Acta Mechanica Slovaca 2019, 23(2):26-29 | DOI: 10.21496/ams.2019.012

Computational Model of Rotary Engine Thermodynamic Cycle

Milan Drbal1
1 Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Automotive Engineering, Technická 2896/2, 616 69 Brno, Czech Republic

During the engine prototype design period the performance predictions are the key subject of the development. For the piston reciprocating engines a wide spectrum of the analytical approaches was developed as well as the numerical software (GT-Suite, Ricardo Wave etc.) is being used often. The increasing demand for the high-power output engines with a low displacement and weight for the UAV and marine applications, makes Wankel rotary engine a sensible option. The commercially available software for the performance prediction does not include required algorithms for the rotary engine calculation. This paper provides an approach to be used in the simulation model setup as well as the comparison of the simulation outcome with the measured data.

Keywords: rotary engine, engine performance prediction, 1D simulation.

Published: June 28, 2019  Show citation

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Drbal, M. (2019). Computational Model of Rotary Engine Thermodynamic Cycle. Acta Mechanica Slovaca, 23(2), 26-29. doi: 10.21496/ams.2019.012
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