The Fairmont Energy Station is a 25-MW project equipped with four Cat G16CM34 generator sets. The plant was commissioned in 2014. Photo courtesy: Caterpillar Inc. In southern Minnesota, where wind ...

Tribological evaluation of the interaction between a piston ring and the cylinder liner is a key step toward understanding engine tribology. This kind of test helps automotive manufacturers to comply ...

Reciprocating engines in sizes from a few kilowatts to several MW are used to generate electricity by utilities, hospitals, manufacturing plants and commercial buildings. For many years these engine ...

A method to improve the efficiency of reciprocating engines was proposed by a SUSU postgraduate. The results of the many-years' research were presented in his dissertation for the Candidate of Science ...

For investor-owned utilities looking toward complying with the requirements of a clean energy future where flexibility, reliability, efficiency, and low emissions are paramount, reciprocating engines ...

One famous limit of thermodynamics is that heat engines, like steam engines and internal combustion engines, must be less efficient than a Carnot heat engine (a heat engine cycle designed by French ...