High-Efficiency Hybrid Cycle

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The High-Efficiency Hybrid Cycle (HEHC) is a new 4-stroke thermodynamic cycle combining elements of the Otto cycle, Diesel cycle, Atkinson cycle and Rankine cycle.^[1]^[2]

1 History
2 High-Efficiency Hybrid Cycle Engines
3 References
4 See Also
5 External Links

[edit] History

[edit] High-Efficiency Hybrid Cycle Engines

The 3rd generation design of the LiquidPiston Engine currently in development is the only engine currently designed around the High-Efficiency Hybrid cycle. It is a rotary engine...^[3]

[edit] References

^ Nikolay Shkolnik; Alexander C. Shkolnik (September 2005). "High Efficiency Hybrid Cycle Engine" (PDF). Retrieved on 18 May 2008.
^ Concept: A Rotary Engine Based on a New Thermodynamic Cycle, Green Car Congress, 18 May 2006, <http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/05/concept_a_rotar.html>. Retrieved on 18 May 2008 .
^ LiquidPiston Engine Technology

[edit] See Also

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Thermodynamic cycles

Cycles normally with
external combustion

Gas cycles without phasechange - hot air engine cycles	Bell Coleman cycle · Brayton/Joule cycle; (Externally heated) · Carnot cycle · Ericsson cycle · Ported constant volume cycle[1] · Stirling cycle · Pseudo Stirling cycle (same as Adiabatic Stirling cycle) · Stoddard cycle · Vuilleumier cycle

Cycles with phasechange	Kalina cycle · Rankine cycle (encompasses Organic Rankine Cycle) · Regenerative cycle · Two phased Stirling cycle[2]