reciprocating engine

It is found in a wide range of mechanisms, including reciprocating engines and pumps.

The five reciprocating engines were relegated to emergency use from 1911 and retired in 1916.

The compression ratio affects the performance in most types of reciprocating engine.

Turbine engine fuel burn rates are higher than reciprocating engines.

Many engine-generators use a reciprocating engine, with fuels mentioned above.

Ships, at the time, were driven by lumbering great reciprocating engines.

Turbines offered more power than reciprocating engines for the same volume of machinery.

Single-acting cylinders are found in most kinds of reciprocating engine.

After about 1905, turbines entirely replaced reciprocating engines in large central power stations.

Steam turbines had capital cost and operating advantages over reciprocating engines.

The traditional reciprocating engine may still have an advantage of 20 years, but eventually the vehicle electric vehicles will be able to catch up.

The firm also built reciprocating engines for non-marine use.

It is currently considered the largest reciprocating engine in the world, designed for large container ships, running on heavy fuel oil.

Watt developed a reciprocating engine, capable of powering a wheel.

These were reciprocating engines where the steam was used multiple times (triple expansion) for greater efficiency.

Another problem concerns the hydrogenate attack on the lubricating film in reciprocating engines.

Nevertheless reciprocating engines overall are still cheaper when all factors are considered.

Microturbines also lose more efficiency at low power levels than reciprocating engines.

Reciprocating engines typically use simple motor oil (journal) bearings.

A cylinder is the central working part of a reciprocating engine or pump, the space in which a piston travels.

The engine mechanisms are in some ways simpler than other reciprocating engine types.

The torpedo was driven by a small reciprocating engine run by compressed air.

This would normally have been unthinkable as reciprocating engines were known generally to shake themselves apart if run at full power for long.

Steam turbines could be made in larger ratings than reciprocating engines, and generally had higher efficiency.

It is often said that turbines had the additional benefits of being cleaner and more reliable than reciprocating engines.