Title :
Design of a small wankel engine
Author :
Yang, Lung-Jieh ; Wang, Tsan-Hsiang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. & Electromech. Eng., Tamkang Univ., Tamsui, Taiwan
Abstract :
This work presents a novel design of an ultra-small Wankel engine. With a device size of mm range and required power of mW, the rotation speed is theoretically calculated up to thousands of rpm. The PDMS MEMS process has been employed to make the Wankel engine planar and tiny. How to selecting the proper materials heterogeneously in the design stage of this engine is demonstrated herein.
Keywords :
design engineering; micromechanical devices; rotary engines; PDMS MEMS process; Wankel engine planar; device size; ultra-small Wankel engine design; Substrates; Thermal conductivity; Wankel engine; energy harvest;
Conference_Titel :
Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS), 2012 7th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1122-9
DOI :
10.1109/NEMS.2012.6196766
