A.Here's a pressure-volume diagram for a combustion engine. Although rough, it is an approximation of the so-called air-standard cycle. '' Point (a) is at atmospheric pressure, after which the air is ...

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Because diesel vehicles do not use spark plugs, they must rely on higher compression ratios to ignite the diesel fuel without ...