reversible engine
1Reversible process (thermodynamics) — For articles on other forms of reversibility, including reversibility of microscopic dynamics, see reversibility (disambiguation). In thermodynamics, a reversible process, or reversible cycle if the process is cyclic, is a process that can be… …
2Engine (disambiguation) — An engine is a device that converts potential energy into mechanical work. Engine may also refer to:In thermodynamics: * Heat engine, a physical or theoretical device that converts thermal energy to mechanical output * Reciprocating engine, a… …
3Engine 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… …
4reversible — reverse ► VERB 1) move backwards. 2) make (something) the opposite of what it was. 3) turn the other way round or up or inside out. 4) revoke or annul (a judgement by a lower court or authority). 5) (of an engine) work in a contrary direction. ►… …
5Reversible turbine — A hydraulic turbine, normally installed in a pumped storage plant, which can be used alternatively as a pump or as an engine, turbine, water wheel, or other apparatus that drives an electrical generator. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy… …
6Carnot heat engine — A Carnot heat engine [In French, Carnot uses machine à feu , which Thurston translates as heat engine or steam engine . In a footnote, Carnot distinguishes the steam engine ( machine à vapeur ) from the heat engine in general. (Carnot, 1824, p. 5 …
7Heat engine — Thermodynamics …
8Two-stroke engine — Brons two stroke V8 Diesel engine driving a Heemaf generator. A two stroke engine is an internal combustion engine that completes the process cycle in one revolution of the crankshaft (an up stroke and a down stroke of the piston, compared to… …
9Aircraft diesel engine — Thielert Centurion aircraft diesel engine. The aircraft diesel engine or aero diesel has not been widely used as an aircraft engine. Diesel engines were used in airships and were tried in aircraft in the late 1920s …
10Oscillating cylinder steam engine — This article is about small oscillating steam engines. For marine oscillating engines, see Marine oscillating steam engine. A simple oscillating cylinder engine, part of a Mamod SE2 working steam model Also known as a Wobbler in USA and possibly… …
