A fundamental difference between gasoline and diesel engines is that a gasoline engine uses spark ignition while a diesel engine uses compression ignition. Before we delve deeper, let's understand how ...

The reciprocating internal combustion engine is a well proven and familiar technology with decades of use for stationary power generation. Unfortunately, familiarity occasionally results in assumed ...

As long as the internal combustion engine has existed, engineers have been trying to find better ways of igniting the highly combustable mixture of air and gasoline that powers cars. Everything from ...

Around the world, automakers and their suppliers are working to make motor vehicles environmentally friendlier. The strictest standards have been set for markets in Europe and the United States. The ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Gasoline Spark Ignition Engines: Trends and Emerging Technologies - 2015 Edition" report to their offering. The brand ...

The pollutant emissions and high-energy consumption of combustion engines using conventional spark plugs have long been serious environmental problems. Now, it has been demonstrated that lasers can ...

IRVINE, Calif.—Despite rumors to the contrary, the internal combustion engine is far from dead. Recently we’ve seen several technological advances that will significantly boost the efficiency of ...

Any certified gearhead knows that diesel engines do not use spark plugs. But why not? If power in an engine is created by combustion or explosion of flammable liquids, won't a spark plug in a diesel ...

The spark plug was a key invention in the history of the internal combustion engine, allowing combustion to be easily controlled and engines to rev faster than messy earlier designs. Mid-century cars ...

Have you ever put much thought into the specifics of your car's ignition system-above and beyond the simple fact of whether it's working or not, that is? More specifically, how about those spark plug ...