I read the linked article but the references to intermixed diesel, turbine and
two-cycle pressure wave scavenging has my head spinning.
I'm not entirely sure how this device works. I take it that the useful output
is the rotation of the disk (at what rpm?) Just how does that occur?
At the point of ignition, the now pressurized charge seems to be contained
in a fixed volume, then the disc rotation opens the exhaust port.
Is it a matter of every action -- the release of the exhaust -- has an equal
and opposite reaction -- force applied to the disk causing it to spin?
I also take it that the boundary between the new incoming charge and the
old burned charge in the open chambers is maintained by a moving
pressure wave. Very subtle.
Am I even close to understanding what's happening here?