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[mariner]

Lovely graphics , not yet sure how it works?

 

 

And 

 

 

What about combustion chamber surface/ volume ratio?

 

 

[desmo]

I've become convinced that new or putatively new IC engine designs are by and large nothing to do with engineering and just outright scams to steal naïve investors' money. Besides, at this point in the twilight of the ICE era new ICE designs probably matter less than they have in over 100 years. Even if you designed and developed a significantly improved ICE, it'd soon just be an asterisk in the story of the demise of the genre. Nobody wants an improved steam locomotive, no matter how clever.

[Greg Locock]

"Nobody wants an improved steam locomotive"

 

Never say never. https://en.wikipedia...team_Locomotive , all good fun

 

These are the rules for novel engine concepts:

1) Any positive displacement pump will do as a basis.

2) It will be drawn in Solidworks

3) There will be a Youtube of an animated cartoon

4) If it gets to prototype stage there will be a video of it going around under its own steam, but not producing any power

5) It won't go near a dyno

6) More money is required

7) Some idiot in some engineering magazine will write it up, hence 'proving' that it is sound.

 

There are, of course, exceptions.

[Catalina Park]

"Nobody wants an improved steam locomotive"...

[Bloggsworth]

I'm awaiting the new, improved steam train powered by hydrogen...

[mariner]

Back in the 1980's before any coal burning was evil there was serious attempt to improve the steam engine.

 

Porta was very highly respected for his steam engine thermodynamics work and putting it into practical application oil-short Argentina

 

https://www.american...m/ace-3000.html

[TDIMeister]

Back in the 1980's before any coal burning was evil there was serious attempt to improve the steam engine.

 

Porta was very highly respected for his steam engine thermodynamics work and putting it into practical application oil-short Argentina

 

https://www.american...m/ace-3000.html

I see distinct parallels between this story and what's currently playing out amid the rapid electrification of transport and subsequent abandonment of ICEs. I hope we can learn lessons from the past failures and not be on the losing side of history – I don’t think so, but it’s always good to have gut checks and also checks from a variety of third parties from an eclectic background. Thanks for sharing.

 

"Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it"

Edited by TDIMeister, 16 February 2022 - 20:20.