Bill,
Here's a question for you - are you across
the HCCI technology - Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition
Engine?
These engine combine the advantages of a petrol
and diesel engines, whereby a mixture of petrol air and recycled exhaust are
ignited spontaneously as in a diesel engine, resulting in lower peak temp, low
nitrous oxide emissions and a 15 to 20 increase in fuel economy. I don't know
if they use spark plugs - I'm guessing NOT.
Sounds perfect for the rotary - we already have
the exhaust emissions fuel and air mix with the PP. I guess the difference
between this and detonation is flame front speed and how that's controlled (
perhaps with the exhaust contamination).
An 1800 cc HCCI engine (in a large
sedan) develops 175KW and uses 6.1 Litres per 100Km.
George (down under)