MOLECULAR MOTORS AS TARGETS OF DRUG DEVELOPMENT

Not Available Engine manufacturers are faced with ever-increasing demands to improve engine performance, fuel efficiency and emissions reduction. This demand is resulting in a surge of maturing technologies for automotive applications to lower emissions, improve engine performance and fuel consumption. The US Army's diesel engines can benefit from these same technological advances through innovative research and development of new technology and methods by which they can be inserted into existing diesel engines. Orbital Research proposes an in-cylinder pressure and optional temperature sensor which would provide real-time cylinder information to the Engine Control Unit. This technology will provide the US Army with significant fuel savings and cost objectives for their diesel engines well into the 21st Century. Orbital Research proposes an in-cylinder pressure and temperature sensor which is made from Thin Film Shape Memory Alloy (SMA). SMA undergoes a phase transformation through which its electrical resistance, which is a function of temperature and pressure, changes by 20~. This material can be customized by adding various rare earth metals. The material can be designed for specific temperature and pressure environments up to 10,000 psi and 800 degrees Celsius. Orbital Research is confident that this sensor will provide benefits to any US Army diesel engine. BENEFITS: Engine manufacturers agree that an affordable in-cylinder pressure sensor can yield improvements in engine cont