Methods and systems for cooling a radial engine in a ground-based portable electric power generating system. The engine includes a plurality of cylinders extending radially from a central hub supporting a crankshaft. Each cylinder has a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port. The cooling system includes an inlet coolant manifold interconnecting at least two of the coolant inlet ports. The inlet coolant manifold is disposed external to the central hub.

An internal combustion engine for use in land, aerial and water vehicles and various kinds of machinery. A first version of the engine has a cylinder with the inlet channel of compressed air and the outlet exhaust channel situated in the middle of it. In the cylinder head as well as in the partition there are the fuel injector, the water injector and the ignition element. In the middle of the partition the slide bearing is embedded, through which the tappet rod goes. The upper end of this rod is attached to the bilateral piston, whereas its lower end is connected to the connecting rod. The water injectors are powered from the water container through the heating element and the metering device. A second version the engine has a plurality of cylinders in a radial orientation.

An inverted combustion engine is described herein that can reduce or eliminate the amount of oil that leaks into a combustion volume of a combustion chamber. In some implementations, at least one piston of the combustion engine includes a crown that faces the combustion volume and a cavity on an opposing side of the crown that is configured to collect and contain oil that has entered the combustion chamber.

Improved radial engine configurations where the pistons and their associated connecting rods interface with a center crankshaft by the use of slipper bearings, which only contact a portion of the center crankshaft throw. The improved radial engine crankshaft interface includes at least one connecting rod with a bearing that encircles the center crankshaft throw, and acts as a retaining ring for the slipper bearings.

A rotary cam radial engine formed of two primary components engaged at a mid section to allow for an easy repair to the vehicle. The device features a body having radially oriented apertures; and a plurality of pistons in a respective reciprocating engagement, within each respective said cylinder. The pistons are driven by low pressure fluids and/or a vacuum and the engine being formed of two main components can be taken apart without tools for maintenance and reconfiguration.

The radial cam engine described consists of a piston assembly arranged in a radial configuration. Within the engine, a piston moves back and forth within a cylinder during the internal combustion process. The piston is connected to a follower that is guided and interacts with a central cam. This central cam is responsible for turning a drive shaft. The radial cam incorporates three different cam profiles, each designed for a specific stage of the engine's operation. These profiles are specifically tailored for the compression stroke, combustion stroke, and exhaust stroke. By utilizing distinct cam profiles for each stroke, the engine can optimize its performance throughout the entire combustion process.

A structural arrangement for an internal combustion engine and/or star shaped air compressor, without a crankshaft and connecting rods and with one or more surrounded pistons, being able to use any fuels in the case of the engine, liquid or gaseous including hydrogen and obtain high thermodynamic efficiency. The engine and/or air compressor has an arrangement that makes it possible to transmit linear movement into circular movement by means of a ring together with an eccentric and with a coupling structure, The structure joins the pistons to the ring, which can be polygonal in the case of the use of at least three pistons or welded in the case of one or two pistons.