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Internal Combustion, the fundamentals, are the powerplant in your car. The term Internal Combustion is from the fuel/air mixture combusting , actually exploding is more accurate in the "cylinder" which when the fuel/air is ignited by the spark plug (we are discussing gasoline engines here) . The piston is in the cylinder. While running, the piston is forced up with both valves closed and ignited, and the explosion drives the piston down, to a crankshaft, that creates torque on the crankshaft, and therefore a spinning motion converted from a vertical motion of the piston. I have always been amazed at the workings of an engine, the speeds that things happen are almost incomprehensible, for example a spark plug ignites the fuel/air one time for two rotations of the crankshaft. Without going through the formula and all the math. if you are at, say, 60 mph, using rounded off numbers, there are 8,200 times a spark plug ignites in one mile. It is mind boggling.....David
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Are Gasoline engines and diesel engines external or internal combustion engines?
They are both internal combustion engines
Which type of engine is classified as internal combustion?
Reciprocating engines (piston engines) are internal combustion engines. Rotary engines ( Wankel engine) is also an internal combustion engine. In general, all types of engines in which the combustion chamber is an integrating part of the engine is considered a internal combustion engine.
What has the author Harry R Ricardo written?
Harry R. Ricardo has written: 'Engines of high output' -- subject(s): Engines 'The internal-combustion engine' -- subject(s): Internal combustion engines 'The high-speed internal-combustion engine' -- subject(s): Internal combustion engines
Are both Gasoline and diesel engines classified as external combustion engines?
No, they are both internal combustion engines.
What type of cars use internal combustion engines?
Gasoline and Diesel engines are internal combustion engines. The fuel explodes (combusts) internally (in the cylinder) and releases energy that is used to move the vehicle. Electric engines and steam engines are not internal combustion engines by definition. Steam engines combust their fuel externally to the "engine". The vast majority of passenger vehicles produced throughout history are driven by internal combustion engines.
What is the SIC Code for Electrical Equipment for Internal Combustion Engines?
SIC 3694 applies to ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES.
Gas and diesel engines are what type of engines?
Internal combustion.
What are the disadvantages of internal combustion engines?
what is disadvantage of enternal combustion engine
What has the author Lester Clyde Lichty written?
Lester Clyde Lichty has written: 'Internal-combustion engines' -- subject(s): Internal combustion engines
What has the author James W Murrell written?
James W. Murrell has written: 'A research plan to study emissions from small internal combustion engines' -- subject(s): Environmental aspects, Environmental aspects of Internal combustion engines, Internal combustion engines
Does internal combustion engines uses nuclear fusion?
No, the explosion of compressed gases powers internal combustion.
Why do cars need petrol or diesel?
Petrol and diesel engines are internal combustion engines. The internal combustion that turns the engine and powers the wheels is created by the combustion of fuel. No fuel, no combustion, and nothing to drive the wheels.
