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Miller Cycle

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The Miller cycle is a thermodynamic cycle used in a type of internal combustion engine, patented by the American engineer Ralph Miller on December 24, 1957. An engine running on the Miller cycle may be two-stroke or four-stroke and may run on diesel fuel, gases or dual fuel, and it uses a supercharger or turbocharger to offset the performance loss that the related Atkinson cycle otherwise incurs.

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Classification
Maturity
TRL 9: Actual System Proven in Operational Environment 1
Technology Type
Thermodynamic cycle 1
Invented Year
1957 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Miller cycle
  • Introduction, sentence 1
    a thermodynamic cycle used in a type of internal combustion engine
  • Patent sentence, U.S. patent 2,817,322
    dated Dec 24, 1957
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