Paul,

I was just going through the combustion pressures of the diesel and regular combustion engines. I was thinking that if you could get an electric turbo to make better than 15psi of boost on a 10:1 engine then you could start a renesis on diesel. It may require more initial boost maybe in the 17psi range depending on the pressure loss in the intake system. Of course if the turbo failed it wouldn’t start. An air pre heat system like the cummins uses could be used for increased starting pressures. Once it is running the use of a supercharger in conjunction with the turbo could maintain high enough cylinder pressures for efficient combustion.

An injection system would have to be designed. Likely using ceramic coatings on the rotor and the rotor housing to keep as much heat as possible in the combustion process.

Is this a sound idea with the current advances in technology with the new electric/mechanical turbos used by BMW and Audi? What are your thoughts?


Thanks,

Kurt Emerson

I don't know. Might work.

CW, John Deere and RPI tried for years and never got it to work.

They spent millions on R&D.

Ceramic coatings on the rotor are a bad idea. If  a little comes off
there goes your rotor housing.

Paul Lamar

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