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04-30-2014, 11:18 PM
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Lots of goodness there- hopefully it gets realized.
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04-30-2014, 11:32 PM
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Posted on this site in late 2011. There are probably older posts here. Supposedly 56% thermal efficiency.
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...l-18815-3.html
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Also, OMG, it's a two stroke. That should bring on a fiery debate, something I have been advocating for a decade.
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I think ring reliability is a problem with two strokes but there's no reason you can't pair up pistons and have a 4 stroke version of this. The potential problem area I see is the magnet, which would be undergoing quite a lot of stress unless the displacement is high and the piston moves relatively slowly, and also cooling (Curie temperature).
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05-01-2014, 11:09 AM
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I looked at this and first thought was ... 2-stroke diesel pile driver!
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Cool engine design, but the thread title is oddly worded - this engine would be used in a hybrid car, by definition. It would make sense to have it in a plugin hybrid - and it would be a serial hybrid, by definition.
It bypasses the whole crankshaft / offset vector problem, and it has no camshaft, or valve springs, either. Much lower parasitic losses. I wonder if it uses a magnetic or an air spring to return the piston to TDC? Edit: it is a gas spring - I shoulda' read the whole article.
It does appear to be a 2-stroke but it also has electrically (pneumatically?) actuated valves, so it is unlikely to "leak" unburned fumes out through the exhaust.
More info here: http://www.greencarcongress.com/2014...0422-fpeg.html
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