This year has been just continuously hectic. Way too much going on and my head can't keep up.
In addition, my server only gives me about half the posts and I dislike Google. When I complained, they just told me they don't have very good news group service. I imagine it's because people who stay or work at home where they also use newsgroups are often marginalized people. So, what the hell. marginalize us more!!
Next week I'm going to Calif for my birthday, Thanksgiving, Mom's birthday -- and hey, Sooz's birthday too! I'm going to meet you this time Becki! No escaping it!
Last week we signed the contract for The Phase II SBIR grant ($725,000) for Walter's engine. And just as exciting, at the end of the month our NASA contact, Pete Meitner, is presenting our engine at the 25th Army Science Conference
The Bonner Engine is exceedingly compact and light weight. The many unique features of this engine are combined in a deceptively simple and highly integrated manner. The Bonner Engine's configuration makes possible a combination of features which, up to the present, could only be obtained by complex and heavy add-on devices. To duplicate the Bonner engine's capabilities with a conventional piston engine would require, at a minimum, a supercharger, a turbocharger, and a complex, mechanical, variable-valve actuation mechanism. In addition, no conventional piston engine has yet to feature a workable variable compression ratio scheme which is as simple as that of the Bonner Engine. ....................
Because the Bonner Engine uses conventional piston configurations, all knowledge in existing data bases can be utilized to optimize the burning characteristics (for heavy or gasoline fuel), thus minimizing engine emissions. Also, the unique, two stage compression process of the Bonner Engine allows for the best possible mixing of fuel and air. This generates a very even combustion event, and offers an excellent chance of achieving Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI), the holy grail of piston engine research.
Most important, the Bonner Engine is unmatched in its ability to operate at maximum efficiency over its entire RPM range, and in its ability to deliver constant power at any desired altitude. It is expected to be the most fuel efficient intermittent combustion engine ever conceived. The Bonner Engine will greatly reduce fuel consumption for power generation applications, and will allow both air and ground vehicles to achieve significantly increased range and/or payload.
Yeah, I'm jazzed! It will give us credibility and within 6 months I think we'll have industry chasing us down to buy (license to use) our technology. I think we will. I hope..
Dream a little dream with me.
Tina