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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. Orbital Corporation Limited and Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd, China’s fourth largest automotive manufacturer, have entered into a joint development contract for a concept engine. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). million (US$1.74

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Concept: Honda RD Developing Variable Compression Ratio Engine with Dual Piston Mechanism

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And while the new combustion technologies such as lean burn, stratified combustion and homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) have been made practicable within lower speed and lower load regions, more conventional technologies still have to be used to cover the whole operating range. Kadota et al. Ishikawa, K. Yamamoto, M. Kato and S.

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Groups join forces on fuel efficient engine

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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. In April 2008, Changan displayed a prototype engine developed with Orbital at the Beijing International Motor Show.

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Dalian team proposes jet controlled compression ignition to control PCCI phasing in a hybrid pneumatic engine

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The hybrid pneumatic engine (HPE) concept, which combines a conventional internal combustion engine with a pneumatic storage system, instead of using an expensive battery in an electric hybrid engine, has become an interesting method to realize both low fuel consumption and emissions. Schechter, M.

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