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Rankine cycle — The Rankine cycle is a thermodynamic cycle which converts heat into work. The heat is supplied externally to a closed loop, which usually uses water as the working fluid. This cycle generates about 80% of all electric power used throughout the… … Wikipedia
Atkinson cycle — Thermodynamics … Wikipedia
Carnot cycle — The Carnot cycle is a particular thermodynamic cycle, modeled on the hypothetical Carnot heat engine, proposed by Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot in 1824 and expanded upon by Benoit Paul Émile Clapeyron in the 1830s and 40s. Every thermodynamic… … Wikipedia
Supercontinent cycle — Wilson cycle Simplified sketch of the western part of Pangaea Th … Wikipedia
Split cycle engine — The split cycle engine is a type of internal combustion engine. Design In a conventional otto cycle engine, each cylinder performs four strokes per cycle: intake, compression, power, and exhaust. This means that two revolutions of the crankshaft… … Wikipedia
Liquid air cycle engine — A liquid air cycle engine (LACE) is a spacecraft propulsion engine that attempts to gain efficiency by gathering part of its oxidizer from the atmosphere. In a LOX/LH2 bipropellant rocket the liquid oxygen needed for combustion is the majority of … Wikipedia
four-stroke cycle — noun : a cycle in which air or an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine on a suction stroke, is compressed and ignited on a compression stroke, burns and performs useful work on an expansion stroke, and… … Useful english dictionary
Recoil operation — is an operating mechanism used in locked breech, autoloading firearms. As the name implies, these actions use the force of recoil to provide energy to cycle the action. Other operating systems are blowback operated, gas operated, gatling, and… … Wikipedia
Four-stroke engine — Four stroke cycle used in gasoline/petrol engines. The right blue side is the intake and the left yellow side is the exhaust. The cylinder wall is a thin sleeve surrounded by cooling liquid. A video montage of the Otto engines running at the… … Wikipedia
Dugald Clerk — Sir Dugald Clerk KBE, FRS[1] (1854, Glasgow – 1932, Ewhurst, Surrey) was a Scottish engineer who designed the world s first successful two stroke engine[2][3] in 1878[4] and patented it in England in 1881. He was a graduate of Anderson s… … Wikipedia