Isayensi yerokhethi yeqiniso ngesitayela se-petrolhead.
Ngezizathu ezisobala (ukungabikho komoyampilo), injini evuthayo yangaphakathi ayikaze ifakwe emkhathini… kuze kube manje. I-Roush Fenway Racing, ithimba eligijima e-NASCAR, lakha injini evuthayo ezohlanganisa ukuthunyelwa komkhathi ngenjongo eyodwa: ukuhlinzeka ngamandla kagesi ohlelweni lokuqhunyiswa kwemikhumbi-mkhathi.
Lo msebenzi uyingxenye yohlelo lwe-IVF - Integrated Vehicle Fluids - lwe-United Launch Alliance, inkampani ehlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zokuthutha impahla emkhathini. Lolu hlelo luhlose ukwenza lula ukuhamba kwezimoto zasemkhathini ngemva kokuphuma emkhathini woMhlaba, kukhawulelwe kumafutha amabili kuphela: umoya-mpilo ne-hydrogen. Inkinga enkulu ukuthi ama-propulsion systems amanje adla amandla kagesi amaningi. Kulapho injini yethu endala eyaziwayo efaka amandla omlilo yangaphakathi ingena khona.
Ukuze unikeze amandla kagesi ohlelweni, i-Roush Fenway Racing ithole isixazululo esilula nesisha: isebenzisa injini encane enamasilinda ayisithupha ekwazi ukunikeza ukushisa nogesi. Yakhelwe ngezinto ezisezingeni eliphezulu, le njini engu-600cc, 26hp inikwa amandla yi-oxygen ecindezelweyo, eyivumela ukuthi isebenze emkhathini.
Ku-genesis yayo, lena injini yomlilo yangaphakathi njengamanye amaningi - izinduku zokuxhuma, ama-spark plugs nezinye izingxenye zivela ekuthathweni - kodwa yathuthukiswa ukuze isebenze isikhathi eside ekubuseni okuphezulu kwe-8,000 rpm. I-Roush Fenway Racing yaqale yahlola izinjini ze-Wankel zasemkhathini (ngokwethiyori elula), nokho, ibhulokhi eqondile-yesithupha iphenduke yaba ukuyekethisa okuhle kakhulu mayelana nesisindo, ukusebenza, ukuqina kokusebenza, ukudlidliza okuphansi kanye nokugcotshwa.
Ngaphezu kokukhanya kunamabhethri, amaseli elanga namathangi okugcina uketshezi, injini evuthayo inokuphila okude kokusebenza kanye nokuphemba ngokushesha. Okwamanje, iphrojekthi ibonakala iqhubeka kahle - singalinda kuphela ukuthola ukuthi le njini encane evuthayo engena emkhathini izoba nini.
