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Concept: AET Reaches Final Development Stage of OX2 Barrel Engine

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Each cylinder fires twice per revolution and two cylinders fire simultaneously, resulting in four times the output per revolution of a conventional four-stroke engine at the same displacement. The engine can be adapted to run any combustible gas or liquid as fuel. Tags: Concept Engines. OX2 in a test rig.

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Liquid Air Energy Network forms in UK; focus on transportation and energy storage

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The expansion of the liquid air when heat is reintroduced can be used to drive a piston engine or turbine to do useful work. The main potential applications are in electricity storage, transport and the recovery of waste heat. Compressed air engines (e.g., At 300 bar, air has a specific energy of 140 Wh/kg (0.5MJ/ kg).