LiquidPiston Closes $1.25M Venture Seed Round; Funding to Develop HEHC-Cycle Engine

www.greencarcongress.com ^ | 07/27/2007 | Staff

[Red Badger]

Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.......

If you want on or off the DIESEL ”KnOcK” LIST just FReepmail me........

This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days......

[Red Badger]

KnOcK!!!.....

[battlegearboat]

[zencat]

Definitely different principle, but it sort of has a Wankel look going on in the interior.

[Red Badger]

As long as it doesn’t have pushrods, I don’t care........

[r9etb]

If nothing else, it’s obvious that this press release wasn’t written by a professional....

[Red Badger]

If they could afford a professional they wouldn’t need the $1.25 Mil.....

[zencat]

Anyone remember the new engine design where the pistons go around in a circle type track? The pistons travel 360 degrees connected to a central crank instead of up and down within the cylinder wall. Along the way, it would pickup the intake, air/fuel, combust, and flush the exhaust.

Not sure about the efficiency (although I believe it was high), but they got some crazy HP out of small CCs.

[NVDave]

Welllllll..... let’s remember that Wankel designs have their own problems — namely, apex seals.

[jeddavis]

There's at least one other engine out there which is more interesting than this.

[KarlInOhio]

Anyone remember the new engine design where the pistons go around in a circle type track? The pistons travel 360 degrees connected to a central crank instead of up and down within the cylinder wall. Along the way, it would pickup the intake, air/fuel, combust, and flush the exhaust.

Are you talking about the Wankel engine? It was originally made back in the 1950s.

[bmwcyle]

Apex seals were fixes years ago.

[zencat]

No, no. This thing used what looked almost like normal pistons, but they traveled in a closed 360 degree circular track which was the combustion chamber. Somewhat like the Wankel, it functioned thru the engine cycles as it went around the track.

[mission9]

Yes I remember, the subject of a few Popular Mechanics articles, and was touted as an alternative aircraft engine.

[zencat]

That’s it!

[Red Badger]

There are no apex seals on this design. The combustion chamber is in the little tubes on each side.........

[mission9]

It kind of reminded me of the cartridge cylinder in a six shooter.

[KarlInOhio]

The RandCam Direct Charge engine?

[Bon mots]

In venture capital terms, $1.25 million is nothing.

[Red Badger]

I know, so they must have some spare bucks in Switzerland somewhere..........