laser spark plug Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:05:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Laser-Powered Spark Plugs Closer to Reality, Toyota Interested https://www.greenoptimistic.com/laser-spark-plug-20110421/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/laser-spark-plug-20110421/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:05:10 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=18127 Conventional gasoline engine makers may one day replace spark plugs with lasers, as Japanese researchers have designed and prototyped laser devices that are powerful enough to ignite the fuel and small enough to fit into the engine cylinder head (9 millimeters in diameter and 11 millimeters in length).

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/laser-spark-plug-20110421/feed/ 2 18127 Ford Developing Laser Powered Spark Plug for Future Engines https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-laser-spark-plug-20090806/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-laser-spark-plug-20090806/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:03:58 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=4276 The auto industry is pursuing various ways to implement more effective fuel saving strategies. Some of them are based on the development of new technology, electric motors, batteries, etc and others are just improving classic petrol-fueled engines to run better. Following the second trend, engineers from The University of Liverpool, UK, in collaboration with Ford and UK-based GSI Group developed a prototype engine ignition based on lasers rather than on spark plugs.

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