Externally Heated Valve Engine: A New Approach to Piston Engines (Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering) (Hardcover)
Introduction.- Early Design of the EHVE - Calculation Method and Thermodynamic Cycle.- Experimental Investigations of the EHVE.- Early EHVE with Two Small Heaters and Additional Devices to Improve Heat Exchange.- Newly Developed 2-stroke EHVE.- Separate Settling Chambers in the Improved 2-stroke EHVE.- Further Development of the EHVE - a 4-stroke Engine.- EHVE Versus Stirling Engines - a Comparison.