Renaissance Combustion Engine

[rossmc88]

A guy at my work did the CAD work for this:

http://www.renaissancecombustionengine.com/home.ht...



3 times the power of an internal combustion engine, runs on metahnol and creates it's own hydrogen

Do you think it will catch on?

[Greg_D]

well the technical schematics make a compelling case for it.

I will have to try and take in all the detail overnight and report back in the morning once i have managed to process it all........

[jon-]

[motco]

Hmmmm . . . Is that a rodent I smell?

[maxdb]

I still think nuclear powered cars are the way forward myself

[The Wookie]

jon- said:

What he said

[rossmc88]

I suppose the bit missing is that the engine charges batteries which run electric motors that drive the car

[mmm-five]

He might want to note that it's usual for tyres on the same axle to be the same size ;-)

[Captain Muppet]

rossmc88 said:

I suppose the bit missing is that the engine charges batteries which run electric motors that drive the car

So it's a range extender for use in series hybrids?

Odd then that it's performance should be "ON-DEMAND output plus EXCELLENT acceleration" but hybrids have "ON-DEMAND output but SLUGGUSH perfromance"

Also it's odd that the exhaust from hybrids is "GOOD" yet the exhaust from the same internal combustion engines is "TOXIC"

And it's bonkers odd that the cost of the Renaissance Combustion Engine doesn't include the "costly, short-life, bulky batteries" that hybrids have.

The video won't play for me. I feel I'm missing out on the birth of a new dead end of technology, because without the video the site is rubbish at expaining whatever it is that they think they're doing.

[RobCrezz]

Where does it get the hydrogen from?

[jon-]

RobCrezz said:

Where does it get the hydrogen from?

The Human body is 10% hydrogen. This vehicle manages a respectable 120 miles per limb.

[Captain Muppet]

jon- said:

RobCrezz said:

Where does it get the hydrogen from?

The Human body is 10% hydrogen. This vehicle manages a respectable 120 miles per limb.

I'd give my right arm for range like that.

[motco]

rossmc88 said:

I suppose the bit missing is that the engine charges batteries which run electric motors that drive the car

Actually they use the energy to compress air and then draw that off to drive electricity generators. No batteries...

Still looks like something from Jules Verne though.

[PoleDriver]

RobCrezz said:

Where does it get the hydrogen from?

H2 Fairies!

[Grenoble]

doogz said:

"Hydrogen is primary fuel – this is produced at point of use from aqueous fluid with no need for hydrogen substructures."

It creates the hydrogen. Then burns the hydrogen. Then creates some more. Then burns it too. And produces power the whole time...

Genius. "Aqueous fluid". So, water or similar. And I wonder how it gets the energy to take the hydrogen out of the water...

[LotusOmega375D]

Their next three projects:

Perpetual Motion
Alchemy
Efficient wind power

[jon-]

LotusOmega375D said:

Efficient wind power

Don't be silly, we're trying to have a serious discussion.

[Grenoble]

I can help.

They are idiots.

/close thread.

[RobCrezz]

doogz said:

RobCrezz said:

Where does it get the hydrogen from?

"Hydrogen is primary fuel – this is produced at point of use from aqueous fluid with no need for hydrogen substructures."

It creates the hydrogen. Then burns the hydrogen. Then creates some more. Then burns it too. And produces power the whole time...

That is Genius - like them guys at the apple store.

[DrTre]

doogz said:

That website is a joke, right?

Hyrdrogen, perfromance, precisly...

PERFORMANCE - GOOD, acceleration but wasteful fuel at low speed and when stopped.

I take it English isn't their first language?

Kinda...Scottish actually