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Viv, I had no idea they had gone so far. Not quite the configuration I'd have chosen (I like the two-crankshaft one better) but who am I to argue? This is a wonderful product. I am really amazed. (Provided that the claims are true, of course.)
Proves the point I have been making very often, to a great number of skeptical listeners -- that so many wickedly intelligent designs have fallen by the wayside over the course of the 20th century, for spurious, often totally stupid, reasons.
Next thing, mark my words, boundary layer free radical ignition engines by Honda.
Proves the point I have been making very often, to a great number of skeptical listeners -- that so many wickedly intelligent designs have fallen by the wayside over the course of the 20th century, for spurious, often totally stupid, reasons.
Next thing, mark my words, boundary layer free radical ignition engines by Honda.
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Sulzar?
What I love is the way its based on the Sulzar marine engines but arranged as a flat twin, that and the fact that they have made a suitcase sized 5 kw generator from a marine engine the size of a house;-)
I still like the twin crank version or the single crank with rocker arms of the T3 type as you say who are we to argue.
The power to weight ration of these engines with the SFC of a diesel will be formidable competition in the market place, couple one of these to a modern composite multi-blade propellor and you have a powerful solution.
Now all it needs is a bigger scavenging blower and turbo section;-)
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I still like the twin crank version or the single crank with rocker arms of the T3 type as you say who are we to argue.
The power to weight ration of these engines with the SFC of a diesel will be formidable competition in the market place, couple one of these to a modern composite multi-blade propellor and you have a powerful solution.
Now all it needs is a bigger scavenging blower and turbo section;-)
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did you spot the additional oval cylinders
You have got to assume my sense of humor is in full swing;-)
look at the picture again and notice how nicely the internal oval of the cylinder liner is machined, then wonder why? the small dark tube is the cylinder for the pistons, lower piston attached in the normal way to the crank , upper piston has an oddly oval looking crosshead for the connecting rods to attach it back to the main crank.
? its a two stroke diesel it needs scavenging air, were does it come from in such a compact layout?
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look at the picture again and notice how nicely the internal oval of the cylinder liner is machined, then wonder why? the small dark tube is the cylinder for the pistons, lower piston attached in the normal way to the crank , upper piston has an oddly oval looking crosshead for the connecting rods to attach it back to the main crank.
? its a two stroke diesel it needs scavenging air, were does it come from in such a compact layout?
Enjoy
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Re: did you spot the additional oval cylinders
No, it's got round pistons as far as I can see, unlike the Honda.Viv wrote:You have got to assume my sense of humor is in full swing;-)
look at the picture again and notice how nicely the internal oval of the cylinder liner is machined, then wonder why? the small dark tube is the cylinder for the pistons, lower piston attached in the normal way to the crank , upper piston has an oddly oval looking crosshead for the connecting rods to attach it back to the main crank.
? its a two stroke diesel it needs scavenging air, were does it come from in such a compact layout?
Enjoy
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I see no blower anywhere. The piston is not stepped, as in the Woolfe layout. So, I must assume it's loop scavenging, with intake into the crankcase, with piston bottoms pumping the fresh charge in and out of crankcase through scavenging ports.
But, for that, the cylinders would have to be staggered, as in a boxer engine (like a Koenig 2-stroke, for instance) so that the pistons move in opposite directions. As far as I can see, those two pistons are not staggered. They look like being mounted on the same crankpin.
Do the upper pistons pump the fresh charge, between the top of the crosshead and the cylinder cover, or what? The pushrod tunnels could be used as ports.
Beats me, frankly.
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You need new glasses Simon, her pistons are definitely not oval;-)tufty wrote:Oval pistons, you say?
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Re: did you spot the additional oval cylinders
The oval cross head has a blue seal on it so it looks like an air piston, below it is the round combustion piston by the looks of it Bruno, look at the row of components along the bottom and the second one is a reed valve.Bruno Ogorelec wrote:No, it's got round pistons as far as I can see, unlike the Honda.Viv wrote:You have got to assume my sense of humor is in full swing;-)
look at the picture again and notice how nicely the internal oval of the cylinder liner is machined, then wonder why? the small dark tube is the cylinder for the pistons, lower piston attached in the normal way to the crank , upper piston has an oddly oval looking crosshead for the connecting rods to attach it back to the main crank.
? its a two stroke diesel it needs scavenging air, were does it come from in such a compact layout?
Enjoy
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I see no blower anywhere. The piston is not stepped, as in the Woolfe layout. So, I must assume it's loop scavenging, with intake into the crankcase, with piston bottoms pumping the fresh charge in and out of crankcase through scavenging ports.
But, for that, the cylinders would have to be staggered, as in a boxer engine (like a Koenig 2-stroke, for instance) so that the pistons move in opposite directions. As far as I can see, those two pistons are not staggered. They look like being mounted on the same crank-pin.
Do the upper pistons pump the fresh charge, between the top of the crosshead and the cylinder cover, or what? The push-rod tunnels could be used as ports.
Beats me, frankly.
Its stepped but not as we know it in the woolfe, for scavenging you need a couple of times the cylinder volume to blow out the exhaust gases so crankcase pumping wont work as its too low a volume.
It looks like the top of the stepped piston (crosshead) is the air piston and below it is the combustion piston but acting now as the timing valve to close off the flow, it s neater arrangement than the traditional method.
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Re: did you spot the additional oval cylinders
Um.... it sure as hell worked on all the two strokes I have owned.Viv wrote:for scavenging you need a couple of times the cylinder volume to blow out the exhaust gases so crankcase pumping wont work as its too low a volume.
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Re: did you spot the additional oval cylinders
:-)Bruno Ogorelec wrote:Um.... it sure as hell worked on all the two strokes I have owned.Viv wrote:for scavenging you need a couple of times the cylinder volume to blow out the exhaust gases so crankcase pumping wont work as its too low a volume.
I don't think you can claim those as being the same type of scavenging requirement!
My old Villiers 2T or Arial Leader were two strokes but not like diesel two strokes
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Re: did you spot the additional oval cylinders
Even allowing for the same stroke, one might say that the seemingly larger bore on the second piston (oval or not, haha) would make for a greater volume for scavenging, no?Viv wrote::-)Bruno Ogorelec wrote:Um.... it sure as hell worked on all the two strokes I have owned.Viv wrote:for scavenging you need a couple of times the cylinder volume to blow out the exhaust gases so crankcase pumping wont work as its too low a volume.
I don't think you can claim those as being the same type of scavenging requirement!
My old Villiers 2T or Arial Leader were two strokes but not like diesel two strokes
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Viv,
Something for you. Please study this cutaway of the engine carefully. Takes some time before you see what's what -- but it's worth the effort.
Remember our conversation on stepped pistons?
the only thing I know about this is that it's Pratt & Whitney.
Something for you. Please study this cutaway of the engine carefully. Takes some time before you see what's what -- but it's worth the effort.
Remember our conversation on stepped pistons?
the only thing I know about this is that it's Pratt & Whitney.
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Another diesel engine start-up comes out of stealth
Another diesel engine start-up comes out of stealth
Actually thats the name of the article but again it seems this is the green topic of the moment
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-985758 ... 47-1_3-0-5
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Actually thats the name of the article but again it seems this is the green topic of the moment
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-985758 ... 47-1_3-0-5
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Double acting
Hi BrunoBruno Ogorelec wrote:Viv,
Something for you. Please study this cutaway of the engine carefully. Takes some time before you see what's what -- but it's worth the effort.
Remember our conversation on stepped pistons?
the only thing I know about this is that it's Pratt & Whitney.
Yes I have seen this type of pump before but never a double acting version like this, very nice
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Re: Double acting
Aw, Viv, it ain't a pump. It's a Pratt & Whitney PT-1 free piston engine, a gas generator for a turbine. Used two opposed whopping BIG stepped pistons, the small bore step for compression and expansion and the big bore for aspiration. Must have packed a punch. Here's the outside.
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Wow
Wow bet that rattled a bit;-) I see the gas pistons at the ends then to stop it slapping the heads off.
I worked on stepped piston pumps based on this principle that worked off compressed air and also hydraulic oil, they were used for boosting pressure.
Never saw a free piston engine with stepped pistons though
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I worked on stepped piston pumps based on this principle that worked off compressed air and also hydraulic oil, they were used for boosting pressure.
Never saw a free piston engine with stepped pistons though
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