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Achates Closer To Production Of Radically Efficient Two-Stroke Truck Diesel
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| Oct 15, 2014
| John Voelcker
Posted on 10/15/2014 8:38:41 PM PDT by ckilmer
Edited on 10/28/2014 9:23:38 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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That's the promise of Achates Power, which has been working for a decade on its horizontally opposed two-stroke diesel truck engine.
And it hopes to have a large-scale production contract with a global maker by 2020 or so.
But why promote the engine now?
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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: achates; diesel; energy; twostrokeengine
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posted on
10/15/2014 8:38:41 PM PDT
by
ckilmer
To: Red Badger
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posted on
10/15/2014 8:40:51 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Nailbiter; BartMan1
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posted on
10/15/2014 8:45:19 PM PDT
by
IncPen
(None of this would be happening if John Boehner were alive...)
To: ckilmer
Suppose you could take an old engine concept discarded in the 1970sIt wasn't discarded in the 70's, it was stomped out by government bureaucrats. Namely, the EPA.
I still use one of those early Detroit Diesels, the 71 series, which you could buy from 1 cyclinder up to 16 cylinders depending on the power needs. It's a real fuel miser.
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posted on
10/15/2014 8:48:19 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the earth for a thousand years.)
To: ckilmer
I'm not understanding the reasoning behind this engine being vertical but canted to one side as opposed to just laying it flat for a horizontally opposed design a la Subaru, Porsche and others. The center of gravity is considerably lower for handling and safety advantages, the space is there side to side between the front suspension and it offers packaging flexibility as far as vehicle configuration, styling and aerodynamics.
To: Balding_Eagle
The 6-71 was pretty popular backwhen.
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posted on
10/15/2014 8:52:08 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: ckilmer
2-stroke are indeed inherently more efficient than 4-stroke engines.
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posted on
10/15/2014 8:53:07 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
To: Balding_Eagle
We operated a fueling vessel with a pair of 12V-149s and two 6-71s.
Durable, long lasting motors...
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
There is a company which specializes in taking the old 2-71, rebuilding it, and connecting it to a generator.
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posted on
10/15/2014 8:57:03 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the earth for a thousand years.)
To: ckilmer
The opposed piston concept is a proven winner
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posted on
10/15/2014 8:58:22 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: Balding_Eagle
Electromotive still manufactures 2 cycle diesel engines for locomotives, and virtually every EMD locomotive uses a 2 cycle engine of the “uniflow” design. One of the sticking points of these engines is that they consume their crankcase oil in operation, to the tune of about 5 gallons of oil for every 1000 gallons of fuel for older engines. Newer tier 3 and 4 engines consume virtually none of their crankcase oil. Turbocharging and multiple event injection make these engines a very efficient design.
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posted on
10/15/2014 9:10:21 PM PDT
by
factoryrat
(We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
To: ckilmer
Thanks for posting this article.
Now... scale the engine down, and use it in a hybrid to generate electricity.
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posted on
10/15/2014 9:12:03 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: ckilmer
Don’t get your hopes up. If they don’t have their suction in the right pit and haven not paid the right people the feds will figure out a reason to kill if. If they have done those things no matter how sorry it is we’ll get it shoved down our throats .... if we live that long.
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posted on
10/15/2014 9:15:21 PM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(There is no collateral damage.)
To: Balding_Eagle
Those old Jimmy’s made a lot of power for their size, 4-71’s and 6-71-s were everywhere once upon a time.
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posted on
10/15/2014 10:31:07 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: wjcsux
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posted on
10/16/2014 2:07:13 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: RegulatorCountry
a horizontally opposed design a la Subaru, Porsche...before these there was Volkswagen
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posted on
10/16/2014 4:01:31 AM PDT
by
fredhead
(Join the Navy and see the world.....77% of which is covered in water.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
10/16/2014 4:23:28 AM PDT
by
scottteng
(Suntrust Bank is the worlds worst stay away!)
To: scottteng; Army Air Corps; sully777; vigl; Cagey; Abathar; A. Patriot; B Knotts; getsoutalive; ...
CKILMER & ARMY AIR CORPS, THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP!
Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.....
If you want ON or OFF the DIESEL KnOcK LIST jut FReepmail me..... This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days.....
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posted on
10/16/2014 6:18:21 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: ckilmer
To: jimpick; thackney; Kennard; bestintxas; nuke rocketeer; crusty old prospector
this engine is coming in volume in about 5 years.
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posted on
10/16/2014 7:52:35 AM PDT
by
ckilmer
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