Ceramic Rotary Engine

Screen capture from youtube video shows cre s ceramic rotary engine in action.

Ceramic rotary engine.

The world s first ceramic rotary engine a game changing revolutionary and green ic engine. The x mini engine is a bit similar to a wankel engine but sort of. The most common coating process performed to internal combustion engines is ceramic coating the pistons or in this case the rotor. To view click here.

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 engines inc is incorporated in the state of texas usa. Rotary engine overview apex seals. Cre youtube back in the late 1960s and 1970s mazda motor corp.

They loose little heat operate at higher temperatures burning more fuel and pollute less. 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. Ceramic engines would use this energy more efficiently. Ceramic rotary engines limited free company information from companies house including registered office address filing history accounts annual return officers charges business activity.

These engines operate at higher temperatures and the internal movements have less shock involved in their operation. The t700 ge 701c d variant of the blackhawk helicopter engine was modified to incorporate ceramic fins and other internals. Made a splash albeit not a very big one as far as sheer sales numbers go with cars and trucks powered by the wankel rotary engine although its simple design had few moving parts and good power to weight ratio compared with piston. 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.

Rotary engines are used in a wide variety of applications due to their compact size high performance relative simplicity and reliability.