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Jones wrote.. Notwithstanding that major breakthrough, the hybrid car itself will need no
large engine, just a tiny genset - similar in size to a present day turbocharger
- except that the compressor-end is gone and replaced with a high speed
electrical generator - operating at only one speed (100,000 RPM) and about 20 kW
output - used to keep the batteries charged for longer trips than the 10 miles
they can go with no genset.
This is basically a tiny steam engine. A slightly larger radiator is there,
but it is used to condense some of the steam back to water so that less need be
carried. The steam is made mostly from water which has been converted onboard
into HTP (high test peroxide), but zero HTP (which is dangerous) is carried
aboard the vehicle.
How can that be??? Simple, my dear Watson - it is all manufactured and
enriched continuously and "just in time" (as detailed in the next posting).
Howdy Jones,
Interesting insight into nature in this article that states..
"Pax’s projects also take a cue from a design theory called biomimicry, coined by Janine Benyus, who wrote a seminal book on the subject in 1997. Biomimicry argues that nature uses only the energy it needs, fits form to function, and recycles everything. So why not design products the same way?" |
