Half rotate engine

[feliks]

Half rotate engine

Full story:
http://www.new4stroke.com/new%...1.pdf

Regards Andrew

[BRealistic]

That looks like a lot of reciprocating mass. More like half baked engine.

[AZGolf]

Looks like a vibrational nightmare. What problem did they think they were fixing here?

[anotoneher]

Front of whatever it's in would be slamming back and forth

[JacksSenseOfRejection]

Quote, originally posted by anotoneher »

Front of whatever it's in would be slamming back and forth

Seriously. I'm picturing a car with the front tires jumping from left to right, like a high school cheerleader who gets her pregnancy test back negative.

[LSchenz]

Seems like a lot of mass to be moving back in forth in the front of the car........................

[Corbic]

What would the advantage be?

[BRealistic]

Quote, originally posted by Corbic »

What would the advantage be?

It looks like each side of those two wedges is a combustion chamber.(we are not seeing the engine block). So I guess the advantage would be the power output in a small engine block. You would need to of these reciprocating dual wedge things operating opposite of each other to cancel out vibrations though- end even then it might still shake like crazy. Hm.

[duke of chucchinchilla]

Polish engine design...

[scanlory]

I brilliant solution to a problem that really never existed in the first place.

[Corbic]

Quote, originally posted by BRealistic »

It looks like each side of those two wedges is a combustion chamber.(we are not seeing the engine block). So I guess the advantage would be the power output in a small engine block. You would need to of these reciprocating dual wedge things operating opposite of each other to cancel out vibrations though- end even then it might still shake like crazy. Hm.

so you would have a string of those chambers, revolving in different timing on one crank shaft... a big long tube engine... that half rotates?

I don't think it would resolve any of the traditional problems a rotary engine has, nor would it improve on a piston engine..

[BRealistic]

Quote, originally posted by Corbic »

so you would have a string of those chambers, revolving in different timing on one crank shaft... a big long tube engine... that half rotates? I don't think it would resolve any of the traditional problems a rotary engine has, nor would it improve on a piston engine..

No. Just two side by side. And while it is an interesting 'idea', the devil is in the details. For example- The rotary engine seems like a great idea on paper: few moving parts, no reciprocating parts, high rpm is no problem on engine- but then when you realize you have to lubricate a part on the free floating rotor, requiring injecting oil into the intake, and the poor efficiency of the combustion chamber design- and it looses its panacea glow.

the engine shown does have some advantages over the rotary engine. like the apex seals are part of the block- so they can be easily lubricated and controlled.

But I still can't see that amount of reciprocating mass allowing the smooth revving rpm needed to make the most out of an engine design.

[feliks]

"I brilliant solution to a problem that really never existed in the first place. "

Yes of course.Next develop 100 years, and only advantages


Modified by feliks at 3:44 AM 8-12-2007

[B4A3WhatNext]

I'm not qualified to judge the efficiency of the design, but a look at the website http://www.pivotalengine.com is interesting. Here are a few items that answered my first questions:

Quote, originally posted by website »

Longevity was our first requirement. To achieve this we needed to change the means by which the piston movement was constrained. A cylinder with large port openings does not satisfactorily restrain the piston or the piston rings when all these components are changing in size and shape. Reliability demanded that the temperature of the piston be controlled when the engine is operating at a continuous and high load. Efficiency was another prime requirement. The key to efficiency is to reduce the internal friction and improve the internal gas flow. We therefore needed to remove load bearing sliding components and create displacement driven full loop scavenge pattern to reduce fresh charge and exhaust gas mixing and improve trapping. Low oil consumption was needed to ensure that both the cost of operation and the level of emissions met the expectations for engines of the future. Keeping the oil separate from the fuel and from mixing with the induction air was clearly essential.

Quote, originally posted by website »

The piston movement is now controlled by pivot bearings and this eliminates piston rocking and the wear associated with the cold startup phase in a conventional two/stroke engine. The exceptionally low level of mechanical noise is immediately apparent. The pivoted piston also ensures that the compression seals are held at normal orientation to the surface of the chamber and do not protrude into the port openings. The pivot shaft also provides access for water cooling which circulates through the piston to directly cool the piston crown. These features are important because the piston is no longer at risk of being damaged when the engine is cold or from over heating during sustained periods of high load. In a 'Pivotal' engine the only components subject to wear are the chamber surfaces, the compression seals and the bearings. Modern surface coating technology provides a wide range of material choices making it possible to achieve the service life required in almost any engine application. By pivoting the piston we have removed the high lubrication demand that is associated with the sliding piston of a conventional two/stroke engine (the cause of excessive oil loss out of the exhaust). Oil can be metered by the engine management system directly to the surfaces of parts where it is needed. The 'Pivotal' engine oil usage is only 10% of the level required by a conventional two/stroke engine. This rate of oil consumption is comparable with the oil consumption of a four/stroke engine before the additional saving from not having oil changes is factored in.

I guess what I'd like to know now is how the cooling water seal to the wobbling piston would be secured, and what the emissions from such an engine would look like. My understanding of 2-stroke engines is that the exhaust is very dirty, but the removal of oil from the fuel may alleviate a lot of that.

Mr Feliks - Why would you want to add valves to the design? Your diagram on page 9 talks about only needing one rod and one crank, but the valves would also add four camshafts, adding weight and complexity. The beauty (to my untrained eyes) of the 2-stroke approach is that it only requires a fuel injector. And the website talks about a 400 cc motorcycle engine pulling 11,500 RPM.

[feliks]

Quote, originally posted by B4A3WhatNext »

Mr Feliks - Why would you want to add valves to the design? Your diagram on page 9 talks about only needing one rod and one crank, but the valves would also add four camshafts, adding weight and complexity. The beauty (to my untrained eyes) of the 2-stroke approach is that it only requires a fuel injector. And the website talks about a 400 cc motorcycle engine pulling 11,500 RPM.

Yes , I think , so designs this half rotate,It depends , ahose this engine are usin: other big engine (eg.ships), other smal engine ( eg .motocycle) . Ones better two stroke, othes four stroke with different timing, popoed or "pistons".Itas too depends for allocation this engine.


Modified by feliks at 4:50 PM 8-12-2007

[Brendon@BmFTechnik]

Quote, originally posted by B4A3WhatNext »

My understanding of 2-stroke engines is that the exhaust is very dirty, but the removal of oil from the fuel may alleviate a lot of that.

you would be wrong in that assumption. Carb'd 2 stroke's are very dirty, fuel injected two stroke motors that are built by companies such as Aprillia and large outboard boat motor companies (I think Mercury? IIRC) are very clean and are capable of meeting emissions requirements. Two stroke's have an issue of raw fuel getting spat out the exhaust, their efficiency is not something to brag about. This raw fuel being oil and gasoline, which the new fuel injected motor's seem to be keeping under control.

The real issue is the mixxing of the oil and fuel and how people forget. It's not even like to have to mix it yourself, most 2 stroke's have a oil injection pump now and you just have to keep it topped off.

FWIW

[feliks]

Quote, originally posted by Brendon@BmFTechnik »

The real issue is the mixxing of the oil and fuel and how people forget. It's not even like to have to mix it yourself, most 2 stroke's have a oil injection pump now and you just have to keep it topped off. FWIW

Yes you right.This engine possible have teflon slider, and possible two stroke witot any oil in intake air( or fuel- air)but all must colled water.

[Nourdmrolnmt]

Quote, originally posted by feliks »

Yes you right.This engine possible have teflon slider, and possible two stroke witot any oil in intake air( or fuel- air)but all must colled water.

It shows you are from krakow, but god i can not read your writing.

[VWestlife]

Quote, originally posted by feliks »

Good news for Eastern Europeans! The revolutionary half-stroke engine will be featured in the new 2008 Trabant.

[nobledub]

the translation on that PDF is

As far as that engine working...

[feliks]

Quote, originally posted by VWestlife »

Good news for Eastern Europeans! The revolutionary half-stroke engine will be featured in the new 2008 Trabant.

Espania is in Western Europe? Some news http://www.dmoz.es/Top/Science...arch/
Maybe Seat?

Modified by feliks at 4:23 AM 9-10-2007


Modified by feliks at 4:24 AM 9-10-2007

[feliks]

Quote, originally posted by VWestlife »

Good news for Eastern Europeans! The revolutionary half-stroke engine will be featured in the new 2008 Trabant.

Trabant are air -cooled , version half -rotate air cooled :

Develop air-cooled half rotate piston :
Two big closed bearings,little different seals:
(3D not enough, two picture for good explain )

plus some fin inside "piston" and good air vent

Or two small bearings .....

First VW too have air-cooled engine

[AKADriver]

What's the point?

The problem that IC engines face today is not their rotational assembly, it's in the fuel used and the combustion process.

[feliks]

Litlle HorsePowerMeter

Tongues in engines manner of measurement of amount of mechanical horse.
Each engine owns invariable parameters about definite , like :
Sum of inertia mass, sum inertia springs, chains ,valves,etc.

Each model of engine has this parameters exactly SAME !!

And if for example, we want it without load for 4000 RPM ,at same time , we need exactly SAME horsepower.
It is principle my idea: Horse Power Meter.

Manner of measurement Horse Power:
Car is stop !!
We have running engine in idle RPM.
We need only same impulse classic RPM meter
Next we push and press i electronic meter switch "measurement"
Next we must push throttle in FULL .
Engine go to eg 5000 RPM.
Electronic measurement TIME with special SOFT , how long engine going measurement period 3000 rpm to 4000 rpm . This TIME are equivalent horsepower of engine.
Little power -long time , normal power - short time
Idea in diagram:

Next diagram electronic of Horsepower Meter, can made little 8 -bit processor eg. AT2050. Small individual Soft for each model of engine:

Happy Easter
Andrew :wavey:

[Double-V]

Quote, originally posted by feliks »

Trabant are air -cooled , version half -rotate air cooled : Develop air-cooled half rotate piston : Two big closed bearings,little different seals: (3D not enough, two picture for good explain ) plus some fin inside "piston" and good air vent First VW too have air-cooled engine

I can't help but read that using Borat's accent...

[justanotherusername]

Quote, originally posted by AKADriver »

What's the point? The problem that IC engines face today is not their rotational assembly, it's in the fuel used and the combustion process.

One thing that I see that's interesting is that the seals around the moving "piston" on this work like brushes in an electric motor. They wouldn't loose compression due to wear like rings do in a typical piston engine. It looks like a spring would keep constant pressure on them, and when the wearable part got low, it could be removed without taking the engine apart. The design might also reduce the friction caused by the rings for a given displacement, but it's hard to tell.

It's an interesting design exercise, even if it doesn't have a practical application IMO.

[Dextrobrick]

Quote, originally posted by feliks »

Half rotate engine

Spying the crank rotation, it looks like the half-rotate engine is rotating 45º max making it more like an eighth-rotate engine.

[vwgilly]

Aren't Newton's three laws enough to say no?

[miller-cycle]

Classic non-sequitur bump for a six month old post.

The Little Horse Power Meter has my vote. If it actually does tongues in engines manner of measurement of amount of mechanical horse, then I definitely want one.

[feliks]

Quote, originally posted by miller-cycle »

Classic non-sequitur bump for a six month old post. The Little Horse Power Meter has my vote. If it actually does tongues in engines manner of measurement of amount of mechanical horse, then I definitely want one.

It is sure true.
Se in http://www.epi-eng.com/piston_...e.htm

Quote my link:
"POWER
POWER is the measure of how much WORK can be done in a specified TIME. ......."

At same WORK
Need gauge TIME....

I am only inventor, maybe anybody made it.....

Regards Andrew

Modified by feliks at 4:19 AM 4-5-2008

[PsyberVW]

Quote, originally posted by justanotherusername »

One thing that I see that's interesting is that the seals around the moving "piston" on this work like brushes in an electric motor. They wouldn't loose compression due to wear like rings do in a typical piston engine. It looks like a spring would keep constant pressure on them, and when the wearable part got low, it could be removed without taking the engine apart. The design might also reduce the friction caused by the rings for a given displacement, but it's hard to tell. It's an interesting design exercise, even if it doesn't have a practical application IMO.

I figured it was an electrical motor by the diagrams. different.

[CBJ]

Finally, the answer to the question, How can I have more apex seals?

[feliks]

On one of aerial forum, describing my horse power meter, it re-wrapped in discussion for transmit force for transmission in helicopters theme limitation , very often.
I read this forum and , I has been orientated , that transmission is critical element in helicopter most
Sometimes. at creation of new invention, inspiration takes place at I safety of user most important
There is so and this time.
Understand how as critical thing beginning, try to omit she completely.
My constructions for carrying half- rotary engine directly try to joint impeller of helicopter, with out any transmission. In order to get low turns properly, I must use engine about outsized jumping capacity, and low rpm. My half -rotate engine, is accuracy, and size are reasonable.
Second ,safety important , are diesel fuel in this low rpm engine. Summary I increase safety twice.
It try to make similar to main parameters " " Chinook”.

Principle of operation half-rotate engine

Air cooling " piston"

And neither one cogged circle

Regards Andrew

[feliks]

I find same gear box at propeller C-130 Hercules airplane.
With torque sensor.
My work:

And again neither one cogged circle

Andrew


Modified by feliks at 3:14 PM 5-18-2008

[mdcclxxvi]

what the hell is going on here?