A.Here's a pressure-volume diagram for a combustion engine. Although rough, it is an approximation of the so-called air-standard cycle. '' Point (a) is at atmospheric pressure, after which the air is ...

Most pickup trucks sold today have internal combustion engines. Passenger vehicles are powered by two main types of engines: compression, aka diesel, and spark ignition, aka gasoline. Besides the type ...

Engine cylinders can misfire due to problems with the ignition system, the fuel system, air and compression, or sensors and ...

A fundamental difference between gasoline and diesel engines is that a gasoline engine uses spark ignition while a diesel engine uses compression ignition. Before we delve deeper, let's understand how ...

Nautilus Engineering of Wichita, Kansas, is an engineering R & D consultancy and rapid prototyping organization with close ties to Wichita State, Kansas State, and Kansas State Polytechnic ...

Billed as the Next Big Thing for the gasoline engine, Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) allows for diesel-like operation wherein compression, not spark, combusts lean air/gasoline ...

No single type of air compressor or vacuum pump works best across the board. But wobblepiston pumps represent what is arguably the most versatile pressure and vacuum technology on the market today.

Mazda’s new SkyActiv-X engine will go against every convention you thought you understood about gasoline engines. It’s supercharged, but for efficiency purposes, not to increase power. It has a ...