Wankel engine

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A rotary internal-combustion engine in which a triangular rotor turning in a specially shaped housing performs the functions allotted to the pistons of a conventional engine, thereby allowing great savings in weight and moving parts.

[After Felix Wankel (1902-1988), German engineer.]

Wankel engine [ˈwæŋk^əl]

(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a type of four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts. It consists of one or more approximately elliptical combustion chambers within which a curved triangular-shaped piston rotates, by the explosion of compressed gas, dividing the combustion chamber into three gastight sections

[named after Felix Wankel (1902-88), German engineer who invented it]

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Wankel engine - a rotary engine that is a four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts

epitrochoidal engine, Wankel rotary engine

rotary engine - an internal-combustion engine in which power is transmitted directly to rotating components

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epitrochoidal engine
rotary engine
Wankel rotary engine

Mazda has developed Wankel engines that burn hydrogen.

Fueling the Future - Hydrogen by Isaac Patturaja.G.B / Science and technology, general community

What if I told you that you can turn your Japanese made engine, with its safe Wankel engine and 4 cylinders, trudging along at a maximum speed of 140 miles an hour to a speed demon, Italian sculpted, passion -fire instilled Ferrari V* powerhouse of an engine that screams along at 240 miles an hour.

Mind Manipulation - Tweaking Your Subconscious for Success by Alvin Huang / Self Improvement community

Other chapters look at Wankel engines and the Atkinson, Lenoir, Wicks, and Rallis cycles.

Gas closed system cycles by SciTech Book News