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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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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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Concept: modular EV-hybrid features battery and engine swapping

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The battery-pack option includes a 17 kWh pack which enables a range of 140 km (87 miles); supplemented by the 5 kWh battery in the car, this brings total range to about 180 km (112 miles). The engine-pack contains a combustion engine which produces 82 hp and is connected to a continuously variable transmission (CVT).

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

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In its chapter, Ricardo considered a number of potential roles for liquid air considered in which the air is used as a heat sink and then as a working fluid within a heat engine. The heat engine can be deployed as either the prime mover or in a supporting role to recover waste heat from a conventional engine or fuel cell.

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Concept: AET Reaches Final Development Stage of OX2 Barrel Engine

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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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