There are plenty of articles on combustion testing, equipment adjustments, and efficiency, but few on basic combustion knowledge or understanding. To some people, promoting setting gas pressure, ...

[Editor’s Note: This is part two of the two-part series on combustion analysis.] Safety of the appliance should be the primary goal of all technicians. The production of carbon monoxide (CO) in the ...

The danger of the ever-increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in Earth's atmosphere has become one of the most pressing issues of our age. As such, much research has been conducted to find ways not ...

Despite sounding like a thoroughly entertaining evening out, it is actually a description for one of the most important processes in the majority of engines. Known as the four-cycle, it is the process ...

If you examine common fire service texts there are a variety of definitions of combustion, but all describe the same phenomenon: A heat producing (exothermic) chemical reaction (oxidation) in which a ...

In this segment of the Series, you're provided some considerations directed toward component selections that form the "foundation" of a high performance or racing engine. To round out an understanding ...

Since the early 1950's, it has been recognized that the symmetrical burning of an isolated droplet represents an ideal situation in which to study the complex coupling of chemical reactions and ...