Green Car Congress
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. More than 1,300 of its aircraft are flying in 25 countries.
Green Car Congress
MAY 23, 2009
Schematic of downsized and supercharged four-stroke hybrid pneumatic spark injection engine. The reduction in fuel consumption is obtained mainly through enabling the effective use of a heavily downsized engine, rather than from regenerative efficiency. The concept engine uses the Bosch electro-hydraulic valve system (EHVS).
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Using the virtual simulation environment GT-Power, this cycle is applied to a 4-cylinder SI engine. This engine model is simulated for a part-load operation point and compared with a standard 4-cylinder engine model and 4-cylinder engine model equipped with cylinder deactivation. —de Jong (2019).
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 22, 2015
The new FOA supports the President’s EV Everywhere Grand Challenge, which seeks to make the United States the first country to produce a wide array of plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) models (including plug-in hybrids and all-electric vehicles) by 2022 that are as affordable and convenient as current gasoline powered vehicles we drive today.
Green Cars News
MAY 6, 2009
An engine that provides vehicle manufacturers with an immediate solution for low emission legislation will make its European debut at the Engine EXPO in Stuttgart. The split-cycle engine from the Scuderi Group offers high efficiency standards without the need for large investments to modify existing production processes.
Green Car Congress
MAY 9, 2013
Air can be turned into a liquid by cooling it to around -196 °C using standard industrial equipment; 700 liters of ambient air becomes about 1 liter of liquid air, which can then be stored in an unpressurised insulated vessel. Heat hybrid. Compressed Air Engines Concept Engines Engines'
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 18, 2012
Isuzu D201 35 hp diesel engine (left) and the LiquidPiston 40 hp X2 Prototype (right). The combination of high compression ratio, true constant volume combustion, expansion into a larger volume than intake, and (optionally) water turning to high pressure steam cumulatively add to the efficiency of the engine. Click to enlarge.
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