Ceramic Rotary Engine

The engine is liquid piston s x mini engine which up until a couple of days ago had only been tested in a laboratory context.

Ceramic rotary engine.

The world s first ceramic rotary engine a game changing revolutionary and green ic engine. Cre s near adiabatic ceramic rotary engine should be 1 more efficient 2 a lot smaller and yet more powerful 3 smoother running and 4 cleaner burning emitting less pollutants. To view click here. The most common coating process performed to internal combustion engines is ceramic coating the pistons or in this case the rotor.

Rotary engine overview apex seals. They loose little heat operate at higher temperatures burning more fuel and pollute less. Rotary engines are used in a wide variety of applications due to their compact size high performance relative simplicity and reliability. Cre youtube back in the late 1960s and 1970s mazda motor corp.

The ceramic rotary engine is now on youtube. Over the years rec has experimented with different cermet and ceramic products which can benefit a rotary engine by reducing friction heat and wear as well as control engine temperatures. Ceramic rotary engines limited free company information from companies house including registered office address filing history accounts annual return officers charges business activity. Screen capture from youtube video shows cre s ceramic rotary engine in action.

Turbo shaft turbo prop and jet type engines are more able to facilitate ceramics. Ceramic rotary engines inc is incorporated in the state of texas usa. Ceramic engines would use this energy more efficiently. The x mini engine is a bit similar to a wankel engine but sort of.

However due to the nature of their design they have always had issues with the seal between the rotor and housing via the metal apex seals tip seals.