Engines
Resources
- General
- Engine Trends. L. Allison. 4WDonline.
- The Engine Indicator. Archiving Industry.
- hurricanes
- Hurricanes: Tempests in a Greenhouse. Kerry Emanuel. Physics Today. Vol. 59 No. 8 (August 2006): 74–75.
- hybrids
- Technologies to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the Next Decade. Arthur H. Rosenfeld, Tina M. Kaarsberg, and Joseph Romm. Physics Today. Vol. 53 No. 11. (November 2000): 29–34. In particular, read the boxes labeled "Doubly Efficient Electric Hybrid" & "Combined Heat & Power Systems".
- reciprocating
- diesel-cycle
- Method of and Apparatus for Converting Heat into Work. Rudolph Diesel. US Patent 542,846 (1895).
- Internal-Combustion Engine. Rudolph Diesel. US Patent 608,845 (1898).
- Wärtsilä RT-flex96C/RTA96C. The world's most powerful reciprocating engine.
- Diesel: The Modern Power. Periscope Film. YouTube (2018). This black and white film from the late 1930s details the creation of diesel engines.
- miller-cycle
- Claims Engine 'Lungs" Boost Power, Save Fuel: Milwaukee Inventor of Supercharging Process Granted a Patent after Nine Years. Emil Schneider. Milwaukee Journal. (18 April 1954): Part 4, page 9.
- The Inside Story on the Miller-Cycle Engine. Koichi Hatamura. Mazda Australia (2002).
- How does a Miller-cycle engine work? Marshall Brain. How Stuff Works.
- High-pressure supercharging system. Ralph Miller. US Patent 2,670,595 (1954).
- High expansion, spark ignited, gas burning, internal combustion engines. Ralph Miller. US Patent 2,773,490 (1956).
- Method and apparatus for varying the final compression temperature in a four cycle internal combustion engine. Ralph Miller. US Patent 2,780,912 (1957).
- otto-cycle
- Deutz AG. Founded by Nicolaus August Otto in 1864 as N.A. Otto & Cie — the world's first engine factory.
- Technikum (Engine Museum)
- 150 years DEUTZ. Website to honor the 150th anniversary of the founding of the company.
- Four-Stroke Cycle. Ralf Moros. University of Leipzig (2000). Includes Java simulation.
- How a Car Engine Works. Marshall Brain. How Stuff Works.
- Nicolaus August Otto Museum. Located in Holzhausen an der Haide, Germany.
- Improvement in Gas Motor Engines. Nicolaus Otto. US Patent 194,047 (1877).
- Deutz AG. Founded by Nicolaus August Otto in 1864 as N.A. Otto & Cie — the world's first engine factory.
- rankine-cycle (steam)
- Steam Engine Library. University of Rochester. A collection of historical documents relating to the history of the steam engine.
- stirling-cycle
- Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator (ASRG). NASA Radioisotope Power Systems.
- YouTube video. Posted by Jim Larson.
- Moteurs Stirling. Daniel Lyonnet.
- Stirling Engines and Hot Air Engines Homepage. Robert Sier. A site for collectors, modellers, and engineers.
- Specification of Rev. Dr. Stirling's Invention [UK Patent]. Reproduced in the Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute. London: Ballantyne Press. No. 2 (1886): 831–838, 835.
- Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator (ASRG). NASA Radioisotope Power Systems.
- diesel-cycle
- rotary
- otto-cycle (wankel)
- The rotary engine. Mazda.
- rotorhead.ca. Rotary resources and more.
- der-wankelmotor.de. Der Wankelmotor und sein Erfinder, Felix Wankel.
- Rotary Piston Machines. Felix Wankel. US Patent 2,988,008 (1961).
- otto-cycle (wankel)
- Video on demand
- The Mechanical Universe and Beyond (1985)
- Engine of Nature. The Carnot engine, part one, beginning with simple steam engines.
- BBC Brit Lab
- What's the Difference Between Petrol & Diesel? Bang Goes the Theory (2015). Jem Stansfield highlights the differences between petrol and diesel in an explosive way.
- The Mechanical Universe and Beyond (1985)