Gaskiyar kimiyyar roka a cikin salon man fetur.
Don dalilai masu ma'ana (rashin iskar oxygen), injin konewa na ciki ba a taɓa shiga sararin samaniya ba… har yanzu. Roush Fenway Racing, ƙungiyar da ke tsere a cikin NASCAR, tana haɓaka injin konewa wanda zai haɗa ayyukan sararin samaniya da manufa ɗaya: don samar da wutar lantarki ga tsarin tuƙin jirgin sama.
Aikin wani bangare ne na shirin IVF - Integrated Vehicle Fluids - shirin United Launch Alliance, kamfanin da ke ba da sabis na jigilar kaya zuwa sararin samaniya. Wannan shirin yana da nufin sauƙaƙa motsin motocin sararin samaniya bayan barin sararin samaniya, iyakance shi ga mai guda biyu kawai: oxygen da hydrogen. Babbar matsalar ita ce tsarin motsa jiki na yanzu yana cinye makamashin lantarki da yawa. A nan ne tsohon injin konewa na ciki ya shigo ciki.
Don samar da wutar lantarki ga tsarin, Roush Fenway Racing ya sami mafita mai sauƙi kuma mai ƙima: yana amfani da ƙaramin injin silinda guda shida wanda ke iya samar da zafi da wutar lantarki. An gina shi da kayan inganci, wannan injin mai nauyin 600cc, 26hp yana aiki ne ta hanyar iskar oxygen da aka matsa, wanda ke ba shi damar yin aiki a sararin samaniya.
A cikin tsarinsa, wannan injin konewa ne na ciki kamar sauran mutane da yawa - sanduna masu haɗawa, fitilun fitulu da sauran abubuwan da aka haɗa sun fito ne daga ɗaukar hoto - amma an haɓaka shi don yin aiki na dogon lokaci a matsakaicin tsarin mulki na 8,000 rpm. Roush Fenway Racing da farko yayi gwaji tare da injin Wankel na yanayi (a cikin ƙa'idar mafi sauƙi), duk da haka, shingen madaidaiciya-shida ya zama mafi kyawun sasantawa dangane da nauyi, aiki, ƙarfin aiki, ƙarancin girgiza da lubrication.
Bugu da ƙari don kasancewa mai sauƙi fiye da batura, ƙwayoyin hasken rana da tankunan ajiyar ruwa, injin konewa yana da tsawon rayuwar aiki da sauri. A yanzu, ana ganin aikin yana tafiya sosai - za mu iya jira kawai mu gano lokacin da wannan ƙaramin injin konewa zai fara shiga sararin samaniya.
