Built-In Supercharging: Special Benefits for Aircraft Applications

Another advantage of this engine is built-in supercharging. Supercharging increases the oxygen in the power cylinder enabling operation at higher altitudes for aircraft engines and improves the volumetric efficiency of automobile engines significantly boosting their power. Because the compression cylinder can be made larger than the power cylinder, the power cylinder can be supercharged without the need of expensive additional equipment attached to the engine. For aircraft this means saving both the weight and expense of the supercharger. Also, since the compression cylinder has no combustion in it, it can be manufactured with less weight and material than the power cylinder.

Another patented feature of this engine is a unique crankshaft/connecting rod design that enables a dwell to occur in the power piston motion at a critical point in the crankshaft rotation. This results in aligning the point of peak piston pressure with the point of maximum torque. It also results in sustaining higher pressures for longer periods of time. A second computer study conducted by the independent laboratory, demonstrated the effect of this design brake thermal efficiency (BTE) was significant and is summarized in Summary of Predicted Gains, along with other major results.

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