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JUNE 6, 2009

liter X4V2 prototype was originally designed for an aviation application. Revetec has prototyped 6 different versions of Revetec engine designs over the last 10 years. The latest version, the X4V2, was designed as a development engine for the aviation industry, and in early 2008 it was independently tested by Orbital Australia.

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Engine Gasoline Production China 240

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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.

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Fuel Economy Concept Engine Fuel 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2009

Wave rotor technology has been explored since 1906, although its first significant application was in 1940 by Brown Boveri Company (BBC, today ABB) which used it as a high pressure stage for a gas turbine locomotive engine. Tags: ARPA-E Concept Engines Engines Hybrids Plug-ins. Hyprex pressure wave charger.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2009

The LowCVP Technology Challenge is supported by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and with an associated media partner, Cleantech Investor. Market access and investment funding are key barriers for automotive technology companies. Rotor 1, Rotor 2 and the connecting cam form the total internal mechanism of the engine.

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Engine Carbon Exhaust Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2014

The MkII Clarke-Brayton Engine is a boxer-configuration split-cycle engine implementing what Motiv calls the Clarke-Brayton cycle. Motiv suggests that the MkII engine will be up to twice as efficient as a conventional automobile engine and up to 20% more efficient than modern diesel engines. Background.

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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. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

In August, Garric Engines. reached an agreement in principal to utilize Cobra Design & Engineering, Inc. Petersburg, Florida for engineering, drafting, design and manufacturing management functions for prototype development and production. Tags: Concept Engines Engines.

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Concept Engine Exhaust Florida 220

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MAY 9, 2013

liquid air) Dearman piston engine. Source: Dearman Engine Company. The work was conducted by a collaboration including industrial partners Arup, Dearman Engine Company, E4 Tech, Highview, Messer Group and Ricardo, as well as academics from the Universities of Leeds, Birmingham, Strathclyde, Brighton and Imperial College London.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2009

A German company, vv-tec GmbH , is developing a compact piston-driven turbine—the Reinhardt Turbine, named after its inventor—that it says is a two-cycle (gas and steam) thermodynamic process machine that can be built with conventional components and can achieve efficiency of at least 60%. Tags: Concept Engines. Mikalsen R.,

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Concept Saudi Arabia Concept Engine Engine 170

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APRIL 20, 2009

When fully developed with its turbocharged and air-hybrid components, the engine is expected to achieve significant gains in fuel efficiency. The Scuderi Engine is a split-cycle design that divides the four strokes of a conventional combustion cycle over two paired cylinders: one intake/compression cylinder and one power/exhaust cylinder.

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Engine San Antonio Production Concept Engine 170

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

We have explored and patented dozens of engine architectures capable of implementing the HEHC cycle. It took a lot of learning and refinement to figure out how to make such a simple engine as the X engine, which is 1) sealable, and 2) implements the HEHC cycle.

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