External heat engine for sustainable and reliable power

拟议项目的目标是利用两项新的技术改进来开发商业上可行的外部热机。第一种是采用带有销槽的凸轮，使热力发动机遵循最佳热力循环，并大大提高效率。第二种是嵌入式活塞设计，这有助于更紧凑的设计和更短的回热器路径。外部热力发动机可以由各种热源提供燃料，包括太阳能和生物质，使其成为可持续和强大的动力源，目前市场需求很高。我们已经建立了一个工作原型，我们的外部热引擎与增强纳入之一;然而，还有技术挑战，以及验证概念验证测试之前，我们需要有一个商业上可行的产品。这里提出的有针对性的研究和概念验证测试将导致开发一个有竞争力和经过验证的引擎，这是吸引投资者所必需的，符合I2 I第一阶段计划。

The goal of the proposed project is to harness two new technological enhancements to develop a commercially viable external heat engine. The first is to implement a cam with a pin groove, to enable the heat engine to follow the optimal thermodynamic cycles and substantially increase the efficiency. The second is an embedded piston design, that facilitates a more compact design and a shorter regenerator pathway. External heat engines can be fuelled by a wide range of heat sources, including solar thermal and biomass, making them both sustainable and robust power sources, for which there is currently a high market demand. We have built a working prototype of our external heat engine with one of the enhancements incorporated; however, there are technical challenges remaining as well as proof-of-concept validation testing required before we have a commercially viable product. The targeted research and proof-of-concept testing proposed here will lead to the development of a competitive and proven engine, which is necessary to engage investors, in keeping with the I2I Phase I program.