Some pretty interesting stuff on new diesel technology.
http://www.greendieselcorp.com/index.html
Tom G.
Sounds interesting, but my Snake Oil sensor is vibrating.
160,000 PSI injection pressure achieved by replacing the existing injectors for 3% of engine cost? Since they have pictures of a Duramax (LBZ most likely, if you look at the passenger side feeder pipe) in their ads let's use that. IIRC, the retail on the engine is $15,000. What's that, $450? That is how much one factory Bosch injector is at retail, roughly.
The existing LBZ engine runs at 180mPa (26,000PSI) injection pressure, which is about the highest out there. When we crank up the pressure to 29000, we crack injector bodies occasionally, so they must be running all new injector bodies. No way for $450.
Then they have have graphs of their system reducing cylinder pressure in half.
Uhhh... Wait. I can do that too by reducing engine output. Cylinder pressure is closely tied to torque/HP. Reducing spikes is good, reducing average pressure ATDC is bad.
I could go on, but I've probably bored most the readers already.
Point being, their is no free lunch. I love the idea of high rail pressure, but it's not going to happen by magic. Nor is high rail pressure the end all of common rail. They claim ultra high pressure will stop engine knock. Really? Crank your rail pressure up to max at idle and it will sound like the pistons are .020" undersize to the bore.
So if anyone is thinking about investing with them (that is their goal today) please be careful. Every time fuel prices climb, there are alot of Get Rich Quick schemes popping up everywhere in the transportation industry.
Anyone for a Hydrogen Generator?