Engineer is finalist in inventors' contest

摘要

A British engineer-inventor tackling the inherent waste of energy in air compressors reached the recent final of the European Inventor of the Year Awards 2017. It was while reading a book about engines that Steve Lindsey had his eureka moment. His solution was a radical rethink of the piston model: an oil-free, rotary motion that draws in air as it compresses, delivering energy savings of some 20%.