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JANUARY 28, 2021

The family of engines strategy uses a common power cylinder system across several different engine variants to address a range of power and torque requirements in order to serve multiple military vehicles with a common architecture.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2010

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. Combustor Compressor. Displacement.

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APRIL 22, 2009

Engineers from Honda R&D Co., presented a pair of papers at the SAE 2009 World Congress describing the development of a variable compression ratio (VCR) engine enabled by a dual piston mechanism. Combining the high compression ratio with the Atkinson cycle, the engineering team demonstrated a 7.4% Kadota et al.

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Honda Concept Engine Downsizing 150

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JULY 27, 2012

In March, ETI commissioned the first project in the £40m Heavy Duty Vehicle (HDV) Efficiency Program—a £3-million effort with Caterpillar on the concept engineering of a range of innovative and efficient land vehicles. This project builds upon the HDV Efficiency Focus Area feasibility study completed in 2010.

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Mariner 2010 Concept Engine Oil 231

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APRIL 17, 2015

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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Building Concept Engine Engine Concept 150

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MARCH 10, 2011

A collaboration between research teams at Shell and Gordon Murray Design (GMD) recently led to the development of an innovative concept engine lubricant capable of achieving a 6.5% 25 city car as the test bed, Shell engineers formulated an ultra low viscosity 0W-10 motor oil. Shell-GMD collaboration case study.

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Fuel Economy Concept Engine Fuel 210

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

In addition, engine vibrations are reduced during cylinder deactivation. The paper presented at ICEF 2019 reveals the outcome of a simulation and validation study confirming the viability of the technology using a unique modular test setup approach. Indicated fuel consumption vs engine indicated power. de Jong (2019).

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