September 28, 2008 This sounds almost too simple to be true, but a university physics professor has developed a simple device which could improve automotive fuel efficiency by 20 percent. The device ...

While tagging along for a truck inspection on Interstate 10 in Sneads, Fla., the trooper I was with made it a point to stop and show me the truck’s tailpipe. It wasn’t because the pipe was riddled ...

You might remember the days when a boiler tune-up mostly meant adjusting the flame. The flame was supposed to be solid blue with the tips slightly rounded. If the flame was soft, wavy and contained ...

SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwired - Sep 11, 2013) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Simple-cycle combustion turbines are a critical part of the U.S. energy infrastructure, ...

Engineers at the University of Washington are working on a new type of rocket engine that holds the promise of being lighter, more efficient, and simpler to make than conventional liquid-fuel rockets.

Combustion is a crude yet effective method of releasing energy from the environment. This important natural process is seen in gas burners and forest fires every day and is mostly taken for granted.

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Air flowing into a four-stroke diesel engine gets cleaned as it passes through the air filter. It then flows through tubing until it is compressed in the spinning blades of the turbo. As a result, the ...