Here's a chance to invest in the future of engine technology

Disclosure: Our goal is to present products and services that we believe may be of interest and benefit to you. If you buy them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our business partners.

In our constantly connected and fast-paced digital world, we tend to think that innovation is all around us, all the time. But this is not necessarily the case. Take, for example, the modern internal combustion engine (ICE).

LiquidPiston

From cars to planes and everything in between, most ICEs are still big, bulky, and inefficient from a fuel consumption standpoint. Low energy efficiency, excessive complexity and unnecessary raw materials used in manufacturing also lead to excessive generation of CO2 and other pollutants. As the public and private sectors embrace green innovation, one company is tackling the ECI problem: LiquidPiston, Inc., based in Bloomfield, Connecticut.

LiquidPiston has developed the X-Engine, a significantly smaller and lighter engine while offering the potential for increased range and lower emissions compared to petrol and diesel piston engines. LiquidPiston is poised to revolutionize power generation for multiple application markets, and they are open for investment for Entrepreneur readers.

The global ICE market exceeds $400 billion per year, so with potential in the military, industrial, maritime, urban air mobility (UAV) and automotive sectors, there are reason to be optimistic about LiquidPiston's prospects. LiquidPiston has already secured over $9 million in contracts with the U.S. Army, Air Force, and DARPA due to the X-Engine's compact form factor and ability to operate efficiently with jet fuel and other heavy fuels.

LiquidPiston's X-Engine features a simple, lightweight, and elegant design based on LiquidPiston's patented High Efficiency Hybrid Cycle (HEHC) thermodynamic cycle and advanced rotating platform architecture. The result is an engine that is smaller and lighter than traditional piston ICEs and capable of achieving 30% better fuel efficiency than the traditional diesel engine. With only two main moving parts - the rotor and the shaft - which are perfectly balanced, the X-Engine is mechanically simpler, quieter and runs with far less vibration than traditional piston engines. It's the result of more than 15 years of research and development: less weight, space, vibration, noise and fuel consumption. More power.

What about electric motors and the major global push towards vehicle electrification, especially in the automotive sector? Electric motors bring many benefits in terms of performance and noise reduction, but require heavy and bulky batteries that must be transported and recharged. Battery-powered vehicles don't produce the CO2 and other emissions that fuel-powered vehicles do, but the electricity used to charge the batteries still has to be produced, still today largely by burning fossil fuels and manufacturing and disposal of batteries. is a very energy and resource intensive process. From an energy density perspective, the energy density of fossil fuels is still 40 times greater than today's best batteries, which will make economic and performance sense (including range) in many applications to benefit from the advantages of electric propulsion, but with a much smaller battery. which can be charged during vehicle operation by a small on-board range extender burning fuel to drive an electric generator. Essentially, the vehicle is carrying fuel that is more energy dense than the battery to be converted into electrical energy on the vehicle. Additionally, refueling is made possible by the current gasoline/diesel fuel delivery system that is widely deployed today.

Conclusion: LiquidPiston offers innovative ICE technology that can scale to meet the needs of many segments of the massive global ICE market and can help enable emerging mobility solutions. Investments in LiquidPiston will contribute to its continued growth and the development of advanced power solutions to meet these market needs. If you want to invest in the future,