High-efficiency hybrid cycle
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The high-efficiency hybrid cycle (HEHC) is a new 4-stroke thermodynamic cycle combining elements of the Otto cycle, Diesel cycle, Atkinson cycle and Rankine cycle.[1]
HEHC engines
[edit]The 3rd generation design of the Liquidpiston Engine currently in development is the only engine currently designed around the HEHC. It is a rotary combustion engine.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ [dead link]Nikolay Shkolnik; Alexander C. Shkolnik (September 2005). "High Efficiency Hybrid Cycle Engine" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-05-18.
- ^ How Our Rotary Engine Works | LiquidPiston
External links
[edit]- LiquidPiston Inc. – The company designing the first HEHC-based engine
- MIT News article: "Small engine packs a punch" (December 5, 2014)