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Bourke Engine

The Bourke engine is a two-stroke, horizontally opposed piston engine that uses a Scotch Yoke mechanism instead of a crankshaft. The pistons move 180 degrees out of phase and are connected to the Scotch Yoke, which slightly reduces piston acceleration to allow hydrogen fuel to detonate. The incoming fuel charge is compressed in a chamber under the pistons as in a conventional two-stroke engine, and connecting rod seals prevent fuel from contaminating the oil.

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Bourke Engine

The Bourke engine is a two-stroke, horizontally opposed piston engine that uses a Scotch Yoke mechanism instead of a crankshaft. The pistons move 180 degrees out of phase and are connected to the Scotch Yoke, which slightly reduces piston acceleration to allow hydrogen fuel to detonate. The incoming fuel charge is compressed in a chamber under the pistons as in a conventional two-stroke engine, and connecting rod seals prevent fuel from contaminating the oil.

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BOURKE ENGINE :

The Bourke engine is basically a two stroke design, with one horizontally opposed piston
assembly using two pistons that move in the same direction at the same time, so that their
operations are 180 degrees out of phase. The pistons are connected to a Scotch Yoke mechanism
in place of the more usual crankshaft mechanism, which slightly reduces the acceleration of the
pistons so that the hydrogen will detonate. The incoming charge is compressed in a chamber
under the pistons, as in a conventional crankcase-charged two stroke engine. The connecting-rod
seal prevents the fuel from contaminating the bottom-end lubricating oil.

Mechanical features

 Scotch yoke instead of connecting rods to translate linear motion to rotary motion
 Fewer moving parts (only 2 moving assemblies per opposed cylinder pair) and the
opposed cylinders are combinable to make 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 or any even number of
cylinders
 Smoother operation due to elimination of crank and slider mechanism
 The piston is connected to the Scotch yoke through a slipper bearing (a type of
hydrodynamic tilting-pad fluid bearing)
 Mechanical fuel injection.
 Ports rather than valves.
 Easy maintenance (top overhauling) with simple tools.
 The Scotch yoke does not create lateral forces on the piston, reducing friction, vibration
and piston wear.
 O-rings are used to seal joints rather than gaskets.
 The use of the Scotch Yoke reduces vibration from the motions of the connecting rod—
for example, the peak acceleration in a Scotch yoke is 25% less than the acceleration in a
conventional crank and slider arrangement.
 The Scotch Yoke makes the pistons dwell very slightly longer at top dead center, so the
fuel burns more completely in a smaller volume.

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