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Status and Prospects for Two-Stroke Engines Used in Off-Road Recreational Vehicles

John Williford
Chrysalis Technology Group, Ltd.
April 30, 2001

Table of Contents

• project introduction
• two-stroke engine technology overview
  • Brief review of the technology and its strengths/weaknesses
  • Strengths of the Two-Stroke Engine
  • Disadvantages
  • Comparison to competing engine technologies
  • Four-Stroke Piston Engines
  • The Wankel Engine
  • Review of two-stroke applications
  • Current research thrusts in Two-stroke engine technology and technology substitutions
  • Patent Literature
  • Technical Literature
  • On-Line Sources of Information
  • direction of future research
• two-stroke engine transportation applications
• problems with transportation applications
• potential solutions
• economic development opportunities
• regulatory and institutional issues
• conclusions
• appendices
  • Appendix a - table of patents emphasizing fuel injection
  • Appendix b - Bibliography of technical literature, edited compendex search by John Williford.
• end notes
• complete report in pdf format  [ 529KB ]

• Updated: 09 Sep 2005
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