Ricardo’s CryoPower cryogenic
split-cycle engine concept is predicted to have a thermal efficiency of 60 per cent
– significantly more fuel efficient than current engine technology.
Now
a new progress feasibility prove-out
of this concept through design, analysis and rig-based testing of critical
sub-systems has been initiated funding from the UK’s Technology Strategy Board
(TSB).
If successful,
according to Ricardo, the research “will help ultimately” to deliver an engine
with the potential to transform the environmental performance of long haul
trucks and other heavy vehicles
