{"id":9180,"date":"2021-01-08T13:46:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T12:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/?p=9180"},"modified":"2021-01-08T13:46:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T12:46:47","slug":"rotary-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/2021\/01\/08\/rotary-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"How does a rotary engine work?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like more conventional petrol engines, a\u00a0rotary engine\u00a0uses fuel ignited by a spark to produce power but, beyond that, it differs from a conventional car engine in many ways; most notably, how it takes the expanding gasses and heat of combustion and turns it into movement to push your car along.How does a rotary engine work?<\/span><\/p>\n

In a normal engine, combustion acts on a set of pistons which produces a linear movement inside the engine’s cylinders. The\u00a0pistons go up and downlike the legs of a push-bike rider and they are attached to the crankshaft, which is the component that converts that up and down motion to the circular motion that drives the wheels.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a rotary engine, all of the main internal components spin in a largely circular motion, so it\u2019s a simpler, more efficient transfer of energy from burning the petrol to turning the wheels. As such, the rotary has fewer moving parts,\u00a0is smaller, lighter and more powerful for its capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Mazda is without doubt the rotary’s champion, the Japanese brand is\u00a0not the only manufacturer to have dabbled in the idea.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also like conventional piston engines, the rotary engine’s rotor layout can be duplicated for a larger capacity and more power. Most rotary models were ‘twin’ rotor, but Mazda has created three and four rotor versions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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However, as you might expect, this brilliant idea has disadvantages.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sealed fate<\/span><\/h3>\n

Firstly, the special seals (you might hear them called face,\u00a0lobe-tip or apex seals) that help create the compression required for combustion are prone to wear. When this happens, rotary engines start to loose power and can burn oil too. Replacing the seals is a big job.<\/span><\/p>\n

Emissions and economy<\/span><\/h3>\n

While the power characteristics of a rotary engine are very good, they are not so good when it comes to fuel economy and the impact on\u00a0emissions\u00a0is negative too. Turbocharging and catalytic converters in late designs helped to a degree, but not enough to preserve the principle with today’s strict regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Power absolute<\/span><\/h3>\n

While the free revving nature of a rotary engine makes cars powered by them engaging and fun, it comes at a cost to low-end power\u00a0and especially torque. This unique performance delivery limits the engine to specific applications and mostly sports cars.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Mazda<\/span><\/p>\n

Many car-makers have fiddled with rotaries, but only Mazda has gone into large-scale manufacture of them. And when it did in the 1960s and 70s, the poor reliability of the rotary all but bought the company to its knees. But modern technology and materials mean the rotary could have a future and if you\u2019ve ever driven one, you\u2019ll know how delightfully smooth and full of character they are.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What’s next?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Since Mazda discontinued the RX-8 in 2012, no rotary powered cars have been available for a long while, it looked like it would stay that way due to the rotary’s inherent design flaws.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Mazda<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Mazda has recently confirmed that it will resurrect the iconic rotary engine and that it has found ways to solve its engineering challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Details are still very light and a model heralding the rebirth is yet to be announced but you may be able to cruise around under the power of this extraordinary power unit once again.<\/span><\/p>\n

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by David Morley & Daniel Gardner<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Source: https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Like more conventional petrol engines, a\u00a0rotary engine\u00a0uses fuel ignited by a spark to produce power but, beyond that, it differs from a conventional car engine in many ways; most notably, how it takes the expanding gasses and heat of combustion and turns it into movement to push your car along.How does a rotary engine work?…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9182,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9180\/revisions\/9182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}