Ricardo Quarterly Features YAN Engines’ D-Cycle
Ricardo, one of the world’s premier automotive engineering firms, published “Development of the YAN Engines high-efficiency D-Cycle engine concept,” in their Q4 2016 issue, detailing their collaborative design study. Ricardo provided support in advanced simulation and optimization and technical expertise. As a result, YAN Engines was able to validate the D-Cycle’s fuel efficiency benefit as well as refine their Ford EcoBoost 1.0L prototype build.
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Design Finalized for V1 D-Cycle Retrofit of Ford Ecoboost 1.0L
YAN Engines announced today that it has finalized and frozen its design for a prototype in the passenger vehicle segment. The D-Cycle retrofit of a Ford EcoBoost 1.0L engine marks the first of its kind for a modern, mass-produced engine. The Ford EcoBoost 1.0L is one of the most advanced, fuel-efficient engines in the world. Since its launch in 2012, it has won International Engine of the Year every year.
“We challenged ourselves to improve upon the best and expect gains that can’t go unnoticed,” said Lu Yan, CEO and co-founder of YAN Engines. “Our collaboration with Ricardo shows we should achieve close to an additional 20% fuel efficiency from our retrofit, with the potential to reach 30% if we implemented some of our next-generation technologies like our continuously variable electronic D-Cycle.”
This development work has resulted in two additional patent filings and a new execution of a mechanism that adds robustness, ease of manufacturing, and the capability to integrate future D-Cycle generations.
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U.S. Military Heavy-Diesel Engine Retrofit Success
YAN Engines’ R&D project for a U.S. Military heavy-diesel engine has had over 40 successful engine starts. The retrofit engine has been holding steady idle and increasing to speeds equivalent to the operating range of the baseline engine.
We look forward to additional contractual support and collaboration from our military counterparts, who have been instrumental in bringing the D-Cycle to market.
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