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).
  • 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 A collection of historical documents relating to the history of the steam engine.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.
• 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).
• 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.