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Title: worlds smallest engine to replace batteries
Post by: luv2luvlong on February 14, 2011, 06:39:51 PM

http://maximumtorque.blogspot.com/2009/05/smallest-petrol-engine.html (http://maximumtorque.blogspot.com/2009/05/smallest-petrol-engine.html)

Title: Re: worlds smallest engine to replace batteries
Post by: gimlet on February 14, 2011, 06:46:22 PM

Interesting

Title: Re: worlds smallest engine to replace batteries
Post by: Masscre on February 14, 2011, 06:53:35 PM

very nice find imagine your cell phone running off of processed oil.

Title: Re: worlds smallest engine to replace batteries
Post by: Freddy on February 14, 2011, 08:53:38 PM

Quote from: Masscre on February 14, 2011, 06:53:35 PM

very nice find imagine your cell phone running off of processed oil.

we'd be invading a lot more countries :D

Title: Re: worlds smallest engine to replace batteries
Post by: MeWonUo on February 14, 2011, 09:13:09 PM

That's pretty cool.  I remember hearing of something like this a handful of years back when I was running a cellular phone retailer.

Anyone care to take bets on how long it takes before Duracel gets a 5 million dollar lawsuit because one of these blows up in someones pocket and burns their leg hairs??  :D

Title: Re: worlds smallest engine to replace batteries
Post by: Masscre on February 15, 2011, 06:52:47 AM

I was in a shop around houston several years back and they had a cell phone battery recharger that ran off of butane, just made me wonder if it worked off the same principal now.

Title: Re: worlds smallest engine to replace batteries
Post by: manwinc on February 15, 2011, 07:53:19 AM

LOL, i reading this from my colleges mechanical engineering department. Too funny.

Title: Re: worlds smallest engine to replace batteries
Post by: gimlet on February 15, 2011, 08:33:14 AM

I intend to talk about it in class (thermodynamics) tomorrow. The problem is a fair % of this is hype since it all boils down to energy content and rate of fuel utilization by the motor.