TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER NO.

TITLE

PAGE NO.

ABSTRACT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ii

LIST OF FIGURES

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Introduction of Rotary Engine

History

Principles of Rotary Engine

The Parts of Rotary Engine

Rotary Engine Assembly

Material used

Sealing

Working

10

Ignition

14

10

Cooling system

16

11 Difference and challenges

20

12

21

Fuel consumption and hydrogen emission

13 Rotary engine geometry

21

14 Different types of rotary engine

24

15 Research paper

33

16 Advantages

46

17 Disadvantages

46

18 Application

47

19

47

Utilities

20 Conclusion

48

21 References

49

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1

Rotary Engine

Figure 2

Rotary Engine

Figure 3

Rotar

Figure 4

Housing

Figure 5

Output Shaft

Figure 6

One of the two end pieces of a two-rotor Wankel engine

Figure 7

The part of the rotor housing that holds the rotors

Figure 8

The center piece contains another intake port for each rotor.

Figure 9

schematic fig. of rotary engine

Figure 10

intake stage

Figure 11

compression stage

Figure 12

combustion stage

Figure 13

Exhaust stage

Figure 14

The Wankel cycle: Intake (blue), Compression (green), Ignition (red),

Exhaust (yellow)]
Figure C-1 cooling system and lubrication system
Figure 15

Rotary Engine Nomenclature

Figure 16

Nomenclature For Epitrochoid parametric equation

Figure 17

successive phases in the execution of the otto cycle in the rotary engine

Fiugre 18

minimum working fluid with flat-flanked rotary engine

Figure 19

maximum working-fluid volume for a flat-flanked rotary engine

Figure 20

Geometry of circular arc of rotor

Figure 21

Exploded view of twin rotary engine

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Figure 22

Influence of flank rounding onclearance and compression ratio for an

eccentricity ratio of 0.16

Figure 23

After top center pilot, dual injector configuration

Figure 24

Stratified-Charge Rotary Engine performance

Figure 25.

Comparison of energy densities between internal combustion engines and

primary batteries.
Figure 26

Rotary Engine Operation

Figure 27

Mini-Rotary Engine Test Bench

Figure 28

Dynamometer calibration chart for 50 W Maxon brushless electric motor.

Figure 29

MN30 Mini-Rotary Engine

Figure 30

Modified MN30 Rotor with Apex Seals

Figure 31

CWRU Micro-Rotary Engine Left: Three.wafer Si mold Right: Molded SiC

rotor
Figure 32

CWRU Micro-Rotary Engine Housing

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ABSTRACT
The Rotary engine is a type of internal combustion engine which uses a rotor to convert
pressure into a rotating motion instead of using reciprocating pistons. Its four-stroke
cycle is generally generated in a space between the inside of an oval-like epitrochoidshaped housing and a roughly triangular rotor (hypotrochoid). This design delivers
smooth high-rpm power from a compact, lightweight engine.
The engine was invented by German engineer Felix Wankel. He began
its development in the early 1950s at NSU Motorenwerke AG (NSU)
before completing a working, running prototype in 1957. NSU then
subsequently licensed the concept to other companies across the
globe, who added more efforts and improvements in the 1950s and
1960s.Because of its compact, lightweight design, Wankel rotary
engines have been installed in a variety of vehicles and devices such
as automobiles and racing cars, aircraft, go-karts, personal water crafts
and auxiliary power units.
In

piston

engine,

the

same

volume

of

space

(the

cylinder) alternately does four different jobs -- intake, compression,

combustion and exhaust. A rotary engine does these same four jobs,
but each one happens in its own part of the housing. It's kind of like

having a dedicated cylinder for each of the four jobs, with the piston
moving continually from one to the next
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to the peoples who have been
helpful in the successful completion of my seminar report. I would like to show my
greatest appreciation to the highly esteemed and devoted technical staff of JODHPUR
INSTITUTE OF ENGG. AND TECHNOLOGY. I am highly indebted to them for their
tremendous support and help during the completion of my seminar report.

I am grateful to PROF. M.R. BAID(HOD MECHANICAL ENGG.) and PROF.

SANDEEP JAIN (MECHANICAL) and all the people who directly or indirectly helped
and guided me to complete my seminar.

NAME-AMIT JAKHAR
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