TURBO COMPOUND ENGINES AND STRAT CHARGED

Introduction and history of turbo compounding. HTML

Why is the turbo compound Wankel rotary engine a major break through in the internal combustion engine efficiency? Text

Picture of a 1943 Allison turbo compound engine.

Cut away picture of 1950 R3350 turbo compound engine. Photo Bill Freeman

Fuel consumption chart on R3350 TC from Taylor's book The Internal Combustion Engine in Theory and Practice.

R3350 TC Cruise heat balance chart. From the 1954 SAE Transactions. Development of the R3350 Turbo Compound Engine.

R3350 TC Power Recovery heat balance from the SAE article above. This chart shows the tremendous losses in kinetic energy due to the piston engine exhaust valve.

R3350 TC power to weight ratio chart from SAE article above.

R3350 Take off heat balance chart TC from SAE article above.

R3350 TC test hours chart from SAE article above.

Table of power production of the turbine and power consumption of the supercharger on an 18 cylinder radial from NACA Report 822.

Combination Wankel rotary and large diameter axial exhaust turbine for 20% more power and 20% lower fuel burn 3D.

Advanced rotational speed reduction traction drive device. 3D.

Advanced rotational speed reduction device traction drive exploded view. 3D.

Part pictures of the traction drive still in the machine shop 05-22-06.

Part pictures of the traction drive still in the machine shop 05-22-06.

Part pictures of the traction drive still in the machine shop 05-22-06.

Part pictures of the traction drive still in the machine shop 05-22-06.

Part pictures of the traction drive still in the machine shop 05-22-06.

Part pictures of the traction drive still in the machine shop 05-22-06.

Simple turbo compound engine based on the 1989 to 1991 Mazda RX7 Turbo II engine using traction drive gear box above.

Combined cycle turbo compound using a steam based exhaust heat recovery system 3D March 2005.

BMW version of a combined cycle turbo compound using a steam based exhaust heat recovery system. Scan from Pop Science March 2006.

History of stratified charge work by Curtiss Wright and John Deere and experimental low cost air injection stratified charge for lower fuel burn. HTML

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