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Paul Lamar

Paul,

Would the combustion pressure be over the required 150 psi just before the
rotor uncovered the exhaust port?  If so, could a small amount of exhaust
gas be tapped at the synchronized time or some how else be used for the
"puff of air"?

Ideally, one would want the pressure of one chamber to provide the "puff"
for the following chamber and so on...

The "puff" could come from the opposite or other rotor/rotors on a two/three
rotor set up if that would help the synchronization.

One way check valves and so on could complete the design with very low cost.
If the exhaust gases are too hot, perhaps a heat exchanger could be used.
This may save power, weight, complexity and cost compared to the piston
recip or rotary compressor.

What do you think?

Norm DeBoer

Yes I thought about that. Since the rotors are 180 degrees out of phase just a couple
of small cross over exhaust pipes might be all we need. The problem is
the pressure needs to be 150 psi or above because the compression phase
("stroke")  is almost done. Exhaust pressure is no where near that high.

Paul Lamar

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