Demonstrating the performance and emission characteristics of a variable compression ratio, alvar-cycle engine

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Erlandsson, Olof ^a   Lundholm, Gunnar ^a   Söderberg, Fredrik ^a   Johansson, Bengt ^a   Wong, Victor W ^b  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY);

CONVENTIONAL ENGINE; CYCLE ENGINES; HIGH POWER DENSITY; PAPER TESTS; PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS; RESIDUAL GAS; SINGLE CYLINDERS; VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO;

ENGINE CYLINDERS;

EID: 85072452643     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/982682     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Wong V. W., Stewart M., Lundholm G., Höglund A., "Increased Power Density via Variable Compression/Displacement And Turbocharging Using The Alvar-Cycle Engine" SAE 981027.
2. Stewart M., "Design and Analysis of a Variable-Compression-Ratio Internal-Combustion Engine-The Alvar Engine Concept" Master thesis from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May 1997.
3. Johansson B., "Correlation Between Velocity Parameters Measured With Cycle-Resolved 2-D LDV And Early Combustion in a Spark Ignition Engine" ISRN LUTMDN/TMVK-7012-SE/1-86/1993.
4. Heywood J. B., "Internal Combustion Fundamentals" McGraw-Hill, New York 1989, ISBN 0-07-100499-8. Equations 3.27 and 4.69.
5. IBM Patent Server; http://www.patents.ibm.com, Search on "Variable compression ratio".