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Flight Design to Present New Hybrid Propulsion System for Light Aircraft

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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.

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Concept Engine: Ilmor Engineering to Show Cutaway of 5-Stroke Engine at Engine EXPO

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Rendering of the Ilmor 5-stroke concept engine. Ilmor Engineering will present a new cutaway version of the Ilmor 5-stroke concept engine at the upcoming Engine EXPO 2009, 16-18 June, in Stuttgart, Germany. The 5-stroke concept engine is a self-funded proof of concept.

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New split-cycle concept to control diesel HCCI combustion

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A team from Universita degli Studi di Pisa (Italy) and Rolf Reitz at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are proposing a novel combustion concept—Homogenous Charge Progressive Combustion (HCPC)—based on a split-cycle principle to control HCCI combustion in diesel-fueled engines. Combustor Compressor. Displacement.

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Motiv Engines introduces 2nd-generation split-cycle concept; MkII Clarke-Brayton heavy-duty engine being designed for LNG

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2013) “Analytical Comparison of a Turbocharged Conventional Diesel and a Naturally Aspirated Compact Compression Ignition Engine both Sized for a Highway Truck,” SAE Technical Paper 2013-01-1736 doi: 10.4271/2013-01-1736. John Clarke presentation at Engine Stretch Efficiency Colloquium, 2010. and O’Malley, E. Graves, R.

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ORNL Researchers Find Thermochemical Exhaust Heat Recuperation In Internal Combustion Engines Could Provide Substantial Boosts in Second-Law Efficiency

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The second law efficiency benefits from TCR in the present study are mainly due to the higher cylinder input exergy for reformate and the pressure boost in the case of constant volume reformation. Study of the Theoretical Potential of Thermochemical Exhaust Heat Recuperation for Internal Combustion Engines.

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Achates Power developing light-duty two-stroke opposed-piston diesel engine: the OP4

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

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Engineers from Honda R&D Co., presented a pair of papers at the SAE 2009 World Congress describing the development of a variable compression ratio (VCR) engine enabled by a dual piston mechanism. Kawajiri (2009) Advanced Control System of Variable Compression Ratio (VCR) Engine with Dual Piston Mechanism (SAE 2009-01-1063).

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