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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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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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DECEMBER 1, 2014

The H-engine—basically two separate engines housed within the same engine block—comprises two switchable parallel piston banks, independently fueled by gasoline and CNG. Startup Eco-Motive has developed what it calls the first dual-fuel “H” engine; it recently received a patent (# 8807098 ) on the design.

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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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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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MAY 18, 2010

Independent inventor Ken Hawthorn has been issued a US patent (Patent# 7,713,154) on a Fixed Pitch Continuously Variable Transmission (FPCVT) designed for higher torque applications. The Power Sprocket design also allows for smooth re-engagement of the chain. Tags: Concept Engines Transmissions. Source: Ken Hawthorn.

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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. Cross-section (right) showing the latest FBIV-M design and points of interest. Source: MAN.

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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. The RadMax design was mainly developed by Radian Milparts and assigned to REGI US, Inc.

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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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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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JUNE 1, 2013

The Scuderi Engine is a split-cycle design that divides the four strokes of a conventional combustion cycle over two paired cylinders. Scuderi’s business plan is to develop, to patent, and to license its engine technology to OEMs and engine manufacturers. Concept Engines Engines Fuel Efficiency Market Background'

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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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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 ). Elements of the Grail Engine. Click to enlarge. Matthew Riley.

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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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MAY 8, 2014

The prototype is fueled by diesel, a first step in proving the technology before developing a new LNG fuel system. The MkII Clarke-Brayton Engine is a boxer-configuration split-cycle engine implementing what Motiv calls the Clarke-Brayton cycle. The company will test the engine this summer. Background. Gas transfer.

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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. Takahashi and S. Ishikawa, K.

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MAY 23, 2009

Shifting the operating point of the engine is also possible, using at least one cylinder in a conventional combustion manner at high load, and using at least one cylinder to pump air into the pressure tank. The hardware concept. The original engine was designed by Wenko Swissauto, and manufactured by Weber Automotive.

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JUNE 6, 2012

Design of opposed-cylinder free-piston linear generator from earlier works with single, centered linear generator. 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. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 6, 2009

The split-cycle engine from the Scuderi Group offers high efficiency standards without the need for large investments to modify existing production processes. According to its designers, the engine could revolutionise future viability of the internal combustion engine.

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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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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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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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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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APRIL 9, 2009

Gert also designed a storage jukebox that was used by many of the largest companies in Europe. The engine is classified as a turbine, says Jim Andrews, vv-tec’s President, because the use of the sinus discs make the engine into an impulse turbine. 2007) A review of free-piston engine history and applications. Mikalsen R.,

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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. Higher air jet temperature can obtain a higher and advanced peak pressure.

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