I just saw this:
http://www.vandynesuperturbo.com/index.html
Looks like they are doing turbo compounding
Zoltan
Zoltan,thank you for the post.
Paul what do you think about this development?Do you see any
practical application of the unit as a lash-up to our rotary
engine aircraft conversions?How does it compare to the
turbocompounding module that you have been
researching,fabricating and testing for these past few years.?
Do you foresee any technical problems hooking-up such a unit
off-the shelf to the drive-shaft;also, would you consider such a
conversion straight- forward and economical for our purposes?
Regards
Dave Young
They have been reading the Rotary Engine News Letter for years:)
http://www.rotaryeng.net/sum-turbo-comp.html
I have been talking about turbo compound since the news letter got
started in 1998.
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Subject: Turbo compound rotary
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 20:02:15 -0700
From: Paul
<rotaryeng@earthlink.net>
To: bit@any
CC: don sherman
<71520.3715@compuserve.com>, Dennis Simanaitis
<enged@aol.com>
I had an idea this morning on how to implement a turbo compound
arrangement using a gear box out of a Paxton Centrifugal supercharger.
The HP, gear reduction and RPM is about right for hooking a turbine and
feeding the power back into the engine instead of removing it. Hopefully
we will get 20% more power with no more fuel and no additional load on
the engine cooling system. This will of course improve the BSFC of the
rotary 20% as well bringing it down to the level of a piston engine.
I called Paxton because they are in Ventura and near my hangar.
I spoke to John Cerrillo (805) 987 8660 ext 232 about the idea and
suggested they market it for pickup trucks and cars.
John seemed receptive. Also there is a Super G Constellation at the
Camarrillo Airport in Ventura and suggested that they can go over and
take a look at a real turbo compound engine the R3350TC.
Paul Lamar
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