A four-stroke (or four-cycle) engine is so called because in the process of producing power, the piston passes up and down the bore four times. These strokes or events are the induction, compression, ...

The gasoline internal combustion engine has been in service for well over a century at this point. After all that time, you would think we would have perfected it by now. It’s as simple as ...

The performance of reciprocating compressors remains a pivotal topic in the design and optimisation of industrial process systems due to their widespread application in refrigeration, energy storage ...

You might have heard about high compression ratios, but what exactly are they, and what kind of effect do they have on an ...