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Special ContentThis Israeli company seeks to revolutionizeengines around the world
By AVI STERN Published: NOVEMBER 27, 2022 12:34
Updated: NOVEMBER 29, 2022 11:41

Gal Friedman, Co-Founder, Chairman & CMO alongside Ariel Gorfung, Co-Founder and CEO(photo credit: DAVID KATZ)

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Unarguably, Nikolaus Otto’s four-stroke internal combustion engine (ICE) isa first-rate staple in the automobile engineering industry. With its invention,a real transition from time and resource-consuming steam engines to hyperefficient and more reliable ICEs began.

Fast forward to over 150 years later, and more than 90% of the vehicles on
global highways will not run without them. According to Grandview

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2030 is enough evidence that the demand for ICEs will continue to growexponentially.

However, since the Otto Cycle was developed in 1876, the ICE has seen very

little development in its structure and key components. This is not for lack offlaws. ICEs are associated with unflattering drawbacks like disturbingly highlevels of environmental pollution across the board, an impractical size, ahigh maintenance cost, and even mechanical issues like their multiple
moving parts and complex structure.

But here’s the good news: an Israeli company seeks to disrupt this 150-yearold ICE market by dawning a linear energy technology set to roll out in 2023.
This company is Aquarius Engines (TASE: AQUA), which has developed what
it calls “a ground-breaking tool that seeks to be more compact, cost-effective, fuel-efficient and technologically advanced than the original OttoCycle.”

A mechanical revampOtto’s invention is riddled with nuts and bolts and a thousand moving parts,
while Aquarius Engines creates a streamlined build housing a single-action
piston. Furthermore, as opposed to the bulkiness of Otto’s invention —which weighs between 400 lbs and over 800 Ibs — the Aquarius engine’s 23
lbs size is the definition of lightweight. The ability to run multi-fuels(synthetic, bio, and fossil fuels) within the same engine is yet another plus tothis upgrade.

Aquarius’ engines are also integrated into a 16kw generator set thatincorporates the firm’s user-friendly interface management system. To
transition this product into a ‘smart, remotely operated and optimizedenergy asset that can be monitored and managed from anywhere, at anytime,’ the company partnered with the Israeli-tech Galooli. This partnershipwith Galooli led to the fusion of their artificial intelligence remotemanagement module into Aquarius’ backup generators to deliver real-timedata insights for the machines.

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According to experts, transportation accounts for 25% of greenhouse gas

emissions globally. Mainly, ICEs are responsible for about 10% of the world’s
greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, world leaders are vigorously

addressing this issue and implementing measures to mitigate the increasing
greenhouse emissions worldwide.

Recently at the United Nations Summit’s annual climate conference (COP27)
in Egypt, US President Joe Biden called on world leaders to ‘step up’ theirefforts in reducing emissions. Following the firm’s existing commitment todo just that by producing a cleaner alternative to carbon-emitting engines,
Aquarius Engines has been conducting testing with a hydrogen-fueledengine. in a news report, Chairman and Founder Gal Fridman revealed that
“Initial testing shows that [the] hydrogen engine can be the perfect green,

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This Israeli company seeks to revolutionize engines around the world - The Jerusalem Postsustainable solution for transport globally and for remote powerproduction.” Once developed, this engine will emit gasses at negligible tozero levels. It seems this development could not have come at a better time.

Now and in the futureAquarius’ revolutionary development has also garnered attention worldwide,including from Japanese auto parts manufacturer TPR, which produces

engine components for the automotive industry worldwide. In early 2022,

TPR committed $5 million in capital to further Aquarius’ production of thegenerators. “The investment of TPR in the company is a significant

expression of confidence in the company’s operations and strategic

development,” Ariel Gorfung, co-founder and CEO of Aquarius, said in apress release. “TPR will help through its status and connections to promote
our activities in the world and in Japan in particular.“ Asides TPR, Aquarius
Engines, has partnered with Nokia and a few other research institutions.
However, it continues to seek other collaborations with partners andinvestors to further its developments, especially in the telecommunication
and auto industries.

Between 2025 and 2030, the company also projects entering the automarket, supplying an auxiliary generator to power the cabin of trucks andthe refrigerated areas of cooling trucks when the engine cannot operate.
Plans equally include using generators to charge the battery and electricengines in hybrid auto powertrains and supporting electronic systems onyachts. The aviation sector also made the target list. Aquarius Engines plans
to expand its technology into this sector, among others.

As technology advances and governments across the globe move towards agreener world, Aquarius Engines is building towards that trend with its

innovative engine that incredibly aids transportation in an environmentallyconscious way.

This article was written in cooperation with The Institute for MechanicalInnovation

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