automobile includes air bags‚ starting a car‚ gas‚ windshields‚ combustion and batteries. The most important among all these is keeping the automobile’s engine from getting too hot or too cold. The process of starting the car begins in the engine cylinders‚ where gasoline from the fuel injector and the air from the intake valve mix together before being ignited by a spark and form gasses that expand and push the piston. But combustion is an exothermic reaction‚ which means it release heat. In this
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ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS – Vol. I – Flywheels and Super-Fly Wheels - B. Kaftanoğlu FLYWHEELS AND SUPER-FLYWHEELS B. Kaftanoğlu Middle East Technical University‚ Ankara‚ TURKEY Keywords: Flywheel‚ super-flywheel‚ energy storage‚ composites. Contents U SA NE M SC PL O E – C EO H AP LS TE S R S 1. Introduction 2. Applications 3. Flywheel design 4. Historical perspective of flywheel design 5. Stress Analysis and Specific Energy Calculations of Flywheels 5.1. Stress Analysis
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to as engines (Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition‚ 2010). The type of engine being focused on in this report is an Internal Combustion Engine (as shown in Fig 1.1) in which a fuel is burnt along with air to produce hot gases which are then used to generate the necessary power. Fig 1.1. An Internal Combustion Engine (Wikimedia Commons‚ 2006) IC Engines have been the focus of attention for engineers for more than a decade now. With the vast majority of vehicles
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Starting in the late 1700’s‚ European engineers began tinkering with motor powered vehicles. Steam‚ combustion‚ and electrical motors had all been attempted by the mid 1800’s. By the 1900’s‚ it was uncertain which type of engine would power the automobile. At first‚ the electric car was the most popular‚ but at the time a battery did not exist that would allow a car to move with much speed or over a long distance. Even though some of the earlier speed records were set by electric cars‚ they did not
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powered by on-board battery packs. Advantages of Electric Cars The first thing which comes to people’s mind when we talk about the advantages of electric cars is usually on pollution. Electric cars do not cause pollution related to internal combustion engines. The electricity used to recharge electric cars obviously has to come from somewhere‚ and most of the electricity is produced by burning fossil fuels. Yes‚ this causes pollution for sure‚ but there are also other methods to produce electricity
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The Future Is Electric‚ Not Oil-powered Cars Electric vehicles are a topic of great importance to the future of GM … and to the future of our country for that matter.. Over the last day and half‚ you’ve heard a number of interesting perspectives about how to address energy independence and climate change … and there are some great vehicles on display here that contribute to the solution to those issues. I’d like to talk about General Motors’ vision … and why we are also inspired to help
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A hybrid car definition: The word hybrid is usually applied to plants and animals which have been cross-bred between species to produce something new. A hybrid car is a passenger vehicle that is driven by a hybrid engine‚ which can run on two or more fuel sources. In other word‚ Hybrid cars are primarily gas powered cars with electrical motor assist Why hybrid car? : Here are the reasons why you should choose a hybrid car instead of normal car: 1. Hybrid cars are environment friendly
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AP English 12 30 October 2012 From Walking to Rolling The automobile has changed lives around the world. Suddenly it was far easier to travel. Not only could you make it long distances in a fraction of the time‚ you could do it more comfortably and safely. It also lead to society as we know it today. Without cars there would be no need for roads as we know them today. There would be no hotels because people wouldn’t be traveling as far as they can today‚ and we wouldn’t have a scape goat for
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eighteen wheel tractor trailer trucks. They provide more torque then a regular gasoline engine because of the long stroke of the piston. Most diesel engines make peak torque at very low rpm. Diesel engines do not have spark plugs. They develop combustion by heating up the air going into the cylinder‚ while the air is heated the fuel injector sprays into the bowl of the cylinder creating ignition. Diesel engines are also known as compression ignition engines. A typical gasoline engine is only thirty
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interesting. I am an experienced graduate student having a degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology from University of Engineering & Technology‚ Lahore‚ Pakistan. I have hand on experience in the IC Engine field. I am extremely interested in (Combustion characteristics of hydrogen/air premixed flames over a backward facing step). I would like to work under your guidance and would be glad if I could assist you in this or any ongoing project which is related to my interest and field. My ideas and
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