Volkswagen isn't reinventing the way your internal combustion engine works. The automaker has, however, created a new twist on the Otto cycle that's a revised version of the Atkinson cycle. Your ...

Heat engines are devices that utilize waste heat to perform mechanical work and generate power. The invention of heat engines ushered in an era of the industrial revolution two hundred fifty years ago ...

The present use of the carburetor to supply fuel to the Otto cycle engine has placed it in a difficult competitive position with the diesel engine, which has successfully operated with a fuel ...

If you’re running an army, chances are good that you need a lot of portable power for everything from communications to weapons control systems. When it comes to your generators, every ounce counts.

The four-stroke Otto cycle engine is the reigning king of internal combustion (in the diesel-averse United States, at least), which makes it easy to forget about all those other wacky would-be ...

WinGD has released a time-lapse video of the build of a 12X92DF engine, built by CSSC-MES Diesel Co., Ltd. (CMD) in Lingang, Shanghai. This twelve-cylinder version of the 92cm bore X-DF dual fuel ...

When we think of a typical four stroke internal combustion engine, we think of metal. And for any type of longevity or performance, that’s certainly the right choice. But [Integza] wanted to see what ...

If you've thought that, with the advent of the battery-electric vehicle and the latest trends, the research into new technologies for internal combustion engines is over, you're wrong. Some of the ...

Even today, in a time when electric power is beginning to take a major hold, internal combustion engines (ICE) are the driving forces of our world. They probably won't be that for long, though, so ...

Antony Ingram April 10, 2012 Comment Now! Real revolutions in engine technology are rare. By and large, the internal combustion engine has remained much the same for well over a century, with just ...

The demise of the internal combustion engine has been greatly exaggerated, or so Mercedes-Benz thinks. The company’s position stems from empirical observation, based on all rational evidence: Internal ...