Whatever happened to the wave disk engine?
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Whatever happened to the wave disk engine?
A few months ago the invention of the "wave disk generator" type rotary engine was all over the news, but I've never heard of it again. Instead of only being 15% efficient like current engines, it was 60% efficient, resulting in dramatic improvements in fuel economy, emissions, size/cost/weight, etc.
#3
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I've seen this on Youtube.. It's a winged rotary engine, apparently the guy hasn't actually created it yet though.. Not sure if this is what you're talking about or not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6i4CVrcEJM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6i4CVrcEJM
#4
#6
They had planned on having a full scale (for cars) prototype available by now. Everything has been quiet for months though after a lot of hype, which usually means they ran into a problem. Was just wondering if anyone has heard anything.
#10
Wave disk might still be under development
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_disk_engine
https://www.arpa-e.energy.gov/?q=sli...ockwave-engine
Last edited by Geoff Williams; 04-02-2019 at 05:33 PM.
#13
Smoking turbo yay
Because it was posted like 8 years ago?
After reading around a bit, it doesn't look like it holds any water. There was never any video showing it running, just the guy holding the disk and talking about it.
And an ICE that doesn't need any cooling? Yep, sounds legit.
Another thing to consider even if the idea behind it works: real world conditions are pretty cruel and can affect an engine's efficiency by quite a bit. For example, Sterling engines work great on paper, but I remember doing an experiment in a thermo course for it, and the calculated efficiency was under 1% with real life data we recorded. Yes, I did the math right. Most of other students got similar numbers and we are all pretty shocked.
After reading around a bit, it doesn't look like it holds any water. There was never any video showing it running, just the guy holding the disk and talking about it.
And an ICE that doesn't need any cooling? Yep, sounds legit.
Another thing to consider even if the idea behind it works: real world conditions are pretty cruel and can affect an engine's efficiency by quite a bit. For example, Sterling engines work great on paper, but I remember doing an experiment in a thermo course for it, and the calculated efficiency was under 1% with real life data we recorded. Yes, I did the math right. Most of other students got similar numbers and we are all pretty shocked.
Last edited by UnknownJinX; 04-03-2019 at 12:20 PM.
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Because it was posted like 8 years ago?
After reading around a bit, it doesn't look like it holds any water. There was never any video showing it running, just the guy holding the disk and talking about it.
And an ICE that doesn't need any cooling? Yep, sounds legit.
Another thing to consider even if the idea behind it works: real world conditions are pretty cruel and can affect an engine's efficiency by quite a bit. For example, Sterling engines work great on paper, but I remember doing an experiment in a thermo course for it, and the calculated efficiency was under 1% with real life data we recorded. Yes, I did the math right. Most of other students got similar numbers and we are all pretty shocked.
After reading around a bit, it doesn't look like it holds any water. There was never any video showing it running, just the guy holding the disk and talking about it.
And an ICE that doesn't need any cooling? Yep, sounds legit.
Another thing to consider even if the idea behind it works: real world conditions are pretty cruel and can affect an engine's efficiency by quite a bit. For example, Sterling engines work great on paper, but I remember doing an experiment in a thermo course for it, and the calculated efficiency was under 1% with real life data we recorded. Yes, I did the math right. Most of other students got similar numbers and we are all pretty shocked.
There's a video of it running. It reminds me of anti-lag systems that dump fuel into the hot side of the turbo to keep it spooled, but up-scaled and used as the spinning element of a generator.
#15
Smoking turbo yay
Well, then I stand corrected, but still, it only ran in a lab, just like the Sterling engine I did the experiment on. At least there were Sterling engines outside of labs in the past.
And if it's really that game-changing, where is the technical data? Where is any information I can read and not raise an eyebrow?
60% thermal efficiency doesn't sound too outside of the realm of possibility, but if it's theoretical then that's not too helpful.
And if it's really that game-changing, where is the technical data? Where is any information I can read and not raise an eyebrow?
60% thermal efficiency doesn't sound too outside of the realm of possibility, but if it's theoretical then that's not too helpful.
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Well, then I stand corrected, but still, it only ran in a lab, just like the Sterling engine I did the experiment on. At least there were Sterling engines outside of labs in the past.
And if it's really that game-changing, where is the technical data? Where is any information I can read and not raise an eyebrow?
60% thermal efficiency doesn't sound too outside of the realm of possibility, but if it's theoretical then that's not too helpful.
And if it's really that game-changing, where is the technical data? Where is any information I can read and not raise an eyebrow?
60% thermal efficiency doesn't sound too outside of the realm of possibility, but if it's theoretical then that's not too helpful.
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