There are patents from the 70's that are hidden because "national security".
Basically a guy figured out that combustion happens because of the gas vapors and not the gas itself. So he devised a carburetor that would run from vapors. He would heat the fuel to create extra vapors and you could literally run a car a couple hundred miles on a gallon of gas. This was 1970's tech. I can only imagine what we would have today had that been allowed to stand. The problem is Chevron wouldn't make any money that way.
I worked at a state agency where inventors would call all the time wanting funding. Many were old nutty professor types, not computer savvy, foreign, unable to properly fill out grant solicitation paperwork. It's set up so existing companies get all the grants. I'm positive that all kinds of killer tech will die with these gentlemen.
Maybe similar to how fire actually works. The fuel (wood, paper, etc) is heated. The smoke that’s produced then burns when heated to its flash point temperature.
Rocket stove heaters work on that principle. I built one for my house years ago and the thing produces more heat than I could realistically use for basically twigs on the ground in my yard.
Gasifiers work on a similar principle where it uses the gases from the fuel to make an ICE run. They work as well but are very complex.
Coleman liquid fueled lanterns and stoves work the same way. The generator on a lantern is very close to the mantel, and in the flame on a stove. The fuel enters the generator as a liquid, and leaves as a gas. This is why you can get an entire night of light, without refilling the fount. It's only sipping gas. By the way, the mantel burns at about 1600*F.
There are patents from the 70's that are hidden because "national security".
Basically a guy figured out that combustion happens because of the gas vapors and not the gas itself. So he devised a carburetor that would run from vapors. He would heat the fuel to create extra vapors and you could literally run a car a couple hundred miles on a gallon of gas. This was 1970's tech. I can only imagine what we would have today had that been allowed to stand. The problem is Chevron wouldn't make any money that way.
I worked at a state agency where inventors would call all the time wanting funding. Many were old nutty professor types, not computer savvy, foreign, unable to properly fill out grant solicitation paperwork. It's set up so existing companies get all the grants. I'm positive that all kinds of killer tech will die with these gentlemen.
Maybe similar to how fire actually works. The fuel (wood, paper, etc) is heated. The smoke that’s produced then burns when heated to its flash point temperature.
Rocket stove heaters work on that principle. I built one for my house years ago and the thing produces more heat than I could realistically use for basically twigs on the ground in my yard.
Gasifiers work on a similar principle where it uses the gases from the fuel to make an ICE run. They work as well but are very complex.
Coleman liquid fueled lanterns and stoves work the same way. The generator on a lantern is very close to the mantel, and in the flame on a stove. The fuel enters the generator as a liquid, and leaves as a gas. This is why you can get an entire night of light, without refilling the fount. It's only sipping gas. By the way, the mantel burns at about 1600*F.