A major milestone in the development of air hybrid engine technology will take place next week at the SAE World Congress in Detroit. For the first time, the Scuderi Group is unveiling the design of their breakthrough Air Hybrid Engine.

Here are some exerpts from announcement,

“These technology enhancements, and the subsequent patents, come at an important time as we as a nation look to be more efficient in our use of petroleum products and while the automobile industry struggles to increase the value of their automobile products,” said Sal Scuderi, president of The Scuderi Group. “Once these advancements are incorporated into our internal combustion engine, the industry will have available the fuel efficiency, power, and impact on the environment that consumers are looking for and at a cost that makes sense.”

While electric hybrids are struggling to reach a 50% increase, the Scuderi Air-Hybrid is anticipated to almost double the mileage of a vehicle. Besides having significantly higher increases in efficiency and better reductions in toxic emissions than electric hybrids, the Scuderi Engine also improves power and performance. Today’s electric hybrid cars normally reduce power and performance to obtain an increase in mileage. Because the Scuderi Air-Hybrid increases power while improving mileage at a cost of only a few hundred dollars as compared to thousands for an electric hybrid, the Scuderi Air-Hybrid is the first hybrid system that makes economical sense.

As a result of this breakthrough design, the Scuderi engine is expected to:

1 Potentially double vehicle mileage

2 Reduce toxic emissions by up to 80 percent

3 Be compatible with all alternative fuels, including natural gas, ethanol, and bio-diesel.

4 Be easy and cost effective to manufacture by utilizing the same components found in today’s engines

By utilizing fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and the unique features of a split-cycle design, the Scuderi Technology improves how an engine converts chemical energy into mechanical energy. Unlike conventional engines, the Scuderi engine divides the four strokes of a standard engine (intake, compression, power, and exhaust) over a paired combination of one compression cylinder and one power cylinder. These two cylinders perform their respective functions once per crankshaft revolution, while conventional engines require two revolutions of the crankshaft to perform these same functions.

The Scuderi Technology can be applied to any piston engine from very small gasoline powered lawn mowers engines to very large diesel powered train engines. The technology is patented worldwide with six patents issued and several pending in over 45 countries. The Scuderi Group plans to license the technology to qualified engine manufacturers.