StarRotor Corporation

StarRotor Corporation

Infobox_Company
company_name = StarRotor Corporation
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = March 2001
location_city = Bryan, Texas
location_country = USA
key_people = Dr. Mark Holtzapple, President
Dr. Kyle Ross, chemical engineer
Andrew Rabroker, mechanical engineer
Tom Beck, mechanical engineer
industry = Engineering
products = Compressors
Expanders
Engines (under development)
Air Conditioners (under development)
Integrated Motors/Generators (under development)
homepage = [http://www.starrotor.com/ www.starrotor.com]
footnotes =

StarRotor Corporation is a startup company founded to commercialize technology from Texas A&M University. It was incorporated in March 2001 by Dr. Mark Holtzapple and Andrew Rabroker. The company gets its name and logo design from the gerotor the company designed to compress and expand gasses.

History

Current Products

Compressors

Expanders

Products Under Development

Air Conditioning

tarRotor Engine

The StarRotor engine is being designed to use the Brayton cycle instead of the Otto cycle found in almost all gasoline automobiles.

Integrated Motors/Generators

ee also

* [http://www.starrotor.com www.starrotor.com] , Company website
* [http://engineer.tamu.edu/research/lectures/ "Sustainable Energy and Transportation"] , April 25, 2006 Texas A&M lecture by Dr. Holtzapple
* [http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/03/09/cars.100mpg.popsci/index.html "The race to 100 mpg"] , July 2007 article mentioning the StarRotor engine

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