Several organizations, encompassing companies, research labs, and academia, have come together to form the Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group. The organization is a collaborative forum to advance sustainable transportation technology.
“An opposed-piston engine with hydrogen combustion could well provide the best-known thermal efficiency from a reciprocating engine, with the potential to match the in-vehicle efficiency of a hydrogen fuel cell,” said James Turner, professor of mechanical engineering, clean combustion research center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. “If so, it is a valuable potential option for long haul transit in our quest for sustainable transportation.”
The organization says it hosts a series of meetings among its members to exchange research results, insights and ideas.
“The direct-injection two-stroke engine could be a very promising and interesting option for hydrogen combustion to achieve zero NOx because of its advantages of high-power density and inherent much lower NOx emissions,” said Pierre Duret of DI2S Consulting & Training and former director Powertrain and Sustainable Mobility, IFP School (France). “These two-stroke advantages are even more significant with an opposed-piston engine thanks to its higher power density and efficiency.”
The founding members of the Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group include:
- Achates Power, San Diego, CA.
- Aramco Americas.
- Bourns College of Engineering – Center for Environmental Research and Technology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA.
- Combustion and Propulsion Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Department of Automotive Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
- DI2S Consulting & Training, Paris, France
- Engine Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
- ID-Technologies, Fribourg, Switzerland.
- Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
- Mahle Powertrain, Plymouth, MI.
- Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.
- Powertrain Control Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
- Shell plc, London, England.
- SuperTurbo Technologies, Inc.
