacemakers or mini reconnaissance robots. At present, charging an ordinary battery to deliver one unit of energy involves putting 2,000 units into it.

The little engine, because energy is produced locally, is far more effective.
One of the main problems faced by engineers who have tried to produce micro motors in the past has been the levels of heat produced.
The engines got so hot they burned themselves out and could not be re-used. The Birmingham team overcame this by using heat-resistant materials such as ceramic and silicon carbide.

Professor Graham Davies, head of the university's engineering school, said: "We've brought together all the engineering disciplines, both materials, chemical engineering, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering.

"What better place to have the second industrial revolution - in nano-technology - than where the first took place, in the heart of the West Midlands."

 

 

 

 

Ritesh Kapoor

 

Product Design & Development.

Altair Engineering India

 

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