This thread is more so destined for the Twilight Zone section but I was denied access to that forum. No biggy.
Since 1972, somewhere around the introduction of the rotary Wankel internal combustion engine, I decided to lay down plans for an internal combustion engine which possessed nearly no reciprocating factors. Mechanical parts in this design are at zero recip but when it came to producing an electric arc for fuel ignition, I found no other method than producing a magnetic field and then collapsing that field to induce a high voltage in an ignition coil secondary winding. A form of reciprocating action. This could perhaps be remedied with a magneto type of spark production. The advantage to have no reciprocating mechanical parts is having the added ability to reach extreme rpms. Typically "valve float" would be a problem with the Wankel. When the valves begin to "float" they neither fully close or fully open. This causes the ignition chamber to not have positive confinement of fuel bubble and also limits exhaust through put. Although some turbine engine techs consider a turbine engine an "internal combustion" engine, I do not. The advantage to having a confined fuel bubble is evident when only low range rpm are needed. With positive confinement, "lugging" power is still achievable at low rpm. Say, 500 to 1600 rpm. Low rpm conserves fuel and adds less fatigue to components. As greater power is needed rpm can be run up to 50,000 rpm and greater. Max rpm is limited only by the willingness of materials to stay intact and not succumb to centripetal force.
Now here is where I get in trouble with men dressed as the Good Humor man. Anytime I were to start drafting parts, or milling mock-up parts for this machine, crop circles seemed to start appearing across the globe as if someone was sending their solutions to my problems. So I'm giving fair warning and early apologies to my farmer friends as I am dusting off my old plans and resuming design criteria of this device.
This is indeed more of a physics topic but the ones I collaborate with are very impatient and demand to know what exotic alloys I will use that will stretch and warp accordingly to the extreme rpms that I project can be reached, and are quick to condemn my designs. That is why I am presenting this notion to a more analytical and free thinking crowd here. Electronics professionals seem to more readily accept the fact that final designs are created on the floor and not the drafting table. Like the title says, Easy reading. No biggy. I have no disillusions of monetary grandeur and all my plans are open source and this is a collaborative effort.
Questions and suggestions are welcome. As Rod Serling would say, "Submitted for your consideration." See you back at the laughing farm. Marshall.
Since 1972, somewhere around the introduction of the rotary Wankel internal combustion engine, I decided to lay down plans for an internal combustion engine which possessed nearly no reciprocating factors. Mechanical parts in this design are at zero recip but when it came to producing an electric arc for fuel ignition, I found no other method than producing a magnetic field and then collapsing that field to induce a high voltage in an ignition coil secondary winding. A form of reciprocating action. This could perhaps be remedied with a magneto type of spark production. The advantage to have no reciprocating mechanical parts is having the added ability to reach extreme rpms. Typically "valve float" would be a problem with the Wankel. When the valves begin to "float" they neither fully close or fully open. This causes the ignition chamber to not have positive confinement of fuel bubble and also limits exhaust through put. Although some turbine engine techs consider a turbine engine an "internal combustion" engine, I do not. The advantage to having a confined fuel bubble is evident when only low range rpm are needed. With positive confinement, "lugging" power is still achievable at low rpm. Say, 500 to 1600 rpm. Low rpm conserves fuel and adds less fatigue to components. As greater power is needed rpm can be run up to 50,000 rpm and greater. Max rpm is limited only by the willingness of materials to stay intact and not succumb to centripetal force.
Now here is where I get in trouble with men dressed as the Good Humor man. Anytime I were to start drafting parts, or milling mock-up parts for this machine, crop circles seemed to start appearing across the globe as if someone was sending their solutions to my problems. So I'm giving fair warning and early apologies to my farmer friends as I am dusting off my old plans and resuming design criteria of this device.
This is indeed more of a physics topic but the ones I collaborate with are very impatient and demand to know what exotic alloys I will use that will stretch and warp accordingly to the extreme rpms that I project can be reached, and are quick to condemn my designs. That is why I am presenting this notion to a more analytical and free thinking crowd here. Electronics professionals seem to more readily accept the fact that final designs are created on the floor and not the drafting table. Like the title says, Easy reading. No biggy. I have no disillusions of monetary grandeur and all my plans are open source and this is a collaborative effort.
Questions and suggestions are welcome. As Rod Serling would say, "Submitted for your consideration." See you back at the laughing farm. Marshall.