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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Stationary steam engines are fixed steam engines used for pumping or driving mills and factories, and for power generation. They are distinct from locomotive...
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to the piston or turbine machinery alone, as in the beam engine and stationary steam engine. Steam-driven devices such as the aeolipile were known in...
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Cable railway (section Stationary engine)
track and cable is required for this type. The stationary engine may be a steam or internal combustion engine, or may be a water wheel. In a gravity balance...
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A hit-and-miss engine or Hit 'N' Miss is a type of stationary internal combustion engine that is controlled by a governor to only fire at a set speed...
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bolted to the engine, and the crankshaft to the airframe. The problem of the cooling of the cylinders, a major factor with the early "stationary" radials,...
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number of cylinders per row in a radial configuration. The engine's crankshaft remained stationary in operation, while the entire crankcase and its attached...
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were mainly divided between workshop equipment articles and model stationary engine constructional articles. He graduated in mechanical engineering at...
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kg making it convenient for handling by one person. The mid-size stationary engine–generator pictured here is a 100 kVA set which produces 415 V at around...
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internal combustion engines, mainly in automobiles but also in piston-engined aircraft, railway locomotives, motorcycles, stationary generating plants or...
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The Otto engine is a large stationary single-cylinder internal combustion four-stroke engine, designed by the German Nicolaus Otto. It was a low-RPM machine...
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EMD 645 (redirect from EMD 645 engine)
the 645 series was intended primarily for locomotive, marine and stationary engine use, one 16-cylinder version powered the 33-19 "Titan" prototype haul...
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Lister D (category Stationary engines)
The Lister D is a 1 - 2.5hp stationary engine on petrol or petrol/paraffin (fuel) built between 1926-1965 by R A Lister and Company of Dursley. It is...
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place while operating (providing power to machinery), but (unlike a stationary engine) is portable and thus can be easily moved from one work site to another...
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US patent office. Engines fitted with Corliss valve gear offered the best thermal efficiency of any type of stationary steam engine until the refinement...
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439702 Petroleum Engine or Motor, dated November 4, 1890. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hot-bulb engines. The Stationary Engine Club of Sweden...
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common in on-road, off-road, and stationary two-stroke engines (Detroit Diesel), certain small marine two-stroke engines (Gray Marine Motor Company, which...
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term non-road engine is assumed to refer to the engines that have mobility or portability, which is separated from the term stationary engine. The definition...
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Locomotive (redirect from Railway engine)
of the term locomotive engine, which was first used in 1814 to distinguish between self-propelled and stationary steam engines. Prior to locomotives,...
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Turbo-diesel (redirect from Turbo-diesel engine)
Turbocharging of diesel engines began in the 1920s with large marine and stationary engines. Trucks became available with turbo-diesel engines in the mid-1950s...
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powered from the engine – a good example of the moveable stationary engine. Favourable soil conditions meant that US traction engines usually pulled their...
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A winding engine is a stationary engine used to control a cable, for example to power a mining hoist at a pit head. Electric hoist controllers have replaced...
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cars/light trucks with a turbo-diesel engine. Nissan also marketed LD28Ts as bare engines for genset and stationary engine uses and may be also found in maritime...
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Live steam (section Stationary engines)
steam". Steamrollers and traction engines are popular, in 1:4 or 1:3 scale, as are model stationary steam engines, ranging from pocket-size to 1:2 scale...
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marine engines, in railway locomotives, as large stationary power as well as in some European sports and luxury cars. Each bank of a V12 engine essentially...
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A table engine is a variety of stationary steam engine where the cylinder is placed on top of a table-shaped base, the legs of which stand on the baseplate...
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They were originally used as a more efficient replacement for stationary steam engines. Since the 1910s, they have been used in submarines and ships....
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late 1880s. One of the first V-twin engines was built by Gottlieb Daimler in 1889. It was used as a stationary engine, for boats and in the Daimler Stahlradwagen...
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four-cylinder diesel engines with displacements around 5 litres. Larger displacements are found in locomotive, marine and stationary engines. Displacement can...
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Mamod (category Toy steam engine manufacturers)
combination of "Malins Models." Initially, the company manufactured stationary steam engines, which were originally sold under the 'Hobbies' brand. Subsequently...
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