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Concept: Compact Two-Cycle, Co-generating Piston-Driven Turbine to Deliver 60+% Efficiency

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Future Reinhardt Turbines will be able to vary the stroke-to-bore ratio from 1 to 1 in the first generation to 3 to 1 in the future. Andrews estimates that the manufactured cost per kW will be less than $10, so a 30 kW engine would cost around $300. “ 2007) A review of free-piston engine history and applications.

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