VANCOUVER, British Columbia,
April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- REGI
U.S., Inc. (OTC BB: RGUS, Frankfurt Stock Exchange: RGJ) and Reg
Technologies Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange: RRE.V, OTC BB: REGRF) wish
to announce successful tests were completed for the RadMax™
engine. Paul Porter, Chief
Engineer, reports as follows:
Prototype Support
- Assembly and Testing of the Diesel Prototype is the focus of
efforts at Williams and White.
- The engine was assembled with half of the vanes and cam
followers installed.
- One set of vanes were positioned to allow the installation of
all seals and form a single combustion chamber.
- A hydrostatic pressure test was performed first at 400 psi,
then 800 psi, and 1,000 psi.
- Main bearing function test was performed.
- Engine binding and alignment tests were performed.
- Additional friction data was obtained.
- Pressure Test Data:
- A single combustion chamber was tested to verify pressure
containment. A new standard diesel engine would show about
400 psi on a standard compression test. The combustion
chamber was pressurized to 400 psi with very little pressure bleed
off. The chamber pressure was increased to double the
required psi, 800 psi and again little pressure bleed off was
observed. The chamber pressure was again increased to 1,000
psi and was observed for 5 minutes and the pressure drop was less
than 100 psi. This indicates that the engine will be able to
combust diesel, natural gas, regular gasoline, methanol and other
currently used fuels.
- Friction and Binding Data:
- The friction with the current arrangement was measured at about
200 ft. lbs. Binding of the components was drastically
reduced with the new main bearing spacers in place. The
engine was able to be rotated by hand with minimal binding.
The cam follower system functioned as designed. It was
observed that the force required to rotate the engine increased as
the combustion chamber approached TDC. (Top Dead Center) This
would indicate that pressure was being built by the engine.
It was also observed that the friction of the engine reduced with
successive revolutions. This would indicate that the minimal
lubrication was helping to "wear in" the tight components and
reduce the overall friction.
Plans
- The original design included static style vane seals in order
to establish, cost effectively, that the sealing approach on the
combustion chamber was correct. In order to move forward with
this prototype, a number of seal configurations must be tested to
find the optimal design that will seal the chamber with the least
friction. Therefore a small seal test fixture will be
designed and various types of seals will be tested.
- The wheel used to follow the cam on the stator are currently
free floating on the spindle and spacers will be designed and
tested to improve tracking of the wheels and reduce the chance of
binding or pinching.
- The above steps will allow further testing of the engine, which
will include pre ignition friction and compression tests, low,
medium and high speed rotation tests followed by combustion
tests. During the combustion testing we will be able to
capture net horsepower, efficiency and emissions data for various
rpms and power settings.
John Robertson, President of Reg
Technologies Inc. and REGI U.S., Inc., states, "The Compression
tests now confirm that combustion for the diesel fuel will be
attainable and the sealing is sufficient to retain the
compression:"
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
REGI U.S.,
Inc.
"John
Robertson"
John
Robertson
President
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Reg
Technologies Inc.
"John
Robertson"
John
Robertson
President
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Contacts:
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REGI U.S.,
Inc. and
Reg
Technologies Inc.
John
Robertson, 1-800-665-4616
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