Ceramics in Alternate Engines. other types of engines are being evaluated as alternatives to gasoline and diesel engines to propel motor vehicles the goal is cars with better than 80 miles-per-gallon fuel efficiency by about the year 2005.
These alternatives include gas turbines, Stirling engines, fuel cells, and hybrid electric systems (that combine an electric motor with an engine).
All of these alternatives require some ceramic parts, especially the gas turbine.
In fact, companies in the United States, Europe, and Japan have been trying since the 1970s to develop a ceramic gas turbine engine, but they still have a long way to go before the engines will be able to compete with current car engines.
The systems most likely to meet the 80 miles goal first are combinations of a gasoline or diesel engine with an electric motor.
Ceramics in Alternate Engines. other types of engines are being evaluated as alternatives to gasoline and diesel engines to propel motor vehicles the goal is cars with better than 80 miles-per-gallon fuel efficiency by about the year 2005.
These alternatives include gas turbines, Stirling engines, fuel cells, and hybrid electric systems (that combine an electric motor with an engine).
All of these alternatives require some ceramic parts, especially the gas turbine.
In fact, companies in the United States, Europe, and Japan have been trying since the 1970s to develop a ceramic gas turbine engine, but they still have a long way to go before the engines will be able to compete with current car engines.
The systems most likely to meet the 80 miles goal first are combinations of a gasoline or diesel engine with an electric motor.
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