Why are we not funding this? 6 stroke engine cycle.
It’s the same as a 4-stroke, but adds a 5th and 6th. On the 5th, you spray water into the engine. It turns into steam and pushes the piston back down for an extra power stroke. 6th is the steam exhaust cycle. This system uses waste heat from combustion to create another power stroke. It also cools the engine, meaning a minimized need for outside cooling systems, like radiators.
Another benefit is that 1/3 of the strokes are power strokes as opposed to 1/4 being power strokes in a 4 stroke cycle. It also burns fuel 50% less often than a traditional engine (Once every 6 strokes instead of once every 4), so you get more power and burn less fuel.
Also, sorry if this is in the wrong community, none really seemed to fit this accurately.
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has this been patented? because this is an awesome idea (if its yours)
This is honestly really cool haha
It would need a source of water for spraying. And every time it is sprayed, it would reduce, naturally. Which mean you will have to refule the water more often than practicable. Otherwise than that, great idea..
Sounds good but… Wouldn’t the car need a Water Reservoir secondary to the Fuel one then?? If it was optional (like Eco-On cars) would sound nice though, Else you’d have to refill it after driving around…
The main problem I see is that you would eventually have to deal with water getting into the oil via condensation on the walls of the combustion chamber. Also how can you make sure all the water gets exhausted? If you build up too much condensation you would eventually have enough water to compress and hydrolock the engine
It might be hard to get into production considering water filling and long term usage
There’s actually a different type of 6 stroke engine too. Also there are engines out there, for example i thing bmw has one but i’m not sure, that sprays water in with the fuel to cool the engine. its super cool and its called water injection. Its worth looking up. Also here’s a link to the six-stroke engine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-stroke_engine#/media/File:M4%2B2anim.gif Its designed to heat up the fuel so that it burns cleaner.
This might sound stupid but… how would it handle at higher RPMs? Would it just be like a regular engine?
Maybe not water. Winter will come and ice up all the water.
Wouldnt water cool down the cylinder and make it wet making the next combustion stroke less efficient?