1985 February: EMCO Model Machining Center Installation
1985 May: Programming on BBC Model B (32 KB RAM) MicroComputer
1985 July 18: Complete Reorganization & Strict Planning !
1986 May: Machining of Constant Transmission Ratio Gears (CTR Gears)
1987 May: Simulation of CTR Gears Operation via BBC BASIC
1988 May 4: First Thoughts &
Manifesto
for a Totally New
Piston Rotary Engine
via
Uncompromised Design Methodologies
1988 June: Idea of
MetaStathmeusis
as Intentional Kinematic Procedure
1988 July: Idea of
DiadochoKinesis
as Perpetual Kinematic Operation
1988 August: Design of Conceptual Model of Six-Stroke
THE
(Toroidal Hermetic Engine)
1988 September 24: Simulation of Six-Stroke
THE
with
DiadochoKinesis
1990 May: Programming on Intel 80286 CPU (16 MB RAM) WorkStation
1990 December: Birth of
Doric Logic
Analysis
1996 February 29:
AIM
+= Z
Laboratory Foundation !
1996 June: Design of Conceptual Model of Four-Stroke
THE
1996 August: PROTEO 5-axis CNC Machining Center Installation
1996 September: Birth of Computer Algebraically Controlling (CAC)
1996 October: Programming & Machining on PROTEO via CAC
1997 May: Programming on Intel Pentium Pro CPU (1 GB RAM) WorkStation
1998 March: Modeling via Pro/ENGINEER CAD
1998 April: Machining on PROTEO via Pro/ENGINEER CAM
1998 May: Birth of
OligoLithic
Synthesis
1998 June: Design of
THE
cam 4x6 (Four Strokes & Six Bodies using Cams)
1998 July: Idea of
OK
(OdontoKnodax: Variable Transmission Ratio Gear)
1998 August: Idea of
DiadochoKinesis
via
OdontoKnodaces
and then Conception of
DOT
(Distributive Oscillating Transmission) !
1998 September: Conception of
THE DOT
4x6 via
OligoLithic
1998 October: Simulation of
THE
cam 4x6 via Pro/MECHANICA CAE
1999 April: Machining on PROTEO of CTR Gears via CAC & Cylindrical Tool
2000 April: Machining on PROTEO of
OK
via CAC & Cylindrical Tool by Less Than Thirty Blocks of G-Code for Precision of One Micron !
2001 November: Design of
THE DOT
4x7 ... against
OligoLithic
2002 January 10: Mathematical Powerful Formation of
OK
via
Doric Logic
!
2002 March 5: Complete Design of
THE DOT
4x6 via
OligoLithic
!
2002 September: Reorganization & Replanning
2004 February: Drastic Reduction of Computing Time for One Structural Combination of Design Study for Piston Rotary Engine:
Less Than Sixty Seconds per Structural Combination !
More Than Four Hundred Thousands of Structural Combinations per Year & per Computing Unit !
2004 March: Classification of Piston Rotary Engines with Twenty Parameters by Characteristic Number with Twenty Digits/Letters
2004 April: End of Construction of Working Prototype of "
MANIFESTO
" (CHI Phase)
2004 September: One More Significant Bet with Feasibility:
Number of Strokes of a Given Cycle can be an Odd Number ?
Cycles with Asymmetrical Strokes
Seven-Stroke Cycle & Five-Stroke Cycle
2004 October: Exhaustive Study of a Cycle with One Asymmetrical Stroke
2004 December: Number of Pistons is NOT Necessarily Equal to Number of Strokes
Number of Stathmoi is NOT Necessarily Equal to Number of Pistons Minus One
Number of Stathmoi SIMPLY Can Be Set Equal to One !
2005 February: Design of
THE DOT
with Strictly Hermetic Toroidal Shell
2005 March: Design of
THE DOT
5x7 via
OligoLithic
2005 April 20: Request for Patent for
THE
(01/12)
YPSILON Phase
First Universal Platform Grounding
Model Seoul (1988) / Tracer Bullet
2006 April 28: Request for Patent for
THE DOT
(02/12)
PHI Phase
First Internal Mechanism Disclosure
Model Atlanta+ (1997 & 1998) / Helical Version
2006 November: Design of
THE DOT
5x7 with All Forces Strictly Coplanar !
2007 September 28: Request for Patent for
THREEE CHIDOT
(03/12)
CHI Phase
Turning Point / Enigma
Model Athens (2004) / Compact Version
2008 July: Design of
HEMIVORUS
2008 August: Achievement of Controllable Compression Ratio During Operation
2008 September: Achievement of Controllable Expansion Ratio During Operation
2008 October: Design of
VORUS
!
2009 May 4: PAUSING OF ANY OTHER PROJECT EXCEPT
THE DOT
2010 April 20: More Than
THREE MILLION
Structural Combinations
2010 April 28: Dry Test of Complete
THE DOT
(PSI Phase /
HEMIVORUS):
Maximum Working Frequency without Vibrations: 180 Hz
2010 May 4: Sealing Test of Complete
THE DOT
(PSI Phase /
HEMIVORUS):
A) Variable Chamber Internal Temperature: 20 Degrees of Celsius:
a) Frequency of Variable Chamber Revolution: 0 Hz (Stationary):
Test Pressure: Start: 300 bars - After 12 Seconds: 275 bars (Loss: 8%)
b) Frequency of Variable Chamber Revolution: 150 Hz (Centrifugal Effect):
Test Pressure: Start: 300 bars - After 12 Seconds: 259 bars (Loss: 14%)
B) Variable Chamber Internal Temperature: 720 Degrees of Celsius:
a) Frequency of Variable Chamber Revolution: 0 Hz (Stationary):
Test Pressure: Start: 300 bars - After 12 Seconds: 293 bars (Loss: 2%)
b) Frequency of Variable Chamber Revolution: 150 Hz (Centrifugal Effect):
Test Pressure: Start: 300 bars - After 12 Seconds: 288 bars (Loss: 4%)
Operational Condition:
Internal Combustion Engine:
Combustion/Expansion Maximum Duration at Minimum Frequency (Idle Operation: 5 Hz): less than .067 of Second:
Pressure Loss at any Temperature between 20 and 720 Degrees of Celsius: less than .25%
Stirling Engine:
Expansion Maximum Duration at Minimum Frequency (Slow Operation: 10 Hz): less than .017 of Second:
Pressure Loss at any Temperature between 20 and 720 Degrees of Celsius: less than .06%
2010 Aug: Design of
SOLAR STIRLING ENGINE
with Single (Pure Mechanical) Output (PSI Phase /
HEMIVORUS)
2010 Sep: Design of
SOLAR STIRLING ENGINE
with Dual (Mechanical & Electrical) Output (PSI Phase /
HEMIVORUS)
2010 Sep 27: Design of Rigid
FIRETRACE
(PSI Phase)
2010 Oct: End of Construction of Prototype of "
300 x 300
" (PSI Phase /
VORUS)
2010 Oct 26: Sealing Test ("Saint Demetrios Test") of Prototype of "
300 x 300
"
(PSI Phase /
VORUS
/ Extra-Strength Transmission):
A) Variable Chamber Internal Temperature: 20 Degrees of Celsius:
a) Frequency of Variable Chamber Revolution: 0 Hz (Stationary):
Test Pressure: Start: 300 bars - After 12 Seconds: 300 bars (Loss: 0%)
b) Frequency of Variable Chamber Revolution: 90 Hz (Centrifugal Effect):
Test Pressure: Start: 300 bars - After 12 Seconds: 300 bars (Loss: 0%)
B) Variable Chamber Internal Temperature: 720 Degrees of Celsius:
a) Frequency of Variable Chamber Revolution: 0 Hz (Stationary):
Test Pressure: Start: 300 bars - After 12 Seconds: 300 bars (Loss: 0%)
b) Frequency of Variable Chamber Revolution: 90 Hz (Centrifugal Effect):
Test Pressure: Start: 300 bars - After 12 Seconds: 300 bars (Loss: 0%)
2010 Nov 3: Sealing Extreme Test of Prototype of "
300 x 300
" (PSI Phase /
VORUS
/ Extra-Strength Transmission):
Variable Chamber Internal Temperature: 720 Degrees of Celsius:
Frequency of Variable Chamber Revolution: 90 Hz (Centrifugal Effect):
Test Pressure: Start: 420 bars - After 60 Seconds: 420 bars (Loss: 0%)
Test Pressure: Start: 420 bars - After 3600 Seconds: 420 bars (Loss: 0%)
Random Pressure Gusts of Duration of less than 1 Second: up to 620 bars
(Pressure Limitation because of Transmission Material Strength, NOT because of Sealing!)
Variable Chamber Internal Temperature: 300 Degrees of Celsius:
Frequency of Variable Chamber Revolution: 0 Hz (Stationary):
Test Pressure: Start: 300 bars - After 86400 Seconds: 299.8 bars (Within Instrument Accuracy)
2010 Nov 9: Running Test of Prototype of "
300 x 300
" (PSI Phase /
VORUS
/ Normal DOT):
Power Density :
2.6 kW/kg
!
(NOT BAD for a Low-Cost Multiple-Goals Prototype!)
2010 Nov 14: Design of Compliant
FIRETRACE
(PSI Phase)
2010 Dec 25: Birth of
PLOVEN
(PSI Phase)
2010 Dec 31: Design of
LEVENPLOVEN
(PSI Phase) with Power Period of 705 Degrees (345 Degrees Overlapping) !