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Alternator (silver) mounted on a V8 engine Alternator voltage regulator (brushes are worn out) An alternator is a type of electric generator used in modern automobiles to charge the battery and to power the electrical system when its engine is running. Until the 1960s, automobiles used DC dynamo generators with commutators.
The mid-size stationary engine–generator pictured here is a 100 kVA set which produces 415 V at around 110 A. It is powered by a 6.7-liter turbocharged Perkins Phaser 1000 Series engine, and consumes approximately 27 liters of fuel an hour, on a 400-liter tank. Diesel engines in the UK can run on red diesel and rotate at
The engine technology is used by Nissan to reduce fuel consumption and emission output while improving overall engine performance. e-POWER for its line of series hybrid vehicles using an electric traction motor derived from the one used in the Nissan Leaf, which draws power from a battery and generator driven by a gasoline engine.
Reciprocating engine of a car Diesel generator for backup power. Reciprocating piston engines are by far the most common power source for land and water vehicles, including automobiles, motorcycles, ships and to a lesser extent, locomotives (some are electrical but most use diesel engines [16] [17]). Rotary engines of the Wankel design are used ...
The current engine range provide from 1 to 22 hp (0.7 to 16.5 kW). More than 5 million general-purpose engines were manufactured by Honda in 2009. Approximately 70% of the general-purpose engines manufactured by Honda are supplied as OEM engines to other manufacturers of power products. Current range (US & Europe) 1-cylinder. GX series ...
The engine can be much smaller, since it does not have to accommodate high speed/acceleration. Traction motors are typically powered only by the battery, which can also be charged from external sources. Nissan's e-Power line (Note, [7] Serena, [8] Kicks, [9] X-Trail, [10] and Qashqai) [11] using the engine to drive a generator and the EM57 ...
List of Volvo Trucks engines; W. Ward's 10 Best Engines This page was last edited on 5 March 2021, at 03:33 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
An early opposed-piston car engine was produced by the French company Gobron-Brillié around 1900. On 31 March 1904, [12] [13] a Gobron-Brillié car powered by the opposed-piston engine was the first car ever to exceed 150 km/h with a "World's Record Speed" of 152.54 km/h (95 mph). [14]