Detailed combustion studies for stratified charge rotary engines. Final report, April 1, 1976--September 30, 1978

Technical Report · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6172798· OSTI ID:6172798

Steinberger, R. L.; Bracco, F. V.

The objective of the research is to aid the development of stratified charge rotary engines by experimentally implementing and testing concepts for optimal charge stratification. To that end a rotary engine test facility has been built. This facility includes an RC1-60 rotary engine built by Curtiss Wright which was coupled to a GE 60 hp dynamometer the external wiring of which had to be mostly reconstructed. Separate rotor lubrication and cooling systems and engine housing cooling systems were designed and built. Intake and exhaut systems were planned and constructed. A fuel injection system was chosen, purchased, and installed. Once these systems were all installed and operating, engine test data was taken to compare with data taken by Curtiss Wright under similar conditions and found to be in reasonable agreement. The data indicates that the performance of the Curtiss Wright direct injection stratified charge rotary engine is comparable to that of its reciprocating counterpart.

• Research Organization: Princeton Univ., NJ (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 6172798
• Report Number(s): COO--2943-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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330101* -- Internal Combustion Engines-- Spark-Ignition
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COMBUSTION KINETICS
CONTROL
ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
KINETICS
OPTIMIZATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
REACTION KINETICS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
ROTARY ENGINES
STRATIFIED CHARGE ENGINES
TEST FACILITIES
TESTING