skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Development of a natural gas stratified charge rotary engine

Abstract

A water model has been used to determine the positions of separate inlet ports for a natural gas, stratified charge rotary engine. The flow inside the combustion chamber (mainly during the induction period) has been registered by a film camera. From these tests the best locations of the inlet ports have been obtained, a prototype of this engine has been built by Audi NSU and tested in the laboratories of the university of Gent. The results of these tests, for different stratification configurations, are given. These results are comparable with the best results obtained by Audi NSU for a homogeneous natural gas rotary engine.

Authors:
;
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5761329
Report Number(s):
TP-850034
Resource Type:
Book
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; 03 NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS; COMBUSTION; STRATIFIED CHARGE ENGINES; DESIGN; FUEL SUBSTITUTION; PERFORMANCE TESTING; WANKEL ENGINES; BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; CAMERAS; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COOLING SYSTEMS; EXHAUST GASES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT PUMPS; HEAT RECOVERY; HYDROCARBONS; INTAKE STRUCTURES; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DATA; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENERGY SOURCES; ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENGINES; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL GAS; FUELS; GAS FUELS; GASEOUS WASTES; GASES; HEAT ENGINES; INFORMATION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL DATA; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; RECOVERY; ROTARY ENGINES; SPARK IGNITION ENGINES; TESTING; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION; WASTES; 330104* - Internal Combustion Engines- Rotary; 330800 - Emission Control- Alternative Fuels; 034000 - Natural Gas- Combustion

Citation Formats

Sierens, R, and Verdonck, W. Development of a natural gas stratified charge rotary engine. United States: N. p., 1985. Web.
Sierens, R, & Verdonck, W. Development of a natural gas stratified charge rotary engine. United States.
Sierens, R, and Verdonck, W. 1985. "Development of a natural gas stratified charge rotary engine". United States.
@article{osti_5761329,
title = {Development of a natural gas stratified charge rotary engine},
author = {Sierens, R and Verdonck, W},
abstractNote = {A water model has been used to determine the positions of separate inlet ports for a natural gas, stratified charge rotary engine. The flow inside the combustion chamber (mainly during the induction period) has been registered by a film camera. From these tests the best locations of the inlet ports have been obtained, a prototype of this engine has been built by Audi NSU and tested in the laboratories of the university of Gent. The results of these tests, for different stratification configurations, are given. These results are comparable with the best results obtained by Audi NSU for a homogeneous natural gas rotary engine.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5761329}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985}
}

Book:
Other availability
Please see Document Availability for additional information on obtaining the full-text document. Library patrons may search WorldCat to identify libraries that hold this book.

Save / Share: