Many experts believe power plants constructed with reciprocating engines are the ideal complement to intermittent renewables. Recip plants are extremely flexible. Facilities can be sized for almost ...

The Fairmont Energy Station is a 25-MW project equipped with four Cat G16CM34 generator sets. The plant was commissioned in 2014. Photo courtesy: Caterpillar Inc. In southern Minnesota, where wind ...

Editor's Note The accompanying article is the first of four, adapted by permission from papers presented at a recent Standard Oil Development Company seminar on Fuels of the Future. Each paper deals ...

Suter has announced its Suter TOA288 engine has passed an endurance test run according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulation section 33.49 for reciprocating engines. FAR 33.49 is a ...

UNSW scientists have suggested to use dual-fuel reciprocating engines for adding gas-to-power operations in large scale production of hydrogen based on PV power. The preliminary findings of their ...

Thunder Engines Corporation is developing a new family of fuel efficient, compact, lightweight, liquid cooled, turbocharged, all-aluminum power plants which will have widespread application in general ...

Gas engines show advantages in their single cycle efficiency value (figure 2) and a very fast startup performance. Photo courtesy: MAN Diesel & Turbo The transforming energy market shifts focus to ...

Aircraft Ignition System Market is estimated to reach $540 million by 2025; growing at a CAGR of 6.4% from 2017 to 2025. An ignition system of an internal combustion engine provides an electrical ...

MATHEMATICAL analyses of the force required to accelerate the reciprocating parts of six and of eight-cylinder engines and of the axial and perpendicular components of the force needed to accelerate ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Dr. Hugo Junkers started development of his Diesel aircraft engines in a small factory at Dessau, Germany in 1911. His ...