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  • 1Engine efficiency — of thermal engines is the relationship between the total energy contained in the fuel, and the amount of energy used to perform useful work. There are two classifications of thermal engines (1) Internal combustion (gasoline, diesel and gas… …

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  • 2Engine room — In a ship, an engine room is where the main engine(s), generators, compressors, pumps, fuel/lubrication oil purifiers and other major machinery are located. It is sometimes referred to as the machinery space . Engine Rooms are typically towards… …

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  • 3Engine-generator — An engine generator is the combination of an electrical generator and an engine (prime mover) mounted together to form a single piece of equipment. This combination is also called an engine generator set or a gen set . In many contexts, the… …

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  • 4engine — noun 1) a power generating engine Syn: motor, machine, mechanism; jet, turbojet, turboprop, turbofan, turbine, generator 2) the main engine of change Syn: cause, agent, instrument …

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  • 5Gas engine — This article is about engines that use gaseous fuel. For gasoline engines, see Petrol engine. For other uses, see Internal combustion engine. Model of an S type Hartop Gas Engine. A gas engine means an engine running on a gas, such as coal gas,… …

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  • 6Stationary engine — A stationary engine is an engine whose framework does not move. It is normally used not to propel a vehicle but to drive a piece of immobile equipment such as a pump or power tool.This article concentrates on oil burning or internal combustion… …

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  • 7Diesel engine — Diesel engines in a museum Diesel generator on an oil tanker …

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  • 8Heat engine — Thermodynamics …

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  • 9Internal combustion engine — The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel (normally a fossil fuel) occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high temperature and high …

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  • 10Rocket engine — RS 68 being tested at NASA s Stennis Space Center. The nearly transparent exhaust is due to this engine s exhaust being mostly superheated steam (water vapor from its propellants, hydrogen and oxygen) …

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