Patent of the Month – ThermoAcoustic Engine

30/03/2018 | Editor

Darrell Mann

Well, it’s never going to win prizes for readability, but patent of the month this month is nevertheless an elegant evolution of the thermoacoustic engine. US9,777,951 was granted to a quartet of inventors at Tokai University in Japan … Read More

Engine Block Heaters

01/01/2010 | Editor

Engine Block Heaters are frequently seen failures in the field during winters. The purpose of the Block Heater is to heat the coolant or the radiator fluid inorder for the engine to start during coldRead More

Using TRIZ to Develop a New Stirling/brayton Engine

07/09/2009 | Editor

The Stirling engine is combined with the Brayton cycle in order to produce a more efficient machine by using TRIZ methodology. The result is a system that operates in a closed cycle and obtains energy from external sources.Read More

Use and Search Engine Forecast

03/11/2008 | Editor

The major processing tools for Internet information are search engines (SE). As a direction of SE development, it is suggested to add the universal scheme of evolution (USE) approach to SE technology.Read More

Innovation Process As A Key To The Market Success In The Engine Manufacturing Business

03/01/2004 | Editor

ABSTRACT In the coming years, the aircraft industry is faced not only with a rising traffic volume together with an adjustment to large market fluctuations, but also to an increasing demand for environmental protection and more aggressive cost pressure. In … Read More

Case Studies in TRIZ: A Novel Jet Engine Nose Cone

19/09/2000 | Editor

Darrell Mann Industrial Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY, UK Phone: +44 (1225) 826465 Fax: +44 (1225) 826928 E-mail: D.L.Mann@bath.ac.uk

Dr Caroline Baillie Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine … Read More

Case Studies in TRIZ: Helicopter Engine Particle Separator

02/02/1999 | Editor

Darrell Mann Industrial Fellow Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY, UK Phone: +44 (1225) 826465 Fax: +44 (1225) 826928 E-mail: D.L.Mann@bath.ac.uk

Introduction

Modern day helicopter powerplants are highly sophisticated pieces of … Read More