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3 - Reciprocating Engines

from Part I - Users and Conversion Devices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2022

Jacqueline O'Connor
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University
Bobby Noble
Affiliation:
Electric Power Research Institute
Tim Lieuwen
Affiliation:
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Summary

Reciprocating internal combustion engines rely on a piston-cylinder configuration to achieve a batch periodic conversion from chemical energy in a fuel to mechanical energy leaving an engine. In this category of energy conversion devices are included spark-ignition (SI) engines which may operate on gaseous or liquid fuels, and compression-ignition (CI) engines which may operate on liquid or a combination of liquid and gaseous fuels. As described by Lichty, the first example of an internal combustion engine was that of Abbé Hautefueille in 1678 using the combustion of gunpowder in a cylinder to move a piston and produce work. Renewable fuels and bio-based chemicals and materials are nothing new. They have served humankind since the dawn of civilization. And that there would be changes in how we power our transportation systems is also nothing new.

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Renewable Fuels
Sources, Conversion, and Utilization
, pp. 75 - 137
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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