Combined heat and power (CHP), also known as cogeneration, is the simultaneous production of electricity and heat from a single fuel source, such as: natural gas, biomass, biogas, coal, waste heat, or ...

Ford once sketched a road where an engine's pistons never saw oil and engines ran hotter on purpose. In a late‑1980s patent application filed and granted in Europe, the company described an "uncooled ...

Editor's Note: The purpose of the Shop Series has been to acquaint and enlighten the car enthusiast with some of the more involved aspects of automotive mechanics, vehicle repair and modification. As ...

Many things have changed in the Pontiac world over the years. Components that were considered essential have been replaced with new technologies. The carburetor succumbed to the fuel injector; breaker ...

One of the oldest Mustang gripes we can think of is engine overheating. We can write this problem off as one of the penalties of old car ownership, but classic Mustangs were cursed with overheating ...

OK, so the cooling system on your truck is not nearly as sexy as those new shocks or lights. The cooling systems on your rig, however, are much more complicated than it may seem. It’s also far harder ...

Heat exhaustion happens when your body loses too much water and salt, usually from sweating. Whereas heat stroke is a serious medical emergency that happens when your body is unable to control its ...

Nelson Ireson June 6, 2008 Comment Now! Novel technologies to improve the efficiency of existing vehicles and combustion processes are the quickest route to improved fuel mileage. Hybrid cars are ...

The extremely complex process of projecting future emissions of carbon dioxide could be simplified dramatically by modelling civilization as a heat engine. That is the conclusion of an atmospheric ...