What Are The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Free Piston Engine

After many years of trial and error, a combination of inventors and engineers developed a practical, effective internal combustion engine that greatly affected the world. This paper will give opposing views on the background and analyze the effects it had on transportation and the environment.

The continuing rotation of the crankshaft drives the piston back up, ready for the next cycle. The piston moves in a reciprocating motion, which is converted into circular motion of the crankshaft, which ultimately propels the car. Gas engines usually have about the same about of horsepower as they do torque. The diesel engine usually has twice as much torque as it does horsepower, thus it is the better hill climber and load carrier.

Although cheaper to manufacture, piston type airplane engines require more maintenance than that of their jet engine counterparts. In fact, a jet engine can go for “3,000 hours while an overhaul for a piston aircraft is generally 2,000 hours”, Piston Engine (2011). This source goes on to compare the average top speed of a piston engine driven aircraft which is usually around 200 KIAS. This is relatively slow when compared to the average jet engine that can reach 300 KIAS.

The power system consists of a four-stroke engine, a carburettor to transform incoming fuel into steam, a obstruct to control the air-fuel ratio, transmission, and drum brakes. A cylindrical piston, made of aluminium alloy as most people

The company will introduce the new light weight compressor to replace the standard unit in the automatic paint system and to satisfy any demand that might exist through industrial distributors.

Tires squealing, superchargers whining, turbos screaming as the air is forced to mix with fuel. A concoction resulting in immense, intense power from what some would call a box of metal. A meaningless, mass produced, grocery getter. However, these stereotypes are not true, due to one attribute. When that pedal touches the floor, magic is in progress, and pure, raw, unkempt power is unleashed. Air and fuel forced to mix, as if they were great enemies fighting one another. The spark plugs, igniting the furious battle between them, causes an earth shaking explosion. The pistons scream as the energy forces them to slam downwards, turning the ever-mighty crankshaft. The energy rushes through the flywheel, turning the many transmission gears, funneling angry horsepower through the drive shaft. The rear axle is the surrogate through which the tires squeal, launching the car down a ¼ mile track in under 10 seconds.

Mr. Abou-Zeid has a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Energy (Gas steam turbine engines and combustion engines) from University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Incorporating technologies discovered by Savery and Denis Papin, the atmospheric engine, invented by Thomas Newcomen, paved the way for the Industrial Revolution. Newcomen's engine was relatively inefficient, and in most cases was only used for pumping water. It worked by using the vacuum from condensing steam in a cylinder and was mainly employed for draining mine workings at depths hitherto impossible, but also for providing a reusable water supply for driving waterwheels at factories sited away from a suitable

His engine used steam to power a pump, which turned a wheel, which moved machinery. It worked quickly and generated more power than the waterwheel had.

Electric cars are becoming very popular in today’s world and are becoming more main stream. One reason for this is the need for automobiles that have a lower or a zero carbon footprint. For the majority of the history of the automobile, the propulsion system was a gas or a diesel engine that would run off of fossil fuels. The burning of fossil fuels is very hazardous to our world and also creates much toxic pollution. However, electric cars run off of electricity, which is a very clean and pollution free resource, depending on how the electricity was produced of course. In this paper we are going to examine the history of electric cars, look into modern electric car technology, and peer into the future of electric car technology to see if EVs might be the answer to dramatically reducing our global pollution.

In today’s motorized life , It’s difficult to live without motor (Engines) and the main source of it’s input power is fossil fuels & partly electric power. In future these fuels or electricity may not be available widely as they are non renewable energies. So, it may be difficult to use engine with the fuels.

The piston then travels down pulling in fresh air, (third stroke), after the piston bottoms again it travels up compressing the fresh air, (fourth stroke). The fuel is then injected and one cycle is completed in 720 degrees or two full rotations of the crankshaft.

These types of engines can be found not only in cars and trucks, but in boats, lawn mowers and generators to name a few.

The invention and use of the internal combustion engine was a pivotal point in the history of the automobile. The first attempt at an internal combustion engine was in 1673 by Christian Huygens, using gunpowder as the fuel source, though it was basically worthless as you had to open the engine up and put new gunpowder in it after every single stroke ("The Fuel & Engine"). This lack of a fuel for internal combustion engines sidelined its development for a couple hundred years. In 1860 Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir built the first effective internal combustion engine using natural gas (Bottorff). The ignition of the gas would create a vacuum and the resulting pressure difference between the vacuum and the atmosphere would drive the power stroke (Bottorff). This gas-atmospheric engine, as it is known, was an effective system capable generating 20hp, still it was imperfect. It was further improved with the development

We've all seen them before, the mysterious chunks of metal under the hoods of our cars. They start when we turn the key and take us where we want to go. But how does an engine work? Internal combustion engines are a very important part of everyday life. We use them in our cars, trucks, airplanes. boats, snowmachines, 4 wheelers, and heavy machinery. These pages will help familiarize you with the basic concepts of how an engine works, an understanding of engine output, and some information on how forced induction or "boost" increases power output.