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.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 11th Intersociety of Energy Conservation Engineering Conference, State Line, Nevada, September 12-19, 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Institute of Chemical Engineers

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• Authors:
  • CHICUREL, R
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the 11th Intersociety of Energy Conservation Engineering Conference, State Line, Nevada, September 12-19, 1976.
• 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