Posted on 04/21/2009 11:38:15 AM PDT by CutePuppy
On Easter Sunday in 2001, Carmelo Scuderi called his family together in his home here and announced, essentially, that he had outsmarted the world's auto makers and their billion-dollar research departments.
Scuderi Group unveiled a prototype of its fuel-saving engine Monday in Detroit. Car makers including Honda and Daimler have shown interest.
The retired engineer and inventor told his children and grandchildren he had developed a dramatically more fuel-efficient design for the internal combustion engine, something car companies have been chasing for decades.
Eight years later, the late Mr. Scuderi's revelation no longer seems as far-fetched. His design -- which involves grouping an engine's cylinders in pairs, with each pair focusing on specific tasks -- is gaining attention in an auto industry that is now more open to fuel-saving innovations.
A half dozen or so car makers, including France's PSA Peugeot Citroën SA and Honda Motor Co. of Japan, have signed nondisclosure agreements with the Scuderi Group, the company founded by Mr. Scuderi's family, to be able to study the technology closely, said consultants who are working with the firm. Daimler AG of Germany and Fiat SpA of Italy also are looking at the Scuderi design, executives at those companies confirmed.
"We have looked at their simulations and their [research] papers and it is worth looking into further," said a Daimler scientist familiar with the matter. "There is realistic potential here."
Robert Bosch GmbH, a giant German auto supplier with expertise in engine components, is developing parts for the Scuderi prototype, with the hope the engine will someday make it into production.
Carmelo Scuderi developed the idea for his unusual engine design mainly through mathematical calculations related to heat, friction and the burning of fuel in a cylinder.
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Related article: How the Scuderi Engine Came to Be - WSJ (public), April 21, 2009
Ferrari F430 Scuderia
Such as? The only "specific task" required is converting fuel to power...
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Still looks like the same old issue, crank shaft design and valve and ignition timing.
The .pdf showed only Calculus. Made no sense to me, possibly would to a mechanical engineer.
If it is different, I am excited.
I would look sooooooooo good in that.
Yeah but how does it do that? Squirt the fuel mixture into the cylinder head area and compress... then offer the spark, right? Bigger cylinders and more of them offer more power but more consumption, too. Suppose they're talking about synchronizing two cylinders to move up and down at the same time instead of staggered movements as is the case currently. However, power is bled in that action since a bigger piston would require more power to cycle the action. Smaller cylinders could (I guess) double their capacity while still offering less mass to push.... or something like that. I'm no mechanic, just remembering what I learned a long time ago as a Battalion Motor Officer supervising vehicle maintenance in the national guard.
It's been well known for some time now that perpetuum mobile requires the use of at least 2 (two) rubber bands, and that its efficiency increases in direct proportion with the increased number of rubber bands, but at a higher cost of design, and that the shortages and consequent expense of rubber bands makes the rubber band perpetuum mobile cost-prohibitive.
Unfortunate, but fact.
Have at it!.............
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Carmelo Scuderi Engine.
My mother-in-law would look good in that..............especially if it’s going away.................
I would like like every other guy who drives one - a pretentious jerk with more money than brains and a pecker 3 sizes too small.
That statement holds together......
Don't see where efficiency comes from, esp. compared to turbocharging. TANSTAAFL.
A cam engine or recovering waste heat from engines offers more opportunity for improvements.
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