A diesel engine (also known as a compression-ignition engine) is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber. This is in contrast to ...
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Pumps Check valves are often used with some types of pumps. Piston-driven and diaphragm pumps such as metering pumps and pumps for chromatography commonly use inlet and outlet ball check valves. These valves often look like small cylinders ...
In addition to hand-held circular saws (see below), different saws that use circular saw blades include: Miter saws (or Chop saw or Cut-off saw) Radial arm saws Saw mills Table saws Panel saws Biscuit joiners Pendulum saw Brushcutter Cold ...
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Germany’s economy is expanding “noticeably slower” in the final quarter as demand for exports, the mainspring for growth, tapers off in the euro region and globally, the Finance Ministry said. After notching up growth of ...
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A gasket is a mechanical seal which fills the space between two or more mating surfaces, generally to prevent leakage from or into the joined objects while under compression. Gaskets allow "less-than-perfect" mating surfaces on machine ...
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Thai Solar Energy Co., Southeast Asia’s only solar-thermal energy producer, plans to spend more than 14 billion baht ($447 million) over the next five years to develop projects with a total capacity of 135 megawatts. The ...
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Thai Solar Energy Co., Southeast Asia’s only solar-thermal energy producer, plans to spend more than 14 billion baht ($447 million) over the next five years to develop projects with a total capacity of 135 megawatts. The ...
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In electricity generation, an electric generator is a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy. A generator forces electric charge (usually carried by electrons) to flow through an external electrical circuit. It is ...
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Glass block windows are practical alternatives to conventional glass. Favored for their classic elegance, glass blocks provide filtered lighting and security due to the double-layer construction. Made of acrylic, glass or other transparent ...
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NASA’s last two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, launched in 2003 and carried solar panels, but the new Mars rover that the space agency is scheduled to launch on Saturday morning from Cape Canaveral uses nuclear power, a fact ...
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NASA’s last two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, launched in 2003 and carried solar panels, but the new Mars rover that the space agency is scheduled to launch on Saturday morning from Cape Canaveral uses nuclear power, a fact ...
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A wind generator harnesses the wind's energy to produce an electric current. The generator works on the same principle as many of the other power generators we use. The concept is that an electromagnet creates a current when it is passed ...
Utility power generators will spend $23.4 billion in 2012 for equipment and chemicals to treat water.This is the conclusion reached in the continually updated, Fluid/Gas Treatment and Control:World Markets published by the McIlvaine ...
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Erlangen, Germany -- Siemens is continuing to expand its worldwide network of gas turbine manufacturing facilities. The company has invested more than $350 million in a 42, 000-square-meter plant in Charlotte, North Carolina, creating 700 ...
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Steel pipe fittings is a long hollow section steel, a large number of channels for transporting fluids such as oil, gas, water, gas, steam, etc. In addition, practice bending, torsional strength of the same lightweight, so it is widely used ...