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No,they use engines to produce mechanical energy.
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Heat engines use heat to do work?
Yes. Heat engines come in various forms. For example, internal combustion using gasoline or diesel, external combustion (not much used), steam engines reciprocating or turbine, gas turbines, rocket engines.
Why do cars use internal combustion engines rather than external combustion engines?
The term "Internal combustion" means the burning, or combustion of the fuel/air is detonated in an enclosed cylinder under compression, driving piston down. If the combustion was external, there would simply be an explosion in the air that produces no power.
Why is diesel is an internal combustion engine?
When air is compressed it becomes hot. A diesel engine compresses air and fuel in a cylinder. The mixture burns and pushes down the piston. It is called an internal combustion engine because engines that work by burning fuel inside a cylinder and pushing down a piston are called internal combustion engines. Steam engines are external combustion engines. The fire burns and heats water in a boiler. The water turns to steam and either drives pistons like in a steam locomotive or in a turbine. Gas turbines could technically be called internal combustion but are not. One turbine compresses the gas. The gas burns under pressure in a combustion chamber and turns another turbine. Jet planes and a number of electric generators use gas turbines.
What are the industries used in turbines?
Power plants use turbines to capture the kinetic energy of fluid flows and then turn a shaft and ultimately a generator with that energy. Jets engines are a classic use of turbines. They are used first to capture energy after combustion to drive generators as used in power plants, but on planes it is to power the plane, then second that same shaft turns other turbines at the start of the engine that compress intake air for better engine performance and further power (more oxygen => more combustion possible) --Scott UCSB
Does a truck use an external or internal combustion engine.?
Internal combustion engine.
What invention made the creation of the automobile and the airplane possible?
The invention that made the creation of automobile and airplane possible was the internal combustion engine. Almost all vehicles use internal combustion engines. They are used in the form of gas turbines in jet aircrafts, large ships and helicopters.
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 a type of internal combustion engine?
An internal combustion engine is an engine where the fuel combustion happens inside a combustion chamber. There are both Reciprocating and Rotary engines that fall into this category. Most cars on the road today use internal combustion engines. An example would be the V-8 Hemi engines that Dodge puts in their trucks.
Which combustion chambers use glow plug in diesel engines?
all of them.
Hybrid cars use combustion engines but also get power from what?
battery
What hybrid cars use combustion engines?
All hybrids use a conventional engine.
What type of engine were in use before the internal combustion engine?
The external combustion engine, like in a steam train.
