A Mechanism for Self-Starting Thermal Engine

Abstract:

The conventional engine cannot start alone. The engine needs a special device to turn it on. This device is usually an electric motor that is called starter. Any other engine that uses another working cycle then Otto cycle or Diesel cycle could accede to a self-starting ability. The paper tries to use ancient ideas in order to develop a true thermal engine able to use solar and other renewable energy. This unconventional engine inherits some ideas from the perpetual motion machine solutions.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 162)
• Pages: 29-36
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.162.29
• Online since: March 2012
• Authors: Nicolae Mircea Dehelean, Liana Maria Dehelean
• Keywords: Dynamic Mass Unbalance, Linkage, Solar Energy, Thermal Transfer, Unconventional Engine

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