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The Cyclone Engine is a highly efficient external
combustion engine, with thermal efficiencies nearing the top diesel
engines on the market today. Higher efficiency means less fuel required
to produce the same work.
We achieve these high efficiencies through several
processes:
Heat Regeneration – The
design innovations of the Cyclone Engine significantly
reduce the heat losses in a process called heat regeneration. Such
innovations include:
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Vapor exiting the piston ports is used to pre-heat
water entering the main heat exchanger
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Combustion intake air is pre-heated in two stages
by:
a. Passing over the steam-cooling condenser, and
then
b. Passing through the exhaust port heat
exchanger
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Cylinder with Heat Regeneration: the
Cyclone Engine captures otherwise wasted heat from the
cylinders to pre-heat the working fluid (water) before
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In the manner of a business management model where
profitability can be increased by trimming costs, the efficiency of the
Cyclone Engine is cumulatively increased by actively
addressing sources of heat losses through innovative design
improvements.
These improvements (among others) differentiate our
engine from Rankine Cycle engines of the past; and therefore, we have
re-designated and patented it as a Schoell Cycle engine.
Super-Critical Fluid - Pressures in the range of 3200 psi with
temperatures of about 1200°F cause super-critical vapor to act as a
fluid. Maintaining the super-critical pressure in the centrifuge process
eliminates heat spikes that can occur during other less efficient types
of super-critical processes. At these higher temperatures and pressures,
the super-critical 'fluid' carries more heat energy to the motor it
powers.
The Cyclone Engine is a piston engine with a special
valve mechanism allowing it to operate at fluid pressures, thereby
gaining multi- advantages: greater simplicity, reliability and enhanced
power. All supercritical fluid is contained within the system of the
engine combustion chamber, which adds to the safety of the engine.
High Compression – High pressures allow the
cubic capacity of the engine to be small in relation to the horsepower
developed. Gas internal combustion engines generally develop one
horsepower per 1.5 cubic inches of displacement, whereas the Cyclone can
develop 2.5 horsepower per cubic inch.
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