Short Summary
Gyroton Rotary
Engine Project: A Controllably Variable Compression
and Displacement
Engine
Geoffrey Deane
01-05
EISG Project Title: Gyroton Rotary Engine Project: A Controllably Variable Compression and Displacement Engine
EISG Grant Number: 01-05
PIER Area: Environmentally
Preferred Advanced Generation
Principal Investigator: Geoffrey Deane
Contact Information:
Phone: (805) 899-9199 Email:
gdeane@gyroton.com
Organization: Dehlsen Associates, LLC
Grant Amount: $75,000
Grant Term: 12 Months
Project Description:
The purpose of this project is to research the feasibility of constructing a rotary engine based on geometries that produce and follow an idealized, Asymmetric Complete-Expansion Cycle. A prototype rotary engine will be built and tested.
Proposed Outcomes:
· A 10 HP prototype engine will be constructed
· Feasibility analysis based on the performance of the prototype engine.
Anticipated Benefits:
· Increase the fuel efficiency of internal combustion engines by improving the thermodynamic and mechanical efficiencies of the engine, which are needed to make IC engines competitive in the distributed generation market.
· Make available a more efficient IC engine with a capital cost around $400/kW.
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