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Combustion: Encyclopedia - Combustion

Combustion or burning is a chemical process, an exothermic reaction between a substance (the fuel) and a gas (the oxidizer), usually O2, to release heat. In a complete combustion reaction, a compound reacts with an oxidizing element, and the products are compounds of each element in the fuel with the oxidizing element. For example: CH2S + 6 F2 → CF4 + 2 HF + SF6 + heat Combustion - Rapid combustion. Rapid combustion is a form of combusti ...

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Combustion: Encyclopedia - Combustion chamber A combustion chamber is part of an engine in which fuel is burned. The leftover hot gases produced by this combustion tend to occupy a far greater volume than the original fuel, thus creating an increase in pressure within the limited volume of the chamber. This pressure can be used to do work, for example, to move a piston on a crankshaft. The energy can be converted to various types of motion or to produce thrust wh ...

Combustion: Encyclopedia II - Combustion - Combustion temperatures

Assuming perfect combustion conditions, such as an adiabatic (no heat loss) and complete combustion, the adiabatic combustion temperature can be determined. The formula that yields this temperature is based on the first law of thermodynamics and takes note of the fact that the heat of combustion (calculated from the fuel's heating value) is used entirely for warming up fuel and gas (e.g. oxygen or air). In the case of fossil fuels burnt in air, the combustion temperature depends on the heating value the stoichiometric air ratio λ the heat capacity of fuel a ...

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Combustion: Encyclopedia - Controlled Combustion Engine

Controlled Combustion Engine (CCE) is a type of internal combustion engine designed by Brad Howell-Smith in 1995. It uses two counter-rotating cams instead of a crankshaft driving two horizontally opposed pistons [1] while retaining an identical cylinder head assembly to conventional engines. It is around a quarter the size and weight of a conventional engine of similar output and uses fewer moving components. A four or two stroke cycle can be used a ...

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Controlled Combustion Engine - Background

Combustion: Encyclopedia - Flame

A flame is a self-sustaining oxidizing chemical reaction most often producing carbon dioxide and gaseous water. It consists of reacting gases emitting heat and light, which is dependent on the chemical composition of the burning flame. In many cases such as burning organic matter like wood or incomplete combustion of gas, incandescent solid particles (soot) produce the familiar red-orange 'fire' color light. This light has a continuous spectrum. Complete combustion of gas has a dim blue color due to the emission of single wavelength r ...

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Combustion: Encyclopedia - Boiler

A boiler is a closed vessel in which water or other fluid is heated under pressure. The steam or hot fluid is then circulated out of the boiler for use in various process or heating applications. A safety valve is required to prevent over pressurisation and possible explosion of a boiler. Boiler - Overview. Construction of boilers is mainly limited to copper, steel and cast iron. In Live steam toys, brass is often used. Sources of heat for the boiler can be the combustion of fuels such as wood, coal, ...

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Combustion: Encyclopedia - Fuel

Fuel is a material with one type of energy which can be transformed into another usable energy. A common example is potential energy being converted into kinetic energy, (as heat and mechanical work). In many cases this is just something that will burn. Fuel - Fuels. Fuel - Solid fuels. There are many different types of fuel. Solid fuels include coal, wood and peat. All these types of fuel are combustible (they create fire and heat). Coal was burnt by steam trains ...

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Fuel - Fuels

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Combustion: Encyclopedia - Phlogiston theory

The phlogiston theory is an obsolete scientific theory of combustion. It was developed by J. J. Becher late in the 17th century and was extended and popularized by Georg Ernst Stahl, who declared the rusting of metal to be a combustion process. Phlogiston theory - Theory. The theory holds that all flammable materials contain phlogiston (derived noun form of the Greek phlogistos, meaning flammable), a substance without color, odor, taste, or weight that is liberated in burning. Once burn ...

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Combustion: Encyclopedia - Smoke

Smoke is a suspension in air (aerosol) of small particles resulting from incomplete combustion of a fuel. It is commonly an unwanted by-product of fires (including stoves and lamps) and fireplaces, but may also be used for pest control (cf. fumigation), communication (smoke signals), defence (smoke-screen) or inhalation of tobacco or other drugs. Smoke is also sometimes a component of internal combustion engi ...

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Smoke - Visible and invisible particles of combustion

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Combustion: Encyclopedia - Machine

A machine is any mechanical or organic device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of tasks. It normally requires some energy source ("input") and accomplishes some sort of work. People have used mechanisms and machines to amplify their abilities since before written records were available. Generally these devices decrease the amount of force required to do a given amount of work, alter the direction of the force, or transf ...

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Combustion: Encyclopedia - Car engine

Car engines are needed to make the vehicle run. Most car engines these days work by four-stroke internal combustion system. The reason for this is that there are four main stages in converting the fuel in the engine into a force that can move the car. The four stroke cycle is also referred to sometimes as the Otto cycle, named after the man (Nikolaus Otto) who invented it in 1867. This cycle occurs in each cylinder of the engine. Car engine - The Stages of the Four Stroke Combustion Cycle. The Intake St ...

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Combustion: Encyclopedia - Evaporation

Evaporation is the process whereby atoms or molecules in a liquid state (or solid state if the substance sublimes) gain sufficient energy to enter the gaseous state. The thermal motion of a molecule must be sufficient to overcome the surface tension of the liquid in order for it to evaporate, that is, its kinetic energy must exceed the work function of cohesion at the surface. Evaporation therefore proceeds more quickly at higher temperature and in liquids with lower surface tension. Since only a small proportion of the molecul ...

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Combustion: Encyclopedia - Fire

Fire, a form of combustion, is the most spectacular chemical phenomenon. Linguistically, the word fire refers to the combination of the brilliant glow and large amount of heat released during a rapid, self-sustaining burning of combustible fuel. Technically, fire is not a state of matter; it is an exothermic oxidation process by which heat and light energy are given out. Fire starts when a fuel with adequate supply of oxygen or other oxidizer is subjected to enough heat, and it is sustained by the further release of heat energy ...

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Combustion: Encyclopedia - Coal assay

Coal assay techniques are specific analytical methods designed to measure the particlar physical and chemical properties of coals. These methods are used primarily to determine the suitability of coal for coking, power generation or for iron ore smelting in the manufacture of steel. Coal assay - Chemical properties of coal. Coal comes in four main types or ranks: lignite or brown coal, bituminous coal or black coal, anthracite and graphite. Each type of coal has a certain set of physical parameters which ar ...

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Combustion: Encyclopedia - Wood fuel

Wood burning is the largest current use of biomass derived energy. Wood can be used as a solid fuel for cooking or heating, or occasionally for steam engines. The use of wood as a fuel source for home heat is as old as civilization itself. Historically, it was limited in use only by the distribution of technology required to make a spark. Wood heat is still common throughout much of the world, although it has been mainly replaced with coal, oil or natural gas heating. Early examples include the use of wood heat in tents. Fires were constructed on the ground, and a smoke hole in the top of the ...

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Wood fuel - Measurement of firewood

Combustion: Encyclopedia - Gasoline

Gasoline is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. Gasoline - Chemical analysis and production. Gasoline is produced in oil refineries. These days, material that is simply separated from crude oil via distillation, called natural gasoline, will not meet the required specifications (in particular octane rating; see below) for modern engines, but these streams will form part of the blend. The bulk of a typical gasoline consi ...

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Gasoline - Chemical analysis and production

Gasoline - History

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Combustion: Encyclopedia - Weapon

A weapon is a tool which can be used during combat to kill or incapacitate, to destroy property, or to otherwise render resources non-functional or unavailable. It may be used to attack and defend, and consequently also to threaten. The use of weapons has been recorded since the advent of cave painting, and the process has been formulated resulting in both martial arts and strategic doctrines. Metaphorically, anything used to damage (even psychologically) can be referred to as a weapon. A weapon can be as simple as a club or as ...

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Weapon - History

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Combustion: Encyclopedia - Incense

Incense is a preparation of aromatic plant matter, often with the addition of essential oils extracted from plant or animal sources, intended to release fragrant smoke for religious, therapeutic, or aesthetic purposes as it smolders. In the past, Chinese and Japanese society used incense as a time keeping device in the form of incense clocks. Incense - Forms and use of incense. Incense is available in numerous forms and degree of processing. However incense can generally be separated into direct burning< ...