Anticipating order-of-magnitude increases in electrical power demand as economies around the world grow, and as artificial intelligence and other cutting edge computing trends take hold — manufacturers, businesses, consumers and investors are all asking …
Where is the world’s next-generation advanced engine design – smaller, lighter, more powerful and efficient, fully scalable, capable of producing cleaner and lower carbon footprint power, and buildable in high volumes at low cost?
Lumenium proudly introduces its answer —
Our Advanced IDAR (Inverse Displacement Asymmetrical Rotational) Engine
- An ideal engine for on-site generators producing both backup and primary power from 25 to 2500 kilowatts or more
- A key component of both stationary and mobile auxiliary power systems
- A durable, smaller, lighter and lower cost diesel engine for military field power needs
- An ideal range extender engine for hybrid electric vehicular powertrains
- A lightweight and highly power-dense engine for both aerial and marine drones
- A key component of localized, smaller-scale primary power generation to bolster the power grid as electrification demand grows exponentially
- A critical ingredient in the complex quest for a realistic net zero carbon future
IDAR’s strategically patented architecture utilizes unique-to-IDAR interaction of convex and concave shapes. Neither piston nor rotary based, Lumenium’s advanced technology IDAR engine is simple, durable and cost-effective to manufacture, and signals a transformation in engine technology that is ripe for accelerated implementation.
IDAR engines have a power density well beyond existing engines – in other words, equivalent horsepower and performance in a dramatically smaller and lighter package.
IDAR’s concentrated power density will allow a 20 kilowatt generator to be sized more like a small residential HVAC unit than a large storage locker…
…and a larger conventional 125 KW generator to be sized more like a kitchen cabinet.
IDAR fully burns all injected fuel by low temperature combustion, reducing harmful emissions – especially NOx – and minimizing complex and costly after-treatment systems.
Lumenium’s state-of-the-art computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling shows the IDAR engine to be highly adaptable to clean and carbon-neutral fuels, including potentially emissions-free hydrogen.
IDAR is ideally suited – by size, shape, power density and cost – to hybrid electric platforms and planned multi-source power generation systems, including advanced microgrids.
IDAR engines can be scaled by diameter or width in single power modules of varying displacements…
Or by stacking power module “slices” to create an engine family of varying displacements, simplifying maintenance, spare parts provisioning and repairs. Power module slices may be combined to achieve engine displacements from five to 60 liters or more, and powering generators producing as much as two to five megawatts of electricity, with potentially even up to 25 megawatts in mega-sized configurations for data centers.
And modularized IDAR-powered 125KW generator units can be aggregated into “plug-and-play” power clusters generating localized power of one megawatt or more, either in stationary or trailer-portable configurations.
IDAR has 70% fewer parts compared to a piston engine, and can be manufactured for at least 35% less cost, fostering a quicker transition to desperately needed power solutions through accelerated implementation and retirement of current engine technology.
The IDAR M21 diesel combustion research engine, utilizing true no-spark compression ignition and running without a muffler or other sound attenuation, has shown itself to be quieter than existing technology engines and significantly lower in vibration.
IDAR is now on the pathway to commercialization, working with various Original Equipment Manufacturers toward initial licensing this year and manufacturing by late next year. Lumenium designs and fabricates its own parts for all prototypes, and is able to assemble and test IDAR engines in its Fredericksburg, Virginia engine lab facility.
Lumenium is working with leaders in the field of 3D metal printing, taking advantage of the latest advances in additive printing technology to ensure that key IDAR engine components will be printable within the next few years.
The IDAR engine adapts to a wide range of applications, including generators, automobiles, trucks, off-road construction, forestry and agricultural equipment, as well as watercraft, aircraft and drones.
Supplementing our multi-faceted internal capabilities, Lumenium maintains strong and active working relationships with renowned independent engine design firms and advanced simulation experts, as well as with the combustion engineering division of a celebrated U.S. national laboratory.
Lumenium also has entered into formal joint development relationships with one of the world’s largest engine OEMs, and with a U.S. military defense supplier. Other similar relationships are in the discussion phase, all with a view toward developing entire families of IDAR engines for a wide range of applications.
The Lumenium Team
William R. Anderson
CEO, Board of Managers and Executive Committee
Yakir M. Lubowsky
Managing Director - Strategy & Legal, Board of Managers and Executive Committee
Joseph B. Wooldridge
Original Inventor of the IDAR Engine, Board of Managers
Peter B. Schwartz
Board of Managers and Executive Committee
Leonard Loventhal
Board of Managers
William Lukaczyk
Director of Engineering and Chief Engineer
Sudhakar Das
Director of Simulation & Combustion Analysis