Current Engine and R&D Status
Cyclone’s Current Business Model and Status
Cyclone Power Technologies current business model is to R&D engines and subcontract commercial engine and systems manufacturing. Sales will be through engines licensed integrators for their application and requirements, and Cyclone distributors for the sale of completed systems for the end use.
From all of this developmental testing and knowledge gained, Cyclone Power Technologies has now moved forward to the production of engines. The first Cyclone engines to be delivered will be in the range of the new MK 1, MK 3, and MK 5.
Ten MK 1 production engines are in final development and test running in different integrated systems. Five MK 3 production engines are nearing completion and testing. Five MK 5 engine blocks are already built. Cyclone Power Technologies has identified three engine builders and one integrator to facilitate this final stage toward commercialization. To enhance the final stage of this commercialization, Cyclone Power Technologies is reviewing the wherewithal of qualified distributors and additional integrators worldwide.
The Waste Heat Engine (WHE) was designed to operate on low-temperature heat because, in a larger system, it is difficult to pipe high temperatures and pressures between low-heat sources and the engine. This low-temperature engine was also lower in efficiency. Cyclone Power Technologies has evolved to the MK 1 and MK 3, which can run both at higher temperatures and pressures for higher efficiencies and at lower temperatures and pressures.
Also under development at Cyclone Power Technologies is a Thermal Storage Unit (TSU) that allows customers to store high-temperature, low-pressure fluid through a heat system to be utilized in the new high-temperature Cyclone engines to achieve higher operating efficiency, resulting in lower costs.
Cyclone Power Technologies
Advantages
Cyclone’s Schoell Cycle
Heat Process
1. Fuel is atomized and burned in a patented centrifugal combustion chamber.
2. Superheated steam (a) enters cylinders (b) through an advanced valve system (not pictured).
Mechanical Process
3. Steam enters cylinders under pressures up to 3200 psi.
4. Six radial pistons on a patented spider bearing turn the crankshaft.
Cooling Process
5. Steam escapes cylinders (a) condensing into water and (b) collecting in a sealed pan.
6. Blowers force air throughout the condenser to speed up the cooling process.
Regenerative Process
7. Combustion air is preheated from (a) the condensing unit and (b) the exhaust ports.
8. Water is preheated by (a) passing through coiled tubes around exhaust ports of the cylinders before (b) entering primary heat exchanger coils to restart the heat cycle.