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Methods of Starting IC Engines
Starting devices are commonly employed with compression ignition engines and especially with the engines fitted…
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Supercharging of IC Engines
Supercharging is the name given to the process of increasing the pressure of the air-fuel…
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Construction of IC Engines
Fig. 13-15 shows the mechanical elements of the reciprocating I.C. engine. The piston which reciprocates…
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Classification of IC Engines
There are no standard methods or ways of classifying I.C. Engines. They may be classified…
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The Concept of IC Engine
The internal combustion engine (ICE) is an engine where the combustion of a fuel (normally …
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Main Components of IC Engines
Cylinder Block: • It is the main block of the engine. • It contains cylinders accurately finished…
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14 Terminologies Used for Power of the Ship’s Marine Propulsion Engine
The best thing about being a marine engineer on a ship is controlling the most powerful thing…
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Mean Piston Speed
What is Mean Piston Speed ? The mean piston speed is the average piston speed in the reciprocating engine.…
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Diesel Combustion
The diesel engine is an intermittent-combustion piston-cylinder device. It operates on either a two-stroke or…
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Price’s engine
In 1914 a young American engineer, William T. Price, began to experiment with an engine that…