Combustion

As the school year is coming to a close, the final assignment we had for English class was this research paper. I was wondering what topic to choose, and I finally came to a conclusion to research the advantages of a diesel engine rather than a gas engine. The man that got me so intrigued with diesel engines was my dad, as a kid, I always remembering him say, “It has rocks in the engine” because of how the old diesels were so loud. Growing up in the United States my entire life, I have always…

Henry Ford’s creation of the Model T in 1908 transformed the transportation and auto industry in America. It was a low priced, durable, and easy to handle automobile. It changed the lives of many everyday Americans. A gasoline powered, internal combustion engine created by Karl Benz…

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND The catalytic converter was invented by Eugene Houdry, a French mechanical engineer and skilled in catalytic oil refining who lived in the United States around 1950. The invention of catalytic converter has a major role in controlling harmful emissions. When the paper of smog in Los Angeles was published, Houdry became anxious about the role of smoke stack and automobile exhaust in air pollution and established a company, Oxy-Catalyst. Houdry primary…

pattern from driving to walking, bicycling and transit. However, there are still about 350,000 private vehicles in the city. Even they are not using as usual; they are a huge potential emission source. PEVSP is a way to replace these existing internal combustion vehicles to reduce GHG emissions and congestion while retaining people’s need for special mobility. The concerns about energy independence and climate change issues are growing rapidly all over the world. Energy independence is one of…

propel the craft when there is no wind. The word 'hybrid' when used in relation to an automobile is defined loosely as utilizing two or more components to achieve a common goal. Until recently, conventional vehicles (CV) possessed only an internal combustion engine (ICE) and had no electric motor. Modern hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) such as the Toyota Prius or the Honda Civic Hybrid are vehicles…

A car radiator is an important component of automobiles that performs the function of cooling the internal combustion engines. The use of an engine coolant is necessary that is passed through the engine block and heated; this is then passed through the car radiator where it cools when it passes to the engine with a closed loop. These liquid coolants are usually oil or water based. The inclusion of this component is vital for the car as brings a constant balance of temperature for the car engine…

diesel meet the needs of all industries, particularly smaller businesses. Steam engines were very large, making them best suited for heavy industry and transportation. The gasoline engine and the diesel engine are the two most widely used internal combustion engines in the world. Credit for their invention is historically given to two men—Nikolaus Otto for the gasoline engine and Rudolf Diesel for the engine that bears his name. However, the triumphs of Otto and Diesel would not have been…

CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Theoretical principles 2.1.1 Motor vehicle repair and servicing works In the motor vehicle repair works, a number of processes are undertaken depending on the part under repair or service. This includes but not limited to, bodyworks, engine parts, transmission parts and auxiliary parts like batteries. Operations on this parts during either repair or servicing is prone to expose the worker to some dust mostly inform of fumes. Hazardous materials and wastes in…

via the three wires (U, V and W). ADVANTAGES OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE Some of the main advantages of electric vehicle are follows: • Electric vehicle run smoother and quitter as compared to combustion engine. • Electric drive motors have a high degree of efficiency of up to 96% compared with internal-combustion engines that have an efficiency of 35–40%. • The drive train design is simpler because vehicle components like the transmission, clutch, mufflers, particulate filters, fuel tank, starter,…

Traditional cars are seriously depended on in today’s society. How many places would you not be able to get to without your car as an adult? Work? Appointments? Shopping? Yes, sure, all of these places are accessible through other means of transportation, but, not everyone has the comfort or afford to conform their schedules to fit it. Society lets the harm gasoline powered vehicles cause fall between the cracks more often than naught. The world's number of registered vehicles has reached over…