Re: The future of hybrid cars

From: Eunometic (eunometic_at_yahoo.com.au)
Date: 10/14/04 

Date: 13 Oct 2004 21:29:08 -0700

"Phil. Felton" <felton@princeton.edu> wrote in message news:<416CC23C.469C4BD4@princeton.edu>...
> Eunometic wrote:
>
SNIP

> >
> > In the Prius lean burn engines are used with NOX trap catalytic
> > converters. (a source of a substantial protion of its savings) and of
> > course stratified charge lean burn engines.
> >
> > The biggest promise is the HCCI engine (Homogenous Charge Compression
> > Ingnition) Engine which may excede 30% savings over petrol engines and
> > challenges fuel cells.
>
> Would probably have to be used in a hybrid wiith a large battery component
> because of its inherently low load characteristics.

I agree with qualification.

If the HCCI is a reciprocating otto motor possibly so, however the
quasiturbine is inherently a HCCI engine and may not need this. HCCI
engines can still have spark plugs attached for opperating in certain
ranges where the HCCI principle doesn't work well.