Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 25, 2010
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. —Musu et al. Tamagna, D.,
Green Car Congress
MAY 7, 2009
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. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 14, 2011
The engine is designed for use in light-duty vehicles, and demonstrates the potential of modifying passenger vehicle engines to achieve diesel-like fuel efficiency and power using CNG as an alternative fuel. FEV developed ATAC more than a decade ago, targeting large-bore engines in stationary and heavy-duty applications.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 17, 2013
The OP4 light-duty opposed-piston diesel. 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. Diesel Engines Fuel Efficiency' Click to enlarge. kW, compared to 4.1
Green Car Congress
JULY 7, 2009
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 engine has a compression ratio of 20:1, which lets it burn a variety of fuels, including diesel.
Green Car Congress
MAY 8, 2014
Motiv Engines, LLC introduced the second-generation of its engine concept dubbed the MkII Clarke-Brayton Engine, which it intends to develop into a heavy-duty on-highway engine fueled by liquid natural gas (LNG). John Clarke presentation at Engine Stretch Efficiency Colloquium, 2010. and O’Malley, E.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 31, 2009
Wave rotor technology has been explored since 1906, although its first significant application was in 1940 by Brown Boveri Company (BBC, today ABB) which used it as a high pressure stage for a gas turbine locomotive engine. Mazda produced 150,000 Comprex diesel cars.
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