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  • 71Jet engine — For a general overview of aircraft engines, see Aircraft engine. A Pratt Whitney F100 turbofan engine for the …

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  • 72Barton Evaporation Engine — The Barton Evaporation Engine (BEE) is a heat engine developed by Sunoba Pty Ltd.PrincipleThe principle of the BEE is based on (1) adiabatic expansion of unsaturated air, (2) evaporative cooling at reduced pressure, and (3) re compression back to …

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  • 73Reciprocating engine — internal combustion piston engine. E Exhaust camshaft I Intake camshaft S Spark plug V Valves P Piston R Connecting rod C Crankshaft W Water jacket for coolant flow.] A reciprocating engine, also often known as a piston engine, is a heat engine… …

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  • 74History of the internal combustion engine — Various scientists and engineers contributed to the development of internal combustion engines: [ Otto engines running at the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion (WMSTR), in Rollag, Minnesota. (2min 16sec, 320x240, 340kbps video)] *1206: Al …

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  • 75external-combustion engine — noun a heat engine in which ignition occurs outside the chamber (cylinder or turbine) in which heat is converted to mechanical energy • Hypernyms: ↑heat engine • Hyponyms: ↑steam engine * * * noun : a heat engine that derives its heat from fuel… …

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  • 76External combustion engine — An external combustion engine (EC engine) is a heat engine where an (internal) working fluid is heated by combustion of an external source, through the engine wall or a heat exchanger. The fluid then, by expanding and acting on the mechanism of… …

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  • 77Photo-Carnot engine — A Photo Carnot engine is a Carnot cycle engine in which the working medium is a photon inside a cavity with perfectly reflecting walls. Radiation is the working fluid, and the piston is driven by radiation pressure.A quantum Carnot engine is one… …

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  • 78Malone engine — The Malone engine is a liquid based engine invented by J.F.J Malone of Newcastle, England.[1] The engine used high temperature water as its working fluid, and was therefore also referred to as the Hot Water Engine. Malone s first 50 hp prototype… …

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  • 79Bore (engine) — Bore is the diameter measurement of the cylinders in a piston engine. Engine displacement is calculated by: The term bore can also be applied to the bore of a locomotive cylinder. See also Stroke (engine) Compression ratio Cylinder head porting… …

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  • 80Marine automobile engine — Volkswagen Marine 3.0 litre V6 TDI 265 6 marine engine. This is a marine modified version of Volkswagen Groups 3.0 V6 24v TDI CR automobile engine. Marine automobile engines are types of automobile petrol or diesel engines that have been… …

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