Open Source Single Rotor Wankel Engine
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Basics
- A wankel or "rotary engine" (not to be confused with a piston engine that uses a rotary engine configuration)
- Instead of pistons this uses a spining rotor with valves placed around the rotor in certain locations
- It is has cycles in a manner similar to piston engine's cycles (unlike a jet engine)
- The following is from wikipedia:
Prime advantages of the Wankel engine are:
- A far higher power to weight ratio than a piston engine
- Approximately one third of the size of a piston engine of equivalent power output
- Easier to package in small engine spaces than an equivalent piston engine
- No reciprocating parts
- Able to reach higher revolutions per minute than a piston engine
- Operating with almost no vibration
- Not prone to engine-knock
- Cheaper to mass-produce, because the engine contains fewer parts
- Superior breathing, filling the combustion charge in 270 degrees of mainshaft rotation rather than 180 degrees in a piston engine
- Supplying torque for about two thirds of the combustion cycle rather than one quarter for a piston engine
- Wider speed range giving greater adaptability
- It can use fuels of wider octane ratings
- Does not suffer from "scale effect" to limit its size
- It may need a more complex ignition system than piston based internal combustion engines
Used For
- Standard Powercubes
- Medium Power/Medium Fuel Efficiency Built in Engine Devices
Industry Standards
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Existing Open Source Designs
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Minimmum Viable Product
- Both Diesel and Spark Plug Variants
- Either an inline configuration, a V configuration, or an opposing configuration
- As fuel efficient as possible
- Modular + Easy to Maitanence
- Optional Computerization (fuel injection etc.)
- Optional Piston Reduction (ie shut of two of them to act as a 4 piston engine (many cars call this an eco boost mode) )
- Can use a multitude of fuels (Bio Diesel, Alchohols (Ethanol, Methanol, Isopropyl), Dimethyl-Ether, and Gasous Fuels (Methane, Hydrogen, Hydroxy Gas) )
Basic Design
Engine Block
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Piston
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Crankshaft
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Spark/Glow Plug/Laser Ignition
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Flywheel
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Fuel Injector
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Engine Computer Module
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Alternator
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BOM
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See Also
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