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111Free-piston engine — The free piston engine is a linear, crankless combustion engine, in which the piston motion is not controlled by a crankshaft but determined by the interaction of forces from the combustion cylinder gases, a rebound device and a load device.The… …
112Diesel cycle — Thermodynamics …
113inducer — Rotating inlet guide vanes installed on the center of a centrifugal compressor to pick up the inlet air and direct it at the correct angle into the impeller blades …
114Dugald Clerk — Sir Dugald Clerk KBE, FRS[1] (1854, Glasgow – 1932, Ewhurst, Surrey) was a Scottish engineer who designed the world s first successful two stroke engine[2][3] in 1878[4] and patented it in England in 1881. He was a graduate of Anderson s… …
115Chrysler Turbine Car — Manufacturer Chrysler Corporation Production 55 Class Concept car …
116Data acquisition system — A data acquisition system is a device designed to measure and log some parameters. The purpose of the data acquisition system is generally the analysis of the logged data and the improvement of the object of measurements. The data acquisition… …
117Chania Power Station — hereafter refers to two gas turbine units with a total capacity of about 120 MW located in the neighbourhood of the town of Chania in Crete island, Greece. Owner of the power station is the Public Power Corporation (PPC). Contents 1 History 2… …
118General Electric LM6000 — The General Electric LM6000 is a turboshaft gas turbine. The LM6000 is derived from the CF6 80C2 aircraft turbofan. It has additions and modifications designed to make it more suitable for marine propulsion, industrial power generation, and… …
119turbocharger — noun inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), powered from the exhaust air. Syn: turbosupercharger, turbo See Also: supercharge …
120turbocharge — verb a) to increase the power of an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the exhaust air. b) to make faster, more powerful. See Also …
