Electrorheology device

[paultech]

Hi, I'm almost completely ignorant of electronics but want to build a device to induce an electrorheological effect on a diesel fuel line. I need to generate a field of 1kV/mm between two mesh electrodes 10mm apart which will be located within the fuel line. This field would be around 0.1 W in power. Any thoughts about generating this field using the power available under a car bonnet? If this works the fuels viscosity is reduced aiding combustion. Thanks

 

[matk95]

Its Proberbly a scam

these car fuel efficiency scams are pointless and never work so youre proberbly wasting your time. also haveing high voltages by fuel lines sounds deadly lol

 

[Hero999]

Don't do it its very dangerous and is certainly a scam.

It's highly likely that you will be electrocuted or be blown into pieces.

 

[paultech]

No apparently its all genuine if you'd like to do a quick search for diesel on the New Scientist web site. So any thoughts?

 

[KMoffett]

All the hits on the site **broken link removed** are over 10 years old except the last one. And that just referred to the possibility of using a electrorheological fluid in a non-fuel related application in the future. Must not have been a lot of success in applying this phenomenon.

Can you provide a link that supports you speculation?

Ken

 

[paultech]

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Go to newscientist.com. Type 'diesel' into the search box. Then scroll down to the results...the article title is 'Fuel thinner...'

Does anyone have any ideas?

 

[crutschow]

The article is a very general description of the technique. How did you arrive at the specific requirements for your device?

 

[paultech]

God give me strength...follow the links within the article.

 

[KMoffett]

Paultech,

How about posting all the pertinent links...rather making us ferret out your references? It would bolster your case.

Ken

 

[Hero999]

If all it does is make the fuel thinner then I don't see why it would be any more effective than heating it or adding a lighter oil solvent to make it thinner.

 

[Torben]

God give me strength...follow the links within the article.

It's not our job to argue your case for you. If you want to back up your argument *you* need to provide the bibliography, not the reader.


Torben