An engine–generator is the combination of an electrical generator and an engine (prime mover) mounted together to form a single piece of equipment. This...
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electricity generation, a generator, also called an electric generator, electrical generator, and electromagnetic generator is an electromechanical device...
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A diesel generator (DG) (also known as a diesel genset) is the combination of a diesel engine with an electric generator (often an alternator) to generate...
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then be used to power an internal combustion engine or for other purposes. Historically wood gas generators were often mounted on vehicles, but present...
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water Generator (circuit theory), an element in an abstract circuit providing a source of electricity Engine-generator, an electric generator with its...
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rotate the engine for starting, and once the starter button was released the controlling switchgear returned the unit to operation as a generator. Because...
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Schmidt number#Stirling engines Stroke Thermoelectric generator Thermomechanical generator Francis Herbert Wenham "Stirling Engines", G. Walker (1980), Clarendon...
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Alternator (redirect from Synchronous alternating-current generator)
An alternator (or synchronous generator) is an electrical generator that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy in the form of alternating current...
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hydraulic engines, aimed for off-highway vehicles, and free-piston engine generators, aimed for use with hybrid electric vehicles. These engines are commonly...
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Ram air turbine (redirect from Air-driven generator)
small wind turbine that is connected to a hydraulic pump, or electrical generator, installed in an aircraft and used as a power source. The RAT generates...
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Head-end power (redirect from Head end generator)
being derived from batteries charged by axle-driven generators on each car, or from engine-generator sets mounted under the carbody. Starting in the 1930s...
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provide thrust as in a rocket engine. Gas generators of this type are used to power turbopumps in rocket engines, in a gas-generator cycle. It is also used by...
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Windmill (redirect from Aeolian generator)
horizontal-axis utility-scale wind generators were the WIME-3D in service in Balaklava, USSR, from 1931 until 1942, a 100 kW generator on a 30-metre (98 ft) tower...
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effect (a form of thermoelectric effect). Thermoelectric generators function like heat engines, but are less bulky and have no moving parts. However, TEGs...
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Rocketdyne F-1 (redirect from F-1 rocket engine)
The F-1 is a rocket engine developed by Rocketdyne. The engine uses a gas-generator cycle developed in the United States in the late 1950s and was used...
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A motor–generator (an MG set) is a device for converting electrical power to another form. Motor–generator sets are used to convert frequency, voltage...
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Prime mover (locomotive) (category Locomotive engines)
power for its propulsion. In an engine-generator set, the engine is the prime mover, as distinct from the generator. In a diesel-mechanical locomotive...
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commonly used power cycles in bipropellant liquid rocket engines. Propellant is burned in a gas generator (analogous to, but distinct from, a preburner in a...
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A stationary engine is an engine whose framework does not move. They are used to drive immobile equipment, such as pumps, generators, mills or factory...
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three-phase distribution, for instance, portable engine-generators. Larger single-phase generators are also used in special applications such as single-phase...
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1,32 MW each diesel engine generators and two 4-stroke, 8-cylinder MTU, 760-kilowatt (1,020 hp) each diesel engine generators, and one NIDEC (Ansaldo...
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engines. LML DURAMAX Duramax home page DMAX, Ltd. home page Duramax Diesel Specs Duramax timeline Who Makes Duromax Generator Engines - generators-advicer...
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In 2023, Mazda reintroduced the engine as a generator for the 2023 MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV plug-in hybrid. Wankel engines can be classified by their geometric...
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Gas turbine (redirect from Gas-Turbine Engine)
turbojet engine, or rotating a second, independent turbine (known as a power turbine) that can be connected to a fan, propeller, or electrical generator. The...
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generating set or generator set may refer to: Diesel generator, a combination of diesel engine and electric generator Engine-generator, a machine used to...
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engine diesel generator sets Reduction of wet stacking problems in diesel engines run at light load Periodic exercising of stand-by engine generator sets...
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Railway at its Derby Works, using an English Electric 1,600 hp diesel engine, generator and electrics. Under British Railways, the locomotives became British...
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mail, and may, when used together with diesel locomotives, contain an engine-generator set to provide head-end power (HEP). They can also be used with a power...
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The concept of a vortex engine or atmospheric vortex engine (AVE), independently proposed by Norman Louat and Louis M. Michaud, aims to replace large...
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made of two A units and one B unit, the latter which contains an HEP engine-generator set for powering passenger cars. They are painted in a historic paint...
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