What is carburetor? A Carburetor is a Mechanical device used to make an appropriate mixture of air and fuel for burning or combustion. We will explain it in detail but only after when we learn the mechanism of combustion in Petrol (or gasoline) engine and diesel engine. lets start. Difference in Combustion mechanism of Petrol… Read More »
Fueling petrol in diesel engines is a common mistake, which generally occurs at fueling stations. It is a topic of special interest in technical community that what happens in such a situation. Will the engine start, what will be the damages, how to know that there is wrong fuel in our car. Signs that there… Read More »
What is a Turbocharger? A Turbocharger is a Turbine driven device which is used to increase the volumetric efficiency of an internal combustion engine. It takes power from exhaust gases coming from an engine and use that power to suck fresh air from the atmosphere and supply it to the engine for combustion. Why we… Read More »
What is Refrigerator? Technically a Refrigerator is known as heat pump (Since it sucks heat from one place and throw it to some other place). But in general terms. A refrigerator is a device that maintains temperature of a place below ambient (or room) temperature. The heat extracted is given away to atmosphere. But how… Read More »
What is welding? Welding is a fabrication process which is used to join materials (usually metals), by causing fusion. This Fusion is done with the help of temperature (and or pressure). It is most common fabrication process, usually used with steels or stainless steel. In this article we will also try to understand some disadvantages… Read More »
Plant Maintenance For smooth functioning of a plant it is deemed necessary that all the machines should be in working condition and should be safe to operate. To cater this objective necessity of Plant Maintenance arises. Plant Maintenance deals with Time based and Condition based maintenance. What is Time and Condition based Maintenance ??? Time… Read More »
There are several parameters which are used to determine the performance of an engine which are generally known as Engine Performance Parameters. These parameters include several efficiencies, ratios of different values etc. let us discuss each of these parameters one by one. Indicated thermal efficiency (η ith) Indicated thermal efficiency is the ratio of indicated… Read More »
Four Stroke Engines The engines with are generally used in our car or bike is a four stroke engines. Earlier two stroke engines were also used in scooters and motorcycles but now they are almost obsolete. For successful operation, an Engine has to complete a sequence of operations in a cycle. In case of four… Read More »
Cylinder Block The cylinders of a multi-cylinder engine are cast as a whole and it is called cylinder block. The cylinder block is the main supporting structure of an engine. Cylinder block is mounted with cylinder head at top and crankcase at the bottom. Both cylinder head and crankcase are attached to the cylinder block… Read More »
On the basis of place of actual combustion of the fuel, engines are categorized into internal and external combustion engines. In internal combustion engine fuel burns inside the engine, while in external combustion engine actual burning of fuel takes place outside the engine and heat is carried to the engine with the help of working… Read More »