Internal combustion (IC) engines lose too much energy to waste heat. In order to utilize waste heat and improve efficiency, water could be injected intermittent with fuel into an IC engine. The resulting production of steam would make harvesting of excess heat possible.

This project was created to provide the tools needed to understand the feasibility of such an engine. A test stand will be designed and built to make performance evaluation of a "hybrid" gas/steam engine possible. An existing IC engine will be slightly modified and used as an engine for benchmarking purposes.

The test stand must incorporate instrumentation to control inputs and measure outputs of a "hybrid" engine. The collected data will serve to improve the understanding and implementation of this technology. Specifically, the data should consist of power and efficiency as well as sensor information for optimization.

Demonstration

Test Video (Link to YouTube)

Project Name

Hybrid Engine Test Stand

Project Number

P13263

Project Family

Single Project

Start Term

2012-1

End Term

2012-2

Faculty Guide

Vincent Burolla, vabddm@rit.edu

Leo Farnand, lfarnan1@rochester.rr.com

Primary Customer

Engine Developer

Sponsor (financial support)

Self Sponsored

Photo Gallery

Planning & Execution

Systems Design

Detailed Design

Values and Norms

Meeting Minutes

Photo Gallery

Planning & Execution

Build, Test, Document

Final Presentation

Technical Paper

Poster