{"id":1357,"date":"2012-03-28T16:34:47","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T15:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atttraining.com\/auto\/?p=1357"},"modified":"2014-03-28T14:13:41","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T14:13:41","slug":"laser-ignition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/?p=1357","title":{"rendered":"Laser ignition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A company called Carinthian Tech Research (CTR) has developed a laser that can be used for engine ignition systems. Light is compressed to create a laser pulse, which because of the high energy density it generates plasma, which ignites the fuel. See the lightning spot in the video at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctr.at\/en\/r-d-technologies\/laser.html\">http:\/\/www.ctr.at\/en\/r-d-technologies\/laser.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/032812_1534_Laserigniti11.gif?w=980\" \/>&#8220;When CTR developed a highly specialised laser for ignition systems in jet and internal combustion engines, we took the technology to a new level globally. To achieve this, we had to redesign all the laser components from the pump diodes to the resonator and laser rod, integrating them in a compact housing. The resultant opportunities for using the laser in very confined spaces and environments subject to vibrations, is so unique and innovative that even projects with the ESA for applications in the aerospace industry are being implemented.&#8221; CTR 2012<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/032812_1534_Laserigniti21.jpg?w=980\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctr.at\/en\/r-d-technologies\/laser.html\">http:\/\/www.ctr.at\/en\/r-d-technologies\/laser.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A company called Carinthian Tech Research (CTR) has developed a laser that can be used for engine ignition systems. Light is compressed to create a laser pulse, which because of the high energy density it generates plasma, which ignites the fuel. See the lightning spot in the video at: http:\/\/www.ctr.at\/en\/r-d-technologies\/laser.html &#8220;When CTR developed a highly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automotive"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p79TdE-lT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1344,"url":"http:\/\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/?p=1344","url_meta":{"origin":1357,"position":0},"title":"Advanced Corona Ignition System (ACIS)","author":"Tom Denton","date":"March 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"TECHNOLOGY ENABLES SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED FUEL ECONOMY, REDUCED EMISSIONS, EXTENDED SERVICE LIFE System technology enables up to 10-percent reduced fuel consumption and is designed for volume manufacturing in current and future engine architectures FRANKFURT, September 13, 2011 \u2026 Federal-Mogul Corporation (NASDAQ: FDML) will introduce at this year's IAA (Frankfurt Auto Show,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Automotive&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Automotive","link":"http:\/\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/?cat=15"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1429,"url":"http:\/\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/?p=1429","url_meta":{"origin":1357,"position":1},"title":"Engine mapping \u2013 quick overview re Red Bull F1","author":"Tom Denton","date":"July 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The following is from one of my textbooks and refers to ignition timing \u2013 fig 10-17 shows a timing and dwell map (a similar method is used to determine engine fuelling. 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