The Round Engine
March 5th, 2005 at 10:11 am by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider"
The Round Engine is a new engine design being developed by VGT Technologies, Inc. in Alberta, Canada. This is not a normal rotary but instead is called a toroidal, with two continuously rotating pistons, an external combustion chamber and a rotating timing disc. The displacement and compression can be altered during operation by an engine management system. It’s hard to visualize exactly how it works without some assistance and their website has a lot of flash files that show the movement of all of the parts. It looks interesting. So far they’ve built a test unit driven by compressed air and they are in the stages of developing a diesel version which means there hasn’t yet been a fully functional round engine as a proof of concept.
The theory and descriptions of its features and benefits sound promising, in fact the list of potential uses is huge, but it looks like there is much work to do. This could be one of those ideas waiting for enough capital to push it forward to success or it could be a dream that never pans out. If their plans come to fruition, they will have a great product that will work on eveything from tractors and airplanes to motorcycles and leaf blowers. I’ll be watching to see if anything comes of this.
No matter how much research I do, all of you continue to find things I would have missed. (Thanks, Doug)
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September 6th, 2005 at 3:08 pm
One you may have missed is the Tesla turbine, which has numerous proven models. Designed by Nikolai Tesla, it has 1 moving part and will run on any fuel as a combustion engine. Check out http://www.phoenixnavigation.com to learn more.
August 31st, 2006 at 12:31 am
Kind of like “Jocko” Johnson’s PowerRing3, or the MYT (Massive Yet Tiny) Engine. More power to you guys, may the best man win! Seriously, somebody get a freakin engine FINISHED and OUT THERE…
May 28th, 2007 at 8:28 pm
The thing that gets me is they can give us all this info on how much better this engine is but there is NEVER a working unit they can produce to us that proves it. Show us the unit that your taking your numbers from. Believe me if could buy a 7.2 liter engine that made 2160 lb ft of torque at 1500 RPM I’d be all over it!