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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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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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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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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Schmidt number#Stirling engines Stroke Thermoelectric generator Thermomechanical generator Francis Herbert Wenham "Stirling Engines", G. Walker (1980), Clarendon...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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The gas-generator cycle, also called open cycle, is one of the most commonly used power cycles in bipropellant liquid rocket engines. Propellant is burned...
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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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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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applications for V16 engines are railroad locomotives, marine craft, and stationary power generators. The first production car to use a V16 engine was the Cadillac...
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Hybrid vehicle drivetrain (category Engines)
between the engine and wheels is discarded. The engine instead acts as an electric generator, attached to the battery via cable. The linkage is engine to battery...
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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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Electricity generation (redirect from Power generator)
often generated at a power plant by electromechanical generators, primarily driven by heat engines fueled by combustion or nuclear fission, but also by...
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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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Genset or generator set may refer to: Diesel generator, a combination of diesel engine and electric generator Engine-generator, a machine used to generate...
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engine generators and two 4-stroke, 8-cylinder MTU, 760 kW each diesel engine generators, and one NIDEC (Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali) electric engine...
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A Stirling radioisotope generator (SRG) is a type of radioisotope generator based on a Stirling engine powered by a large radioisotope heater unit. The...
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many truck, tractor, heavy equipment, automobile, boat, ship, and engine-generator manufacturers. In 1906, the Waukesha Motor Company was founded in Waukesha...
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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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