DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL ROTARY ENGINE
A concept adaptable to the Otto, Rankine and Brayton cycles, is described. All moving parts in the engine rotate at uniform angular velocities. The working chamber is bounded by four oval-shaped rotors and two side cover-plates. Admission and exhaust of the working fluid is accomplished by means of ports in the rotors. An Otto cycle prototype with a displacement of 104 cm squared 3 was built and tested with marginal results. Also, a Rankine cycle expander was tested compressed air. An improved design of the Rankine expander is now being built.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Proceedings of the 11th Intersociety of Energy Conservation Engineering Conference, State Line, Nevada, September 12-19, 1976.
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Corporate Authors:
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
345 East 47th Street
New York, NY United States 10017 -
Authors:
- CHICUREL, R
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1976-9
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 73-79
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Compressed air; Heat cycle; Internal combustion engines; Rankine engines; Rotary engines; Rotors; Transducers
- Old TRIS Terms: Brayton system; Expander; Rankine cycle; Rotary
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00153235
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 29 1977 12:00AM