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• Future car technologies
  ...amer]] technology to harness the heat generated by conventional [[internal combustion engines]] and use it to generate mechanical energy [http://www.gizmag.com/
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• Selective Catalytic Reduction
  ...s]], such as those found on large ships, diesel locomotives, [[gas turbine|combustion turbines]], and even [[automobiles]]. ...oal-fired boilers is the blinding of the catalyst by fly ash from the fuel combustion. This requires the usage of sootblowers, sonic horns and careful design of
  9 KB (1,439 words) - 00:14, 31 March 2010
• Overhead camshaft
  ...ain configurations place the camshaft within the cylinder heads, above the combustion chambers, and drive the valves or lifters directly instead of using pushrod
  5 KB (684 words) - 03:00, 11 June 2010
• Sleeve valve
  ...ts between the piston and the cylinder wall in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine where it rotates and/or slides, ports (holes) in the side of the val ...ion (compared to other sleeve valve designs), while retaining the rational combustion chambers and big, uncluttered, porting area possible in the [[Knight Engine
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• Manifold
  The primary function of the intake manifold is to ''evenly'' distribute the combustion mixture (or just air in a direct injection engine) to each intake port in t ...s provoke pressure drops, resulting in less air (and/or fuel) entering the combustion chamber; high-performance manifolds have smooth contours and gradual transi
  22 KB (3,451 words) - 08:47, 29 October 2010
• Radiator
  '''Radiators''' are used for cooling internal combustion engines, chiefly in [[#Automobiles|automobiles]] but also in piston-engined In [[automobile]]s with a liquid-cooled [[internal combustion engine]] a radiator is connected to channels running through the [[engine]]
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• Alternator
  ...refers to small rotating machines driven by automotive and other internal combustion engines. In UK, large alternators in power stations which are driven by st ...harge the battery and to power a car's electric system when its [[internal combustion engine|engine]] is running. Alternators have the great advantage over direc
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• Transverse engine
  ...is about the '''placement alignment''', or '''layout''', of the [[internal combustion engine]] ''within'' the [[chassis]] or [[Monocoque|body]] of a [[motor vehi
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• Supercharged Engine
  ...mpressor used to force air into the combustion chamber(s) of an [[internal combustion engine]] at pressures higher than would otherwise be the case. Any device ...) became the first person to patent a forced-induction system for internal combustion engines. His first [[Supercharged Engine|superchargers]] were based on a tw
  23 KB (3,492 words) - 23:18, 17 December 2008
• Porsche 360
  ...rks. It was discovered in 1951, and a university professor specialising in combustion engines used the car for single-cylinder engine tests. The research was com
  4 KB (606 words) - 16:10, 13 April 2008
• Bentley 3 Litre
  ...was also among the first with two [[spark plug]]s per cylinder, pent-roof combustion chambers, and twin [[carburetor]]s. It was extremely undersquare, optimize
  4 KB (570 words) - 05:35, 5 March 2007
• Flat-12 engine
  A '''flat-12''' is an [[internal combustion engine]] in a [[Flat engine|flat]] configuration, having 12 [[cylinder (eng
  4 KB (647 words) - 10:55, 24 May 2010
• Diesel-Electric Hybrid
  ...never need to be recharged before use. The diesel fuel powers an internal combustion engine that is usually smaller (and therefore more efficient) than a conven ...s, a diesel-electric hybrid can be equipped with a smaller, more efficient combustion engine while providing acceleration performance equal to its conventional c
  18 KB (2,608 words) - 02:08, 19 May 2009
• Manifold vacuum
  '''Manifold vacuum''', or '''engine vacuum''' in an internal combustion engine is the difference in air pressure between the engine's [[Manifold (a The rate of airflow through an internal combustion engine is an important factor determining the amount of power the engine ge
  12 KB (1,914 words) - 14:54, 31 March 2010
• Gas turbine
  ...gas. It has an upstream compressor coupled to a downstream turbine, and a combustion chamber in-between. Gas turbine may also refer to just the turbine componen ...tor, combustion of the fuel increases the temperature. The products of the combustion are forced into the turbine section. There, the high velocity and volume of
  31 KB (4,779 words) - 13:07, 29 October 2010
• Jaguar XK6 engine
  ..., the new engines would need vee-opposed valves operating in hemispherical combustion chambers. Two configurations of this type were selected for comparison in 1 ...xcessively restricting the flow of gases into and out of the hemispherical combustion chambers. To satisfy these two conditions, a relatively wide angle of 70 de
  19 KB (2,986 words) - 15:25, 18 December 2009
• Fuel injection
  '''Fuel injection''' is a method/system for metering fuel into an [[internal combustion engine]], where the fuel is burned in air to release energy in the form of ...of injection schemes have existed since the earliest usage of the internal combustion engine.
  33 KB (4,922 words) - 12:15, 4 June 2009
• Catalytic converter
  ...ic converter provides an environment for a chemical reaction wherein toxic combustion byproducts are converted to less-toxic gases. The catalytic converter was i ...of lead deposits is often not possible (the lead becomes vapourised in the combustion chamber of a gasoline 4 stroke engine under the ambient temperature and pre
  22 KB (3,502 words) - 10:56, 28 March 2010
• Maudslay Motor Company
  ...randson of the eminent engineer [[Henry Maudslay]] to make marine internal combustion engines. He was joined by his sons Cyril and Reginald Walter but the latter
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• Heater core
  The [[internal combustion engine]] in most [[car]]s and [[truck]]s is cooled by a water and antifreez
  5 KB (907 words) - 19:57, 6 July 2010

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