Is this the engine of the future?

Posted on 22-08-2014 at 13:09 by MrBrown – 43 Comments”

Why would you cylinders to necessarily draw up in line or in V-shape, can’t do that much more effectively?

The handsome heads of Duke Engines of New Zealand prove so. They build so-called axial engines, not to be confused with reciprocating or rotary internal. These motors consist of five pistons that are stuck together and in a wave motion to the turn up. The benefits are according to the manufacturer large.

First, there are compared to the conventional motor, few parts and he is cheap to produce. That is because for a five cylinder -that the performance of an average zescilinders seems to have only 3 injectors and the pistons consist of one piece. The design is also more compact and up to 30% lighter than the engines that we are now under the hood encounter.

Because the engine in a wave of turns, and a counterweight, there are hardly any vibrations. Duke says that a coin on its side on a rotating engine stand. The engines of the Duke are still in prototype stage, but have strong potential. The blocks seem to be under very high compression and on different fuels. In addition, they are very economical and they produce a high torque at low rpm.

That sounds very promising. We will see curious to see if we have this type of engine in the future back in the car. If it is really as good as Duke claims, then there is definitely market for this. The company wants to focus on the wager as a range extender. Duke has not yet provided a hoogtoerig instance to build the complete drive of a car to take care of.

Check out the technique in this VIDEO.