Learning how to create a business model as efficient and clean burning as the revolutionary engine you're developing is not something easily found in a text book. So students from the Strascheg Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Oestrich-Winkel, Germany, recently invited the Scuderi Group to enlighten them on how one goes about building a business that is truly like no other.
Attendees of the Society of Automotive Engineers’ World Congress 09 continued to stream through the Scuderi booth to get a glimpse of the first prototype of the Scuderi Engine. Meanwhile, the Scuderi engineering team was meeting with local OEMs in the Detroit area to give technological updates on the engine’s development.
As more updates are given to the OEMs, they continue to be impressed by the engine’s capabilities in achieving greater fuel efficiency and emissions controls than any of the conventional engines on the road today. Some of the features getting high marks from the engineering community are the engine’s unique valve design, valve lift and landing control, and the unique lash device.
The Scuderi Engines valve train design utilizes pneumatic, full-variable valves to control engine load, enabling higher efficiency at part-load performance. The patented valve and seat designs allow for extremely high-speed valve openings and smooth closings to accommodate the high-speed crossover valves. The lash device provides automatic adjustment to prevent wear and damage to the outwardly-opening crossover valves. Furthermore, the Scuderi Engine utilizes internally generated air pressure to run the intake and exhaust valves, and the pneumatic springs for the high-speed crossover valves.
The buzz and excitement around the engine unveiling on Day One continued right through the second day here in Detroit as the Scuderi Group and its proof-of-concept prototype maintained a very high level of interest from attendees and the media. The day started with a major story on the engine in the Wall St. Journal and discussions continue at the exhibit between enthusiastic OEMs and Scuderi experts.
Visitors to the exhibit were impressed with the prototype's ability to fire after top dead center, which enables the engine to emit up to 80 percent less NOx and reach efficiency levels that are 5-10 percent more efficient than conventional engines on the road today.
To hundreds of spectators at the annual SAE conference in Detroit, the Scuderi Group unveiled its first proof-of-concept prototype of the Scuderi Split-Cycle Engine, marking another milestone in developing a more fuel efficient, powerful and green technology for internal combustion engines.
Reaching a major milestone, The Scuderi Group has unveiled a cutaway model of the first proof-of-concept prototype for its Scuderi Split-Cycle Engine.
The engine prototype was introduced to news media, automotive engineers, OEMs and the general public this morning at a news conference at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 2009 World Congress in Detroit. The engine cutaway is an exact duplicate of the proof-of-concept prototype undergoing testing and analysis by an independent laboratory in San Antonio, Texas.
Topaz Partners' Glen Zimmerman is in Detroit at today's event. He spoke with Scuderi Group president Sal Scuderi about this major development.