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Magneto Checks: Here’s What You’re Monitoring and Why

We typically monitor the tachometer when performing the mag check during the run-up. Parameters vary, but they often specify ...
JSTOR Daily

Effect of Spark Timing on the Combustion Stages Seen in a Heavy-Duty Compression-Ignition Engine Retrofitted to Natural Gas Spark-Ignition Operation

SAE International Journal of Engines, Vol. 14, No. 3 (2021), pp. 335-344 (10 pages) The addition of a spark plug in place of the original fuel injector and fumigating natural gas (NG) inside the ...
JSTOR Daily

Measuring the Effect of Spark Plug and Ignition System Design on Engine Performance

Cycle-to-cycle combustion variation and engine emission levels are now recognized as effective indicators of engine performance. A system was devised that directly indicates combustion variation by ...
Machine Design

Compression ignition comes to gas engines

What many consider the Holy Grail of combustion technology is one step closer to prime time. In the race to field energy-efficient vehicles, don’t count out internal combustion technology just yet. GM ...
Ars Technica

Swapping spark plugs for nanopulses could boost engine efficiency by 20%

Here in 2019, only the most fringe reactionaries are able to claim with a straight face that climate change is not a thing. But after years of the media doing its "two sides" thing, recalcitrant ...
EurekAlert!

SwRI, UT San Antonio collaboration uses machine learning to detect pre-ignition in hydrogen engines

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) are collaborating to create a ...