Torque Sensor For Fuel
Increased engine performance, improvement of fuel economy and reduction in toxic emissions are the main tasks for car manufacturersin today's highly competitive automotive industry, especially in the current situation where the price of fuel is sky rocketing and consumers are more conscious of environmental and safety issues. The information age that we live in will soon dictate that real-time on-board diagnostics of engine performance will be a feature that will no longer be a luxury, but rather a standard for all vehicles.
Nexense has developed a sensor system designed to sit on top of the flywheel of a vehicle’s engine that measures torque with extremely high precision. The sensor accumulates data and sends it to the automobile’s motor management computer. The CPU of the automobile’s motor management computer interprets the information and enables the engine to perform better and to run with greater fuel efficiency and reduced toxic emissions. The results generated by Nexense’s torque sensor system exceeded a major automaker’s specifications. A simple calculation can illustrate annual savings in fuel consumption from the use of the Nexense torque sensor in the billions of dollars. Additional sensors can be embedded in various other parts of the vehicle to further increase fuel efficiency and reduced emissions.
The sensor can also be used as a smart sensor for the steering system. This type of sensor can sense the actual torque as oppose to currently marketed car sensors that are not able to sense the friction of the road, the influence of air pressure and all other factors for safe steering. A valuable by-product of this application is the ability to display information regarding the engine's performance in real-time.
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