Abstract: An engine and a method of operating the engine wherein fuel, intake air, and recirculated exhaust gas provides a first mixture, which is inducted into a first combustion cylinder. The first mixture is combusted in the combustion cylinder to generate a first exhaust gas that applies pressure to a piston within the combustion cylinder, reciprocating the piston and rotating a primary crankshaft coupled to the piston. Fuel and intake air, which provides a second mixture, are inducted into a rotary combustion chamber. The second mixture is combusted in the rotary combustion chamber, wherein the combustion generates a recirculated exhaust gas that applies pressure to the rotor and rotates the rotor and a secondary crankshaft coupled to the rotor. The secondary crankshaft is coupled to the primary crankshaft by a gear mechanism. The recirculated exhaust gas is exhausted into an exhaust gas recirculation loop and recirculated.

Abstract: A rotary internal combustion engine having an insert opening defined in a hot area of one of the walls of the stator body and in communication with its internal cavity, at least one groove defined within the opening around a perimeter thereof, at least one coolant inlet channel defined therein in communication with each groove, and at least one coolant outlet channel defined therein in communication with each groove. A cooling jacket lines the insert opening, the cooling jacket cooperating with each groove to define a cooling gallery around the insert opening. An insert is sealingly received in the cooling jacket, the insert being made of a material having a greater heat resistance than that of the wall.

Abstract: A vehicle is provided with an engine, an H2 and CO tank, a CO2 reclaimer, an electrolytic solution tank, an electrolyzer, a water tank and the like. During operation of the engine, an exhaust gas is introduced into an absorbing liquid in the CO2 reclaimer so as to recover CO2 in the exhaust gas and to store the same in the electrolytic solution tank. While supplying the absorbing liquid having absorbed CO2 and water to the electrolyzer from the electrolytic solution tank and the water tank, respectively, electric power is supplied to the electrolyzer. As a result, a mixed gas composed of CO and H2 from CO2 and water. The generated mixed gas is temporarily stored in the H2 and CO tank and is supplied to the engine.

Abstract: Two-stage exhaust apparatus for a reciprocating internal combustion engine having one or more cylinders each with at least one piston and at least one exhaust port, the apparatus including a first-stage jet port in each cylinder, the jet port configured to open to release high-pressure exhaust gas to a high-pressure motor prior to exhaust-port opening.

Abstract: In one aspect, described is a rotary engine having a purge port located rearwardly of the inlet port and forwardly of the exhaust port along a direction of the revolutions of the rotor, the purge port being in communication with the exhaust port through each of the chambers along a respective portion of each revolution, and the inlet and outlet ports being relatively located such that a volumetric compression ratio of the engine is lower than a volumetric expansion ratio of the engine.

Abstract: The problems of prior compressor structures relying upon conventional check valves are obviated by using, instead, flow control passages which operate to control flow while avoiding mechanical moving elements which may become problematical.

Abstract: A rotary gear engine includes a gear pump or a Root's blower which can operate at expansion and contraction conditions and is generally comprised of a pair of gears with identical pitch or rotors meshed with each other and mounted on a pair of parallel axles, a vacuum hood and an exhaust hood mounted opposite to the connection between the two gears and closely fitted together with the gears in a cylinder, whereby when in operation, the engine sucks in air at one end and exhaust waste gas at the other to perform intake and exhaust strokes.

Abstract: A sliding vane internal combustion engine that provides one or more expansion gas ducts directing pressurized gases from expansion volumes of the vane engine into an intake charge so as to increase the intake charge density. One or more intercoolers may be coupled to the expansion gas ducts to cool the pressurized gases flowing into the intake region. One or more bypass passages may also be provided to direct the pressurized gas flow around the corresponding intercooler. One or more flow control valves may be provided to control the rate of the pressurized gas flow into the intake region.

Abstract: This invention relates to improving the internal combustion and internal use of fuel in engines, and more particularly to engines which are compounded in order to effect extension of the expansion event of the four-event work cycle of such engines which are enabled especially thereby to receive and use, for the furtherance and prolongation of the combustion process, secondary air made available by such engines and/or other means as specified hereinafter, and separately applied to the said combustion process particularly after the ignition of each fuel/air charge or any equivalent thereof.

Abstract: Exhaust gas recycling means by which exhaust gas is recycled and introduced, via a port which is formed in the peripheral wall of a rotary piston engine and which port may also serve for introduction of air or an air-fuel mixture required for low-speed operation of the engine, into a leading zone of an intake chamber. Since the port formed in the peripheral wall is so disposed that the air or air-fuel mixture introduced therethrough tend to be stratified at the leading zone of the intake chamber, the recycled exhaust gas also tends to be stratified at the same leading zone so that the recycled exhaust gas tends to exist in vicinity of the spark plug, whereby less exhaust gas is required to be recycled since a given amount of exhaust gas is more effective in preventing production of nitrogen oxides, and there is correspondingly less engine wear and attendant production of hydrocarbons or similar compounds.