THE purpose of the authors in producing this book has been to provide an elementary treatise on the kinematics of reciprocating steam engines and steam turbines, and to make clear to the beginner the ...

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TWENTY-FIVE years ago, a German book salesman named Felix Wankel entertained a revolutionary, if not heretical notion: he fell to wondering if the standard gasoline engine, man’s commonest prime mover ...

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Once merely a staple of backup and distributed generation, reciprocating engines are now challenging other resources for utility-scale generation—in addition to carving out some new niches. Grant ...

When an inventor has a unit of measurement named after him, it's clear his work had more than a small impact on scientific and industrial progress. So it was for James Watt, whose Watt engine is often ...

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THE recent launching of the cross—channel turbine steamer, the Queen, to which reference was made in our issue of July 2 (p. 209), has directed attention to the efficiency of turbine engines for many ...

MILAN, Italy, June 25, 2002 — Vericor Power Systems has signed a memorandum of agreement with ENER-G PLC, Manchester, England, whereby Vericor will now offer ENER-G’s Combined Heat and Power (CHP) ...