Paul Lamar said,

...Perhaps if you went into something like the diesel
mode where you injected it at just the right time to cause ignition
by the red hot exhaust valve.

"Decker, Michael" wrote:

Mike asks,

So, for me this begs the following question.  Have any of the rotary crowd
made an attempt at setting up a stock 12a or 13b as a diesel?  I think it
would be interesting to try.  Maybe that would be a good use for my $50

13b

core.

Mike

Unfortunately the rotor combustion chamber shape does not lend itself to the
high compression required of a diesel. The RR version used in effect two
Wankels working together to generate the high compression required which
defeated the compact and light weight advantages of the Wankel in the first
place.

That is not to say it cannot be made to run on diesel fuel however.

Paul Lamar

CBarber wrote:

So it could be made to run on diesel fuel but not as a diesel (i.e. by
compression) and still need the spark provided by a plug.  Would this give
any advantage other than potentially cheaper fuel(or just more of an
intellectual exercise)?  Just curious. TIA.

All the best,

Chris
Houston

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Just cheaper fuel. The BSFC is no better.

Paul Lamar
 
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