Small Engines Designed for High Efficiency, High Power Density and Quiet Operations

The benefits provided by Belle Aerospace Corporation’s (BAC’s) proposed technology will reduce engine size, weight, acoustic signature, increase reliability and power output, while providing substantial fuel efficiency increases using load following engine control technology and other BAC proprietary innovations. These optimized improvements will provide great reductions in both; the initial logistics foot print required to place small power sources into theaters of operation, and the reoccurring supply logistics (fuel), realizing large cost savings to DoD operations. Commercial applications of such a versatile small heavy fuel engine are endless, since the need for small modular engines that run on military heavy fuel (JP-8) is increasing in all areas of the military requiring improvements to fuel efficiency, and BAC’s heavy fuel engine satisfies current and future power density, thermal efficiency, and acoustic signature goals. Other Commercial applications require the use of heavy fuels (and multi-fuel capability) in a compact lightweight fuel efficient design package, making power generation appealing in a variety of arenas. BAC is designing this unit with the cooperation of several established companies who are anticipating the production of these power units.