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OCTOBER 7, 2014

Drive-E Powertrain Concept. Volvo has developed a concept 2-liter, 4-cylinder, triple-boost Drive-E concept engine that delivers 450 hp (336 kW). The 450 hp High Performance Drive-E Powertrain Concept is based on a set of technologies not usually found in a four-cylinder engine. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 8, 2009

The first registrant in the Challenge is Libralato Engines, developer of a novel rotary engine (cutaway shown) promising a 5.5% The LowCVP is calling on UK innovators to submit creative concepts with the potential to cut emissions from road vehicles without the need for radical new infrastructure. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

An OEM can adopt our idea to any internal combustion engine with an even number of cylinders to any truck, SUV or car they currently build, regardless of its transmission or configuration. The technology can be easily adapted to existing engines, making the implementation very cost effective.

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APRIL 17, 2015

UK-based Libertine FPE has built a demonstration prototype of its linear electrical machine for what it is calling “Digital Piston Motion Control” in free piston engine applications. This technology will allow researchers to develop future combustion engines free from the piston motion constraints dictated by the crankshaft.

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MARCH 6, 2021

The company also said that the MOU is an example of not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good, as the technology to retrofit vessels to run on methanol exists today while using methanol and ammonia on newbuilds is still a few years away. Components and pipes added to each cylinder to enable methanol fuel. Source: MAN.

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MAY 18, 2010

This is exactly the market that has been affected least by drive train innovations in the last decades and would benefit the most from CVT technology. Tags: Concept Engines Transmissions. Hawthorn is looking for funding and support to build a prototype. FPCVT website.

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APRIL 4, 2011

BMW’s new Concept M5, which makes its public debut at Auto Shanghai 2011, features a newly developed V8 with M twin-turbo technology. The M5 Concept engine is coupled with a seven-speed M double-clutch transmission with Drivelogic and M-specific suspension and steering.

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JULY 27, 2012

The UK Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has launched a three-year, £2.5-million The ETI is a public-private partnership between global energy and engineering companies—BP, Caterpillar, EDF, E.ON, Rolls-Royce and Shell—and the UK Government. million (US$3.9-million)

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

Dutch start-up ECONAMIQ is developing a novel engine technology which saves up to 20% in fuel consumption. The “ECONAMIQ principle” uses flexible over-expansion in combination with cylinder deactivation technology to increase performance and efficiency without significantly changing the engine layout or architecture.

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

The wave disc engine, a new implementation of wave rotor technology, was earlier developed by the Michigan State group in collaboration with researchers from the Warsaw Institute of Technology. The wave disc engine is a new implementation of wave rotor technology (also called Pressure Wave Machines or Pressure Exchangers).

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

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.

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JULY 7, 2009

and Reg Technologies Inc. have completed a final set of manufacturing drawings for the RadMax Diesel Engine, and have released them competitive bid. The companies are developing an improved axial vane type rotary engine known as the RadMax. and its parent company, Reg Technologies Inc., Rad Max assembly. Source: REGI US.

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Diesel Engine Concept Engine 2005 150

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MARCH 15, 2009

Flight Design GmbH will debut a hybrid engine concept for light aircraft at the upcoming Aero show in Friedrichshafen, Germany (2-5 April). Flight Design developed the concept engine over the past two years with Franz Aircraft Engines. Flight Design is a 23-year-old air sport products producer based in Germany.

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JUNE 1, 2013

Scuderi’s business plan is to develop, to patent, and to license its engine technology to OEMs and engine manufacturers. The company has no publicly announced licensing deals for its technology as yet. Concept Engines Engines Fuel Efficiency Market Background' Earlier post.).

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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. benefit on a combined cycle. Using GMD’s new T.25

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

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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Engine Plug-in Concept Plug 186

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APRIL 30, 2009

of the OX2 Engine. Advanced Engine Technologies. says it has reached the final development stage of its OX2 rotary engine, achieving a performance objective of more than 300 lb-ft (407 N·m) of torque along with 46 hp (34 kW) at an approximate operating speed of 760 rpm. Tags: Concept Engines. Exploded view.

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Engine Concept Shelby Concept Engine 170

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APRIL 17, 2013

Achates Power, which is developing a family of two-stroke, compression-ignition (CI) opposed-piston (OP) engines, has designed and is developing a light-duty diesel concept engine, the OP4. liter OM651 Euro 5 engine, said Fabien Redon VP, Technology Development at Achates Power, the OP4 design shows a modeled 13.5%

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Light Diesel Engine Power 225

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APRIL 22, 2009

Honda R&D began developing the VCR mechanism due to what Masahsi Kato, who presented a paper on the control system of the dual piston mechanism, described as drawbacks to current approaches to improving fuel-efficiency in gasoline engines of downsizing and new combustion technology. Kadota et al. Ishikawa, K. Yamamoto, M.

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JUNE 6, 2009

The piston assembly slides rigidly through the block via an oil pressure fed guiding system eliminating piston to cylinder-bore contact, reducing wear and lubrication requirements in the cylinder, and also reducing piston side shock—making ceramic technology suitable. Tags: Concept Engines Engines.

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Engine Gasoline Production China 240

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MAY 23, 2009

The concept engine uses the Bosch electro-hydraulic valve system (EHVS). The engine has two intake and two exhaust valves per cylinder. The team was able to test all conventional and pneumatic engine modes on the concept engine. The team replaced one exhaust valve per cylinder with a charge valve.

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MAY 3, 2009

China’s fourth largest car manufacturer Chongqing Changan Automobile Co and Orbital Corporation Limited have formed a joint development to work on a concept engine. It is hoped that with fuel economy improvements, the Euro IV emission levels will be achieved.

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MAY 6, 2009

It is believed that when fully developed with its turbo charged and air hybrid components, the engine will achieve significant gains in fuel efficiency - potentially making it the most significant advance since the Otto cycle more than 130 years ago. Currently the engine prototype is undergoing testing and analysis in San Antonio, Texas.

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Engine San Antonio Petrol Concept Engine 36

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MAY 9, 2013

liquid air) Dearman piston engine. Source: Dearman Engine Company. A new new forum for the advocacy and development of liquid air as an alternative technology to harness waste and surplus energy within power and transport—the Liquid Air Energy Network (LAEN)—has formed in the UK. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 8, 2014

Motiv Engines, LLC introduced the second-generation of its engine concept dubbed the MkII Clarke-Brayton Engine, which it intends to develop into a heavy-duty on-highway engine fueled by liquid natural gas (LNG). The company will test the engine this summer. Concept Engines Engines Natural Gas'

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JANUARY 29, 2010

Prototype of a Bladon Micro-Jet engine. A consortium led by micro gas turbine company Bladon Jets recently secured investment from the UK Technology Strategy Board to develop an Ultra Lightweight Range Extender (ULRE) for next-generation electric vehicles. Tags: Concept Engines Engines Hybrids. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 20, 2009

The prototype is of the naturally-aspirated Split Cycle gasoline engine, and is intended to be a proof of the basic technology of the split cycle with firing after Top Dead Center (one of the key attributes of the engine and cycle). The company intends to license its technology to engine manufacturers.

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Engine San Antonio Production Concept Engine 170

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Variable Compression Ratio technology is designed into the Garric engine from the start through variable valve (gate) timing. The compression ratio of the engine can be adjusted in real time, as demand warrants, according to the developers. A detailed animation of the cycle is available on the Garric Engine website.

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Concept Engine Exhaust Florida 220

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APRIL 9, 2009

Andrews says that vv-tec has efficiency gains possible in the steam cycle up to 30% through miniaturization and heat transfer improvements in the form of a new patented piston-in-piston technology. without the steam cycle—the engine would run at 40% efficiency with a high power density of 1.5 Tags: Concept Engines.

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Concept Saudi Arabia Concept Engine Engine 170

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JUNE 6, 2012

A researcher at the Nanjing University of Science & Technology is proposing a novel opposed-piston free-piston linear generator for use in series hybrid electric vehicles. Design of opposed-cylinder free-piston linear generator from earlier works with single, centered linear generator. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 30, 2015

Researchers at the Dalian University of Technology have proposed a novel method to control premixed charge compression ignition (PCCI) phasing in internal combustion engines in all load operations.

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