The
Libralato rotary engine now under development at Loughborough University, UK,
is expected to conduct its first fired trials under its own power within the next
‘five or six weeks’ according to sources.
Described as ‘breakthrough
technology’ and ‘an eco-engine for the 21st century’ the engine runs
on gasoline but its inventor claims diesel-like efficiency and a 50 per cent
mass reduction.
Invented
by Dr Ruggero Libralato, the rotary engine has an asymmetrical geometry of
expansion and compression volumes and does not need to convert the liner motion
of a piston engine into rotary motion.
