Combustion in Piston Engines
Subtitle: Technology, Evolution, Diagnosis and Control
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: March 5, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9783540201045
Subjects: Engines & power transmission; Motors; Engineering - General; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Engineering - Automotive; Engineering - Mechanical; Technology / Engineering / Automotive; Automobiles; Combustion; Internal combustion engines
First sentence: The sole purpose of combustion in a reciprocating piston engine is to shift the expansion process away from the compression process in order to generate a working cycle.