Hydrogen is a relatively new player in the alternative fuel market, offering an alternative to electric cars and hybrids with its own take on green emissions. However, hydrogen-powered technology ...

Rotary engines (also known as Wankel engines and Wankel rotary engines) are quite different from piston or "reciprocating" engines. One of the distinguishing features is that they don't need valves to ...

Both gasoline-burning engines and diesel engines produce power through a process of internal combustion. However, the latter are usually larger, louder, and often dirtier. While many people may not ...

Internal combustion engines are literally the engines of the modern world. Without the invention of these genius mechanical creations, our world would be markedly different and the pace of life would ...

How Does an Engine Work? Before digging into this significant expense, it’s important to outline how an engine works. The engine is the heart of the car, truck, or SUV. The vehicle’s full function is ...

As you may know, an engine's compression ratio is directly linked to its combustion efficiency. All else being equal, higher-compression engines tend to make more power while offering better fuel ...

Internal combustion might as well be wizardry to me. I have a basic idea of how engines work and I’ve been wrenching on them since I was a teenager, so I get the gist of it, but my feeble brain still ...

The first three articles in this series on the basic operation of the internal combustion engine dealt with the theory of such a mechanical device, the identification and the function of the primary ...