QUASI-TURBINE

THE NEXT GENERATION

ROTARY ENGINE
Presentation by:
Rajnish Bhusal

Smriti Jha
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Reva ITM, Bangalore.
 ENGINES TODAY!
Reciprocating
Rotary
Intake Compression Ignition
Expansion Exhaust
Energy
Overview of Piston Engine
Superior in past 2 centuries
Combustion occurs intermittently
4 stroke Piston makes positive torque only 17% of time and drags 83% of
time
Many reciprocating parts Problem in Balancing of engine
Higher hydrocarbon emissions Pollution
 Rotary Engine (Wankel Engine)
three-sided symmetric rotor
No reciprocating parts
Has problem in rotor sealing
Very slow combustion
Poor emissions Major Problem

Pollution

Not Used often

 Quasi-Turbine (QURBINE)
Introduced by Dr. Gilles Saint- Hilaire
Uses rotor and housing design
CONSTRUCTION
Two types of quasiturbine engine model
Quasiturbine Model without Carriages

Quasiturbine Model with Carriages

 QURBINE WITHOUT CARRIAGES
An oval housing

Four sided rotor

Inlet and exhaust port

Spark plug
 QURBINE WITH CARRIAGES
Modifications for allowing Photo-detonation

4 carriages

Each carriage consist 2 wheels

Each blade has a filler tip and traction slots

A pivot forms the end of each blade
 Working of Quasi-turbine
Motion of rotor Rotor gets closer Compression
Shape of housing and away from and Expansion
housing
Sequentially arranged Four Strokes
Suction- Charge Pushes the rotor forward and starts its rotation

Compression- Volume of chamber formed is too small tremendous

compression

Combustion-
Ignition High
Complete combustion compression
Tremendous Energy ratio
Continuous combustion

Exhaust
 Combustion Modes in Engines and Quasi-Turbine
Four Types of Internal Combustion Engines
Homogenous Fuel- Heterogeneous Fuel-air
air Mixture Mixture
Type II
Type I
Spark-ignition Gasoline Direct-injection
Gasoline Engine
(GDI) Engine
Type IV
Pressure-heated Type III
Photo-detonation
Self-ignition Diesel Engine
Engine

If you ask a chemist: What may be the best method of

combustion?
Answer would be: Photo-detonation
 Photo-detonation in QT
Possess Best attributes of the gasoline and diesel engine
Tremendous compression fuel self-ignites.
Employs homogeneous charge + compression ignition.

Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition

Rapid increase in Compression temperature

The combustion is then driven by the intense radiation in the

chamber.

Complete combustion of the fuel, leaving behind no

hydrocarbons
 Why Quasi-turbine is only Compatible for PD?

Research Best mode of Combustion

Photo-detonation Require
s

Knocking Reciprocating Extremely High

Engine Compression
Ratio
 Pecularities of Qurbine
Lets see what happens when comparing a 50cc four-stroke piston engine with
a QT 50cc Quasiturbine at the same rpm. Both engines have 50 cc maximum
chamber volumes. The piston engine will intake 50cc every 2 revolutions,
while the Quasiturbine intakes 8 chambers x 50cc = 400cc in 2 revolutions.
The Quasiturbine will intake 8 times more chambers and fuel-mixture, and
produces something like 10 times more power.

Zero Vibration
Less Noisy
Less Pollution
Continuous Combustion with lower temperature
Better torque continuity and acceleration
Compatible with Hydrogen
 Limitations
Construction of rotor is bit difficult.

Differential thermal expansion or

contraction in copper and aluminum
material lead to some incidences of
leakage.
 APPLICATIONS
High power-to-weight ratio Aircrafts

No vibration Chainsaws, Snowmobiles,

Parachutes, light boats

Air Compressors, Supercharger

Racing Cars, Pneumatic Engines

Steam Vehicle
 Conclusion
Problems in developing next generation piston engine
Several hundred million dollars can be saved in research spending
This world requires more energy sector industry than computer
industry
Qurbine is the ideal motor for vehicles with
Zero Vibration
Lighter
Less noisy
More efficient
Less pollutant (meets the Kyoto Protocol)

What else we want!! SO LETS PONDER ON IT!!!

 THANK YOU!!!
And
Welcome to Post
Piston Engine Era