Externally Heated Valve Engine

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   • Zbyszko Kazimierski, Jerzy Wojewoda

   Pages 1-6

3. Early Design of the EHVE – Calculation Method and Thermodynamic Cycle

   • Zbyszko Kazimierski, Jerzy Wojewoda

   Pages 7-29

4. Experimental Investigations of the EHVE

   • Zbyszko Kazimierski, Jerzy Wojewoda

   Pages 31-43

5. Early EHVE with Two Small Heaters and Additional Devices to Improve Heat Exchange

   • Zbyszko Kazimierski, Jerzy Wojewoda

   Pages 45-54

6. Newly Developed 2-Stroke EHVE

   • Zbyszko Kazimierski, Jerzy Wojewoda

   Pages 55-90

7. Separate Settling Chambers in the Improved 2-Stroke EHVE

   • Zbyszko Kazimierski, Jerzy Wojewoda

   Pages 91-105

8. Further Development of the EHVE – a 4-Stroke Engine

   • Zbyszko Kazimierski, Jerzy Wojewoda

   Pages 107-124

9. EHVE versus Stirling Engines – a Comparison

   • Zbyszko Kazimierski, Jerzy Wojewoda

   Pages 125-135

10. Back Matter

    Pages 137-143

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This book reports on a novel approach for generating mechanical energy from different, external heat sources using the body of a typical piston engine with valves. By presenting simple yet effective numerical models, the authors show how this new approach, which combines existing internal combustion technology with a lubrication system, is able to offer an economic solution to the problem of mechanical energy generation in piston engines. Their results also show that a stable heat generation process can be guaranteed outside of the engine. The book offers a detailed report on physical and numerical models of 4-stroke and 2-stroke versions of the EHVE together with different models of heat exchange, valves and results of their simulations. It also delivers the test results of an engine prototype run in laboratory conditions. By presenting a novel theoretical framework and providing readers with extensive knowledge of both the advantages and challenges of the method, this book is expected to inspire academic researchers, advanced PhD students and professionals in their search for more effective solutions to the problem of renewable energy generation.

• Heat Air Engines
• External Heating
• Combustion in Steady Conditions
• Closed Heat Cycle
• Renewable Energy Generation
• Internal Combustion Piston Engines
• Four-stroke Engines
• Two-stroke Engines
• EHVE vs Stirling Engines
• Models of Heat Exchange

• Institute of Turbomachinery, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland

  Zbyszko Kazimierski

• Division of Dynamics, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland

  Jerzy Wojewoda

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