A free-piston engine is a linear, 'crankless' internal combustion engine, in which the piston motion is not controlled by a crankshaft but determined...

opposed-piston engine is a piston engine in which each cylinder has a piston at both ends, and no cylinder head. Petrol and diesel opposed-piston engines have...

A reciprocating engine, also often known as a piston engine, is typically a heat engine that uses one or more reciprocating pistons to convert high temperature...

supplied from outside the engine's interior space (cylinder). As the fluid expands, mechanical work is extracted by a piston, which is coupled to a displacer...

The free-piston engine linear generators can be divided in 3 subsystems: One (or more) reaction section with a single or two opposite pistons One (or...

The Stelzer engine is a two-stroke opposing-piston free-piston engine design proposed by Frank Stelzer. It uses conjoined pistons in a push-pull arrangement...

A swing-piston engine is a type of internal combustion engine in which the pistons move in a circular motion inside a ring-shaped "cylinder", moving closer...

A piston is a component of reciprocating engines, reciprocating pumps, gas compressors, hydraulic cylinders and pneumatic cylinders, among other similar...

is the free-piston gas generator, which combines the functions of compressor and combustion chamber in one unit. Most high-compression jet engine use axial...

In a reciprocating engine, the cylinder is the space in which a piston travels. The inner surface of the cylinder is formed from either a thin metallic...

A camless or free-valve piston engine is an engine that has poppet valves operated by means of electromagnetic, hydraulic, or pneumatic actuators instead...

the engine without adding to its diameter. Four-stroke radials have an odd number of cylinders per row, so that a consistent every-other-piston firing...

piston engines, along with variants, such as the six-stroke piston engine and the Wankel rotary engine. A second class of internal combustion engines...

The Michel engine was an unusual form of opposed-piston engine. It was unique in that its cylinders, instead of being open-ended cylinders containing...

between frictional losses and refrigerant leakage. A free-piston variant of the Stirling engine can be built, which can be completely hermetically sealed...

A flat engine is a piston engine where the cylinders are located on either side of a central crankshaft. Flat engines are also known as horizontally opposed...

Protection Europe, a vehicle manufacturer Fokker–Planck equation Free-piston engine Fuchs Petrolub, a German lubricant manufacturer Fuel Price Escalator...

Free-piston engine Motorjet Rocket turbine engine Turbo-compound engine Gunston, Bill (2006) [1995]. The Development of Jet and Turbine Aero Engines (4th ed...

An interference engine is a type of 4-stroke internal combustion piston engine in which one or more valves in the fully open position extends into any...

components are referred to as powered flight. Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbines, although a few have been rocket powered and...

diesel engine powered the gas-turbine which drove the wheels through a two-speed gearbox and propeller shafts.: 142–3  The free-piston engine was patented...

Look up piston in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A piston is an engineering component of engines and pumps. Piston(s) may also refer to: Misnomer for...

The Volvo Modular Engine is a family of straight-four, straight-five, and straight-six automobile piston engines that was produced by Volvo Cars in Skövde...

Piston valves are one form of valve used to control the flow of steam within a steam engine or locomotive. They control the admission of steam into the...

A single-cylinder engine, sometimes called a thumper, is a piston engine with one cylinder. This engine is often used for motorcycles, motor scooters...

eight-cylinder engines including the only FAA-certified aerobatic and helicopter piston engines on the market. The company has built more than 325,000 piston aircraft...

The Humphrey pump is a large internal combustion gas-fueled liquid piston pump. The pump was invented by H. A. Humphrey and first presented in paper to...

A W engine is a type of piston engine where three or four cylinder banks use the same crankshaft, resembling the letter W when viewed from the front....

inventor from Argentina who specialized in automobiles, helicopters and free-piston engines. Pescara is credited for being one of the first people to successfully...

portable engines, or may refer to the piston or turbine machinery alone, as in the beam engine and stationary steam engine. As noted, steam-driven devices such...