SLIDING VANE ENGINE

摘要

A sliding vane engine including a stator and a rotor (22) in relative rotation, and a plurality of vanes (24) in radial rotor slits (25) defining main chamber cells and vane slit cells. The vanes contain extended pins that move in a pin channel. Fuel is mixed by incorporating air turbulence generators at or near the intake region. The intake and exhaust regions incorporating a wave pumping mechanism for injecting and scavenging air from the main chamber cells and the vane slits. The compression ratio of the engine may be varied while the engine is in operation, and the engine geometry provides for an extended temporal duration at about peak compression. The engine is insulated by using segmented ceramic inserts on the stator and the rotor surfaces.