Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen...
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internal combustion engine (ICE or IC engine) is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber...
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Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is the pseudoscientific concept of the spontaneous combustion of a living (or recently deceased) human body without...
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The staged combustion cycle (sometimes known as topping cycle, preburner cycle, or closed cycle) is a power cycle of a bipropellant rocket engine. In the...
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the combustion of a specified amount of it. The calorific value is the total energy released as heat when a substance undergoes complete combustion with...
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A combustion engine is an engine which generates mechanical power by combustion of a fuel. Combustion engines are of two general types: Internal combustion...
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Spontaneous combustion or spontaneous ignition is a type of combustion which occurs by self-heating (increase in temperature due to exothermic internal...
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Engine (section Combustion efficiency)
gaseous combustion products in the combustion chamber, causing them to expand and drive a piston, which turns a crankshaft. Unlike internal combustion engines...
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Engine knocking (redirect from Detonation internal combustion engine)
spark-ignition internal combustion engines, knocking (also knock, detonation, spark knock, pinging or pinking) occurs when combustion of some of the air/fuel...
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Diesel engine (redirect from Diesel internal combustion engines)
The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the...
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Scramjet (redirect from Supersonic-combustion ramjet)
A scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) is a variant of a ramjet airbreathing jet engine in which combustion takes place in supersonic airflow. As in...
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Internal Combustion may refer to: Internal combustion engine Internal Combustion (album), a 2010 album by Society Burning Internal Combustion, a 1994 album...
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external combustion engine (EC engine) is a reciprocating heat engine where a working fluid, contained internally, is heated by combustion in an external...
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A combustion chamber is part of an internal combustion engine in which the fuel/air mix is burned. For steam engines, the term has also been used for an...
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internal combustion engine vehicle (HICEV) is a type of hydrogen vehicle using an internal combustion engine. Hydrogen internal combustion engine vehicles...
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Combustion and Flame is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier on behalf of the Combustion Institute. It covers fundamental research...
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Combustion Engineering (C-E) was a multi-national American-based engineering firm that developed nuclear steam supply power systems in the United States...
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Combustion efficiency refers to the effectiveness of the burning process in converting fuel into heat energy. It is measured by the proportion of fuel...
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Four-stroke engine (redirect from 4 Stroke Internal Combustion Engine)
A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft...
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Coal combustion products (CCPs), also called coal combustion wastes (CCWs) or coal combustion residuals (CCRs), are categorized in four groups, each based...
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Pistonless rotary engine (redirect from Rotary combustion engine)
A pistonless rotary engine is an internal combustion engine that does not use pistons in the way a reciprocating engine does. Designs vary widely but typically...
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Combustion Limited was a major engineering business based in Derby offering products for the nuclear engineering industry. International Combustion Australia...
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Fluidized bed combustion (FBC) is a combustion technology used to burn solid fuels. In its most basic form, fuel particles are suspended in a hot, bubbling...
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describes the common features of all types. The main types are: the internal combustion engine, used extensively in motor vehicles; the steam engine, the mainstay...
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Look up spontaneous combustion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spontaneous combustion is the self-ignition of a mass, for example, a pile of oily...
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internal combustion engine or external combustion engine Spontaneous human combustion Combustion (album), 2005 album by Decoded Feedback Combustion (film)...
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Internal combustion engines date back to between the 10th and 13th centuries, when the first rocket engines were invented in China. Following the first...
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Combustion (Spanish: Combustión) is a 2013 Spanish action film directed and co-written by Daniel Calparsoro which stars Álex González, Adriana Ugarte...
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Oxy-fuel combustion is the process of burning a fuel using pure oxygen, or a mixture of oxygen and recirculated flue gas, instead of air. Since the nitrogen...
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Transonic Combustion Inc. is a Los Angeles-based cleantech company that is developing supercritical fuel injection systems that enable injection ignition...
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