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New Engine Design Produces Energy 25 Percent More Efficiently
A new engine designed by researchers at the University of Texas Arlington may help vessels produce power up to 25 percent more efficiently, the university announced last week.
The new technology reportedly reduces emissions and burns fuel over 30 times faster than conventional gas engines.
It can also potentially run on an array of fuels such as natural gas, propane, kerosene, and diesel.
"Up to 70 percent of energy is lost in current gas turbine combustion engine technology just because that technology hasn't changed in several decades," said Raheem Bello, an aerospace engineering doctoral candidate and co-founder of Afthon, the group behind the engine.
"We capture the bulk of that energy more efficiently so that it's not wasted as heat in the body of the engine."
The researchers noted that the engine can also be used for other modes of transportation outside of marine applications.
"We're looking for our generators to have the same impact on power that the cell phone had on communications for the 1.3 billion people without access to electricity," Bello said.
Early this year, Wärtsilä also launched a new fuel-saving engine which boasted of high combustion efficiency.
