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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% improvement in fuel efficiency on an urban cycle, and a 4.6% benefit on a combined cycle. Using GMD’s new T.25

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MAY 23, 2009

Researchers at ETH Zürich, with partners Robert Bosch GmbH, Wenko Swissauto and the Swiss Federal Office of Energy are developing a downsized and supercharged hybrid pneumatic engine that they say can deliver a fuel consumption reduction of more than 30% compared to a standard engine with the same rated power. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 22, 2015

DOE also announced up to $35 million to advance fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, including enabling the early adoption of fuel cell applications, such as light duty fuel cell electric vehicles. Increased efficiency may be achieved using one or more proposed enabling technologies on a baseline engine. turbomachinery.

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APRIL 30, 2009

The engine can be adapted to run any combustible gas or liquid as fuel. Advanced Engine Technologies was incorporated in 1996 to commercialize the OX2, with automotive racing pioneer Carroll Shelby on its Board of Directors and involved in the engine development. Tags: Concept Engines. OX2 in a test rig.

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APRIL 22, 2009

liter, 4-cylinder engine, the dual piston mechanism was able to adjust the engine from a CR of 9.6 Combining the high compression ratio with the Atkinson cycle, the engineering team demonstrated a 7.4% improvement in fuel economy in operation over the Japanese 10-15 cycle. and back again. Kadota et al. Ishikawa, K.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Bosch’s 15-inch monitor has two variants, one in landscape mode as a dashboard solution and another in portrait mode as part of a mirror camera system that can replace side mirrors and improve vehicle efficiency by reducing drag. Powertrain concepts. The Bosch Central Gateway (CGW) enables secure connectivity in commercial vehicles.

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APRIL 17, 2015

This technology will allow researchers to develop future combustion engines free from the piston motion constraints dictated by the crankshaft. Already validated at proof-of-concept level, Libertine’s new hardware uses production-feasible component designs suitable for automotive hybrid powertrain modules, such as range extenders.

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

million from the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program ( earlier post ) to complete its prototype development of a new gasoline-fueled wave disc engine and electricity generator that promises to be five times more efficient than traditional auto engines in electricity production, 20% lighter, and 30% cheaper to manufacture.

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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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JULY 27, 2012

This project is part of a £40-million (US$63 million) ETI program designed to increase HDV efficiency. Vehicle fuel efficiency could be increased by 2 to 5% if lower drivetrain losses could be effectively halved which means this project has the potential to make a beneficial step change to the HDV industry.

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JUNE 8, 2009

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. The Libralato engine is a rotary engine comprising two interlaced circular chambers of slightly different diameters. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 7, 2009

The companies are developing an improved axial vane type rotary engine known as the RadMax. The RadMax engine has only two unique moving parts, the vanes (up to 12) and the rotor; the design makes it possible to produce up to 24 continuous power impulses per one rotation that is vibration-free and extremely quiet. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 29, 2010

Jaguar Land Rover is now part of Tata Motors. The ULRE will incorporate a Bladon Jets patented, axial flow gas turbine engine coupled to a high-speed generator utilizing SR Drives’ proprietary switched reluctance technology. One moving part. Tags: Concept Engines Engines Hybrids. ETV Motors. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

The X2—which can be considered a beta version of the X1 alpha (referenced by Dr. Alexander Shkolnik, President and CEO, at the SAE High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium earlier this year, earlier post )—is a 40 hp (29 kW) multi-fuel capable rotary engine that requires no valves, cooling systems, radiators, mufflers, or other components.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

When reforming is not used, the fuel and exhaust pass through CV2 unchanged. A paper on their work was published online 5 February in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. The basic concept of TCR involves using exhaust heat to promote on-board reforming of hydrocarbon fuels into syngas (a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen).

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JUNE 6, 2012

novel opposed-piston free-piston linear generator is proposed.The main parts of the new designed system are a central combustion chamber and two linear generators. Furthermore, natural gas will be investigated as the fuel of the system. To overcome the drawbacks in the reported opposed-cylinder free-piston liner generator.a

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