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Orbital Corporation and Changan to Develop Concept Engine

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The ChangAn CA18 FlexDI Concept Engine shown at Auto China 2008. Ltd, China’s fourth largest automotive manufacturer, have entered into a joint development contract for a concept engine. If the program is successful, Changan plans to take the FlexDI concept engine to mass production in a Changan vehicle.

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FEV to show compressed natural gas light-duty concept engine with ATAC combustion system at 2011 SAE World Congress

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In developing the demonstrator, FEV implemented a number of alterations to a Volkswagen 2L TDI base engine design, including creating a custom intake manifold, requiring the modification of the direct injection system, creating a multi-point injection system similar to port injection.

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Grail Engine Adopts Enerpulse Pulse Plugs for Forced Semi-Homogeneous Charged Compression Ignition in Concept Two-Stroke Engine

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Rendering of the Grail Engine. Grail Engine Technologies , the designer of a two-stroke engine using forced semi-homogeneous charged compression ignition (FS-HCCI) combustion, has adopted the Pulstar pulse plugs from Enerpulse ( earlier post ). Tags: Concept Engines Engines Fuel Efficiency.

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New split-cycle concept to control diesel HCCI combustion

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A team from Universita degli Studi di Pisa (Italy) and Rolf Reitz at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are proposing a novel combustion concept—Homogenous Charge Progressive Combustion (HCPC)—based on a split-cycle principle to control HCCI combustion in diesel-fueled engines. Click to enlarge. —Musu et al.,

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Technology transfer from Mercedes SLS AMG Coupé Electric Drive to Cigarette Racing

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Numerous components from the SLS AMG Coupé Electric Drive ( earlier post ) have been integrated in the design of the “Cigarette AMG Electric Drive Conceptengineering design. The Cigarette AMG Electric Drive Concept is fitted with two 22 kW on-board chargers from the SLS AMG Coupé Electric Drive as standard.

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Libertine FPE builds demo prototype of linear free piston generator

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Libertine’s linear machines will be incorporated into research engines at academic institutions for the study of advanced combustion methods such as homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI). Concept Engines Engines'

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Experts view on future transportation fuels

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Since internal combustion engines will remain the primary mode of choice for mobility in the foreseeable future, both alternative (renewable) fuels and high-performance combustion concepts/ engines using fuels adapted for that purpose will be preferred for reducing the combustion impact on climate change.