Wave disk engine
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A wave disk engine or wave disk generator is a type of pistonless rotary engine being developed at Michigan State University and Warsaw Institute of Technology. The engine has a spinning disk with curved blades. Once fuel and air enter the engine, the rotation of the disk creates shockwaves that compress the mixture. When ignited, the burning mixture expands, pushing against the blades, causing them to spin. The spinning of the disk itself opens and closes intake and exhaust ports. The proposed concept was called a radial internal combustion wave rotor.
A wave disk engine or wave disk generator is a type of pistonless rotary engine being developed at Michigan State University and Warsaw Institute of Technology. The engine has a spinning disk with curved blades. Once fuel and air enter the engine, the rotation of the disk creates shockwaves that compress the mixture. When ignited, the burning mixture expands, pushing against the blades, causing them to spin. The spinning of the disk itself opens and closes intake and exhaust ports. The proposed concept was called a radial internal combustion wave rotor. Shockwave Engine: Wave Disk Engine, ARPA-E site for Michigan State University, U.S. Department of Energy Directory:Wave Disk Engine, PESWiki A Review of Wave Rotor Technology and Its Applications Akbari and Nalim, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, Indianapolis, IN, USA. Published in Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power OCTOBER 20061, Vol. 128 / 719. Accessed March 2012
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