Kurt Schnauffer

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Kurt Schnauffer (* 1899 ; † 1981 ) was a mechanical engineer .

At the German Aviation Research Institute in Berlin-Adlershof around 1929 he succeeded in qualitatively determining and quantitatively determining the migration of the flame front in the cylinder head with his ionization process (with ionized gaps and an oscillograph). Together with H. Weinhart, he determined that the flame front in the engine was advancing at 265–300 m / s, which was sufficient to cause gas vibrations.

1930–32 he undertook experiments with gasoline injection through a Bosch diesel pump for aircraft engines. It increased the performance compared to carburettor engines by 12-17% and reduced fuel consumption by 10-18%. From 1934, after the first successful flight, the Reich Aviation Ministry only issued orders for aircraft engines with gasoline injection. The breakthrough of direct injection for motor vehicles did not come until the 1960s.

1936–1945 he held the chair for internal combustion engines and motor vehicles at the Technical University of Munich , where he set up a research institute for aircraft and motor vehicle engines . After the war he was fired for his armaments research.

Afterwards he dealt extensively with the history of engine construction on behalf of the Working Group for the History of German Internal Combustion Engine Construction. In 1962 Friedrich Sass published his results.

Publications

  • Combustion rates of gasoline-benzene-air mixtures in high-speed igniter engines ; VDI-Verlag, 1931
  • Engine-Cylinder Flame Propagation Studied by New Methods

literature

supporting documents

  1. ^ The MAN, p. 526
  2. ^ Hans Christoph Graf von Seherr-Thoß:  Riehm, Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 590 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Schnauffer, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German machine builder
DATE OF BIRTH 1899
DATE OF DEATH 1981