For more than 150 years, spark plugs have powered internal combustion engines. Automakers are now one step closer to being able to replace this long-standing technology with laser igniters, which will enable cleaner, more efficient, and more economical vehicles.I always though that turning the cylinder into a microwave cavity and injecting microwaves would work. OK, I declare the idea to be my patent.
In the past, lasers strong enough to ignite an engine’s air-fuel mixtures were too large to fit in a vehicle’s engine compartment. At this year's Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO: 2011) -
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Spark plug technology
Spark plugs replaced by lasers
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