Novel micro free-piston swing engine and its feasibility validation

Tsinghua Science and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 381-386

  Zhang, Shimin ^a   Wang, Jinsong ^a   Guo, Zhiping ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Free piston engine; Swing output; Two stroke cycle

Indexed keywords

POWER GENERATION;

FEASIBILITY; MICRO FREE PISTON SWING ENGINE; MICRO POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS; TWO STROKE CYCLE;

FREE PISTON ENGINES;

EID: 21444443652     PISSN: 10070214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1007-0214(05)70085-7     Document Type: Article

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