วีดีโอ

I use to work there probably one the most sketchiest place to work there!

Connecting the gas chambers you can make them have the same pressure. But I find that unreliable, because leaks can happen.

Agree. Kind of seems like a diesel engine to me.

They have production units. You're decades late with your idea.

No.

Hyliion Karno

All opposed-piston engines are balanced.

Hyliion karno

@@DroneDiscoveriesFPV While Karno is also a linear generator, it is an entirely different type of engine. This is just an opposed-piston internal combustion engine; Karno is an external-combustion hot gas engine similar to a Stirling.

An electromagnet can be used instead of a permanent magnet. A brush is used to transfer electricity to the rotor.

There is no explosion, not in this engine or any other ICE engine -- there is only rapid combustion which is not the same as an explosion. Additionally, this engine is not using high pressure or high temperature so the power stroke is less energetic. The operation using a long stroke is good for efficiency and since this engine is not directly connect to a drivetrain as in a car it can operate at near constant rpm. Lastly, the fact there is one combustion chamber with two opposed piston and that those pistons operate in opposite direction cancels out the vibration. It would have been nice if they'd provided details on actual efficiency, what the actual efficiency is, and what the power output it is. Also, how long in operating hours before maintenance is required?

the not-an-explosion combustion is just like any other engine,@@Raptorman0909

That is unnecessary, and the brushes would substantially reduce reliability,@@hamzaterzi8801

They already have units in place for backup power at Walmarts and Home Depots

@@wilco3588 Then lets see videos of them. 3D representations are the hallmark of scammers.

They have made some production units. An operational description of any machine is usually best done with an animation to show the internal components, even when we are surrounded by real working examples.

@@brianb-p6586 I don't care. If I'm not seeing the real thing, next to the animation I'm calling scam. A purely 3D render is the favored technique for all these modern day scammers trying to steal investor funds.

All wonderful marketing suggestions, Phat ... Thank You ...

Compression ignition. It's very common.

@@tristanjones7735 Yes, it is common... and it's called the diesel cycle ... and it requires COOLING !!!

@@michaelcronin2039 Cooling is a "detail" omitted from this description... just like the scavenge blower, fuel system, etc.

Yep, rebrand

@@ZazHarrisZaz Different name, same BS

I was thinking the same thing. maybe it has to be primed, then started and it maintains timing by what I can only guess is a perfect balance of weight and air pressure.

The output is most likely rectified. No problem with ac synch.

@@liamwinter4512 🔴 What Is Islam? 🔴 Islam is not just another religion. 🔵 It is the same message preached by Moses, Jesus and Abraham. 🔴 Islam literally means ‘submission to God’ and it teaches us to have a direct relationship with God. 🔵 It reminds us that since God created us, no one should be worshipped except God alone. 🔴 It also teaches that God is nothing like a human being or like anything that we can imagine. 🌍 The concept of God is summarized in the Quran as: 📖 { “Say, He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He does not give birth, nor was He born, and there is nothing like Him.”} (Quran 112:1-4) 📚 🔴 Becoming a Muslim is not turning your back to Jesus. 🔵 Rather it’s going back to the original teachings of Jesus and obeying him.

@@1islam1 stabby religion

@@1islam1 Please- take it somewhere else.

The heat might be used for other application, in case of a house it can heat water.

@@liamvf4461 what powers the compression stroke .. ?

Initially it would be generated either by adding electricity through the linear generator to get it gone and then it becomes self-powering. As for "How" it's because the oxidization reaction /combustion provides the pressure to slam the piston away and then the air spring functions as a miniature compressed air energy storage system until it rebounds from the heat generated by the compression itself. It's essentially a compression stroke with no outlet so it rebounds back. Naturally you need to input more power/fuel than the required power necessary to simply drive the air piston but using air pistons in free piston engines goes back well over a century. Heck even Nikola Tesla's "Earthquake machine" that he used to create a high Hz alternator was an air spring using steam as the motive fluid. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-piston_engine - Covers the broad concepts of Free-Piston engines. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposed-piston_engine - Is what *kind* of Free-Piston engine this is, just using an air spring in lieu of a crankshaft as the linear alternator eliminates the need for mechanical connections. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla%27s_oscillator - Tesla's oscillator was used as a steam-powered non-opposed version of precisely this. It's a cool idea that a *lot* of different companies have been exploring for decades. Some use mechanical springs though.

I think your analysis of linear vs rotating is fair. But some points don't make any sense. Higher mass is not an issue for a generator that don't need quick response, and the lack of a flywheel means mass is lower anyway. Two, they are using air bearings, so they have a fluid bearing that don't require piston velocity to work, so friction is probably about the same as an oil film. Also, having "twice the friction loss" from having two pistons is preferable to having one piston and shaking itself to pieces.

Your comment is spot on I dont know why others think this would work. While 2 stroke diesels can get some pretty high efficiency all the emissions talk is nonsense. Low temp equals low efficiency I mean thats carnot in a nutshell. More lies and hype to steal peoples money.

Dongle, ... I basically agree with you, /but also bear in mind that this may be the first machine known to mankind that requires "No Lubrication" !!! .... ( Also known as magical MBA lubrication !!!... or We will fix it later !!)

Yes. The two pistons are traditional configuration (opposed piston) which has been used for almost a century. The air springs and free pistons (instead of a crank) is the classic free-piston engine type. But good 2-stroke engines (not the one in your chainsaw) are far more than 20% efficient. The most efficient internal combustion engines in the world are very large two-stroke diesels (such as those in large ships).

I'll buy one as well. Your electric bills will be lower and you'll never have an outage. Plus, you'll already be set-up for when hydrogen is substituted for natural gas, as prices approach parity. As this is Mainspring's TH-cam channel, they will see the huge pent-up demand if potential customers post here, so spread this information far and wide.

@@dz20854 You are never going to see hydrogen. It will be ammonia and yes it works with ammonia.

Where is the test data where the unit operates under load for 100, 500, 8000 hours ???

Compared to a low compression cycle where you need a sparkplug to ignite the air/fuel mixture, flameless combustion occurs when the compression is higher and all the combustible material ignites at the same time as a consequence of temperature and compression. In this scenario, there's no flame that needs to spread to burn the fuel. Everything ignites at the same time and you have complete combustion. The "low temperature" part is less clear, I guess low is relative.

@@EK4B16A2 Perhaps it just means it will run more effeciently with less fuel required. Initially the bloomberg article is somewhat missleading, it's written as it was pure clean energy with it isn't if it still requires any amount of fuel. Great if it's 1% or 50% of a combustion alternative, it was just wrote up very vague by bloomberg in my opinoin. Quick seearch on google and you can find little information about this company. Is this actually new tech or just a re-use of a differnet piece of engeneering?

@@SHIPIT01 I was derived from an S&P article. The main argument was that is a low capex technology that can ramp up very quickly and is cheaper than ICEs. The ideal solution for backup support.

burning buffalo dung?

@@michaellange6598 It's been around for over 50 years--getting perfected over time. In India it's 'gobar gas'.This gas is also produced by garbage landfills-mostly methane.

Right why not hydrogen?

Or a double lightsaber haha

Two of them, end-to-end, moving opposite directions.

If the tech was true, this would a better alternative to electric vehicles and replace IC engines.

There is combustion here, maybe you misunderstood the video. The difference is that combustion occurs due to high compression - not a spark plug. Pretty much like a diesel engine, but using fuels that you can achieve high % of complete combustion. This system does produce CO2, what it does not produce is NOx which are a function of incomplete combustion and temperature.

@@EK4B16A2 Bloomberg seems to have misunderstood. This video is linked from an article that is actually titled "NextEra Bets on New Power Generator That Runs Without Combustion"

10000000$