A.Here's a pressure-volume diagram for a combustion engine. Although rough, it is an approximation of the so-called air-standard cycle. '' Point (a) is at atmospheric pressure, after which the air is ...

Years ago, it was common for shops to have a central power source that drove all the tools through a system of belts, wheels and driveshafts. The power was routed around the work space by mechanical ...

Recently, we discussed the prospect of using compressed air as a form of energy storage. Unfortunately, it's hard to get much in the way of details on how the process actually works; there's only a ...

Editor’s Note: At POWER-GEN International in Las Vegas this past December, a conference session on combustion turbine power augmentation raised a number of critical questions regarding the economics ...

Proper air filtration is critical to the overall performance and reliability of gas turbines. Fuel costs approach 80 percent of the life cycle cost of electricity. Small gains in efficiency can mean ...

Helicopter can fly a few tons of aircraft weight only by rotating the propeller. A YouTube channel that explains complicated technologies easily with movies about how the engine "Turbo shaft engine" ...