HCMC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION
FACULTY OF VEHICLE AND ENERY ENGINEERING
FREE PISTON ENGINE
Students: LE PHUC THINH
NGUYEN HUU KHIEM
Lecturer: Ph.D. NGUYEN VAN TRANG
ABSTRACT
Three challenges for future life
1
Environmental pollution
2
Exhaustion of fossil fuels
3
Improving of efficiency
HCMC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION
FACULTY OF VEHICLE AND ENERY ENGINEERING
FREE PISTON ENGINE
OBJECTIVES
Free Piston
Engine
Understanding about FPE:
component, categories,
operation, applications base on
the scientific research...
Advantages and
disadvantages of FPE...
Researching, development,
design and how to be
commercial this engine ...
CONTENTS
Recent Commercial FPE Developments
Free Piston Engine
Free Piston Engine Generator
Recent Commercial FPE Developments
01
GENERAL MOTOR
02
TOYOTA
04
FORD
03
VOLVO
05
HONDA
GENERAL MOTOR
Opposed piston type free piston engine generator
GENERAL MOTOR
Operation of the electrical flywheel system
TOYOTA
Free piston engine generator of Toyota
TOYOTA
Twin single piston system with back to back configuration
TOYOTA
Specially designed piston
VOLVO
Dual piston type free piston engine generator
HCMC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION
FACULTY OF VEHICLE AND ENERY ENGINEERING
FREE PISTON ENGINE
FREE PISTON ENGINE
SINGLE PISTON
DUAL PISTON
CATEGORIES
OPPOSED PISTON
GAS GENERATORS
SINGLE PISTON
Single piston type free piston engine
DUAL PISTON
Dual piston type free piston engine generator
OPPOSED PISTON
Opposed piston type FPE with piston synchronisation mechanism
GAS GENERATORS
Illustration of a free-piston gas generator
APPLICATIONS
Free piston air compressors
Free piston gas generators
Hydraulic free piston engine
Free Piston Air Compressor
Free piston gas generator
Hydraulic Free Piston Engine
ADVANTAGES
Higher
efficiency
Possible
Simple
multi-fuel operation
and compact design.
Decreasing
Reducing
Requires
friction and mass engine
manufacturer and emissions
less maintenance and increases lifetime
DISADVANTAGES
Requires
accurate control of engine speed.
Misfiring.
Requires accurate piston motion.
HCMC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION
FACULTY OF VEHICLE AND ENERY ENGINEERING
FREE PISTON ENGINE GENERATORS