{"id":3212,"date":"2021-10-06T14:25:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T13:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/?p=3212"},"modified":"2021-10-06T14:25:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T13:25:36","slug":"a-new-life-for-the-rotary-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/?p=3212","title":{"rendered":"A new life for the rotary engine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting article here about the Wankle engine that is being developed as a range extender &#8211; using hydrogen as a fuel:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sae.org\/news\/2021\/09\/hydrogen-fuels-wankel-range-extenders\">https:\/\/www.sae.org\/news\/2021\/09\/hydrogen-fuels-wankel-range-extenders<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/h2-wankel-225cc-rotor-and-chamber_gallery.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3213\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3213\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=3213\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/h2-wankel-225cc-rotor-and-chamber_gallery.jpg?fit=1000%2C680\" data-orig-size=\"1000,680\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1628007643&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;23&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"h2-wankel&amp;#8212;225cc-rotor-and-chamber_gallery\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/h2-wankel-225cc-rotor-and-chamber_gallery.jpg?fit=980%2C666\" class=\"alignnone size-medium_large wp-image-3213\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/h2-wankel-225cc-rotor-and-chamber_gallery.jpg?resize=768%2C522\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/h2-wankel-225cc-rotor-and-chamber_gallery.jpg?resize=768%2C522 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/h2-wankel-225cc-rotor-and-chamber_gallery.jpg?resize=300%2C204 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/h2-wankel-225cc-rotor-and-chamber_gallery.jpg?resize=210%2C143 210w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/h2-wankel-225cc-rotor-and-chamber_gallery.jpg?w=1000 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting article here about the Wankle engine that is being developed as a range extender &#8211; 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