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in internal combustion engine combustion happens internally in cylinder and in external combustion engine combustion happens externally in boiler
The main difference between a diesel and a steam engine is the diesel engine is an internal combustion and the steam engine is external combustion.
in internal combustion engine combustion happens internally in cylinder and in external combustion engine combustion happens externally in boiler
Automobile engines are ic (internal combustion).
Compression ignition is deisel. Otherwise, spark ignition is gasoline.
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The diesel engine doesn't have any spark plugs, and uses heat generated during compression to ignite the fuel. The diesel however, is an internal combustion engine.
An external combustion engine is where something is burning outside of the actual engine and the energy is transmitted to the engine via something. (e.g. boiler creates steam that goes to the engine a.k.a. steam engine) In an internal combustion engine, the burning happens in the actual cylinders of the engine. (e.g. car engine)
They are completely different engines; however, the most fundamental difference is that the Watt steam engine runs on steam, whereas the internal combustion engine runs on fuel oil.
When the engine detonates its referring to the engine giving spark to the compressed air/fuel in the cylinder, when theres combustion its simply the explosion that happens after ignition.
Internal combustion engine is where the fuel is ignited in the cylinder to make the piston move, petrol or diesel. A steam engine has an external pressure vessel to supply the steam to the cylinder to push the piston. the is no combustion in the engine as such.