Piston engines | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 10/07/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocating_engine


00:00:51 1 Common features in all types
00:06:51 2 History
00:07:06 3 Engine capacity
00:07:18 4 Power
00:09:48 5 Other modern non-internal combustion types
00:10:36 6 Reciprocating quantum heat engine
00:11:20 7 Miscellaneous engines
00:12:24 8 See also
00:13:34 9 Notes
00:14:06 10 External links
00:14:15 Notes
00:14:24 External links



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A reciprocating engine, also often known as a piston engine, is typically a heat engine (although there are also pneumatic and hydraulic reciprocating engines) that uses one or more reciprocating pistons to convert pressure into a rotating motion. This article describes the common features of all types. The main types are: the internal combustion engine, used extensively in motor vehicles; the steam engine, the mainstay of the Industrial Revolution; and the niche application Stirling engine. Internal combustion engines are further classified in two ways: either a spark-ignition (SI) engine, where the spark plug initiates the combustion; or a compression-ignition (CI) engine, where the air within the cylinder is compressed, thus heating it, so that the heated air ignites fuel that is injected then or earlier.