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Rising Sun Engine Project

Engine to package 10 to 15% fuel savings with 40 to 50% specific weight reduction (Continued from page 64) been tested exhaustively, and does not at least match the competition in economy.

The long gestation of this engine can be explained by the aims of the project and the very high working parameters necessary to attain these aims — far above existing practice.

The prototype being test run is a six-cylinder

V-form, with a 300mm bore and a 480mm piston stroke, developing 4,340 kW (5,900 bhp) at 750 rpm. This performance corre- sponds to a bmep of 31.4 bar (495 lb./in.2) and a mean piston speed of 12 m/s (2,360 ft./m), both quite exceptional figures for an engine with these cylinder dimensions. Only the lightweight engines for fast naval craft and running at up to 1,300 rpm reach 12 m/s; and 10 m/s would be a very good figure for a contemporary 750-rpm engine.

This has been made possible by the exten- sive use of ceramic materials, not hitherto reported as being used in ic engines of more than chainsaw size. A ceramic material has been applied, by plasma-coating, to the cylinder liners and piston rings. This com- bination has a very low coefficient of friction and high anti-wear properties. The lubri- cant works under much less severe condi- tions in spite of the higher rating. Further, a porous form of ceramic, diffusion-bonded to the piston crown, acts as an insulating layer to reduce heat stress. The porosity affords a flexibility to prevent cracking and damage to the liner, while these layers, together, reduce heat dissipation to the cooling water and piston oil, retaining it in the combustion chamber for conversion to extra work and recovery in the high-effi- ciency compound turbochargers.

Side-mounted fuel injectors work at up to 2,000 bar and the single inlet and exhaust valves are hydraulically operated, with com- puter-controlled Mechatronics which in- tervene to alter the fuel injection and gas valve timing to suit altered loadings, nota- bly at lower power and starting; normally problems with very highly rated engines.

The results claimed include fuel consump- tion reduction by 10 to 15 percent, to- gether with a specific output (mean cylin- der pressure x mean piston speed) in- creased by 50 to 80 percent. The specific weight is reduced by 40 to 50 percent.

Reliability must be measured after some years in actual service, but measurements suggest long life of wearing components.

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