Caterpillar and its Solar Turbines subsidiary will supply natural gas turbines and reciprocating engines for on-site ...

With applications that range from firming intermittent resources to providing combined heat and power solutions, reciprocating engine manufacturers have made strides to improve their machines’ ...

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 ...

The importance of regular oil changes for reciprocating engines is emphasized, referencing both personal anecdotes and Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs). Different types of engine oil are discussed ...

Once merely a staple of backup and distributed generation, reciprocating engines are now challenging other resources for utility-scale generation—in addition to carving out some new niches. Grant ...

It is quite ironic that internal combustion engines (ICEs) have remained basically the same for more than one hundred years. It is only now – when they are allegedly on the verge of disappearing – ...

With the rising costs of fossil fuels, many industries are looking for opportunities to save energy and money in their daily operations. Through its Advanced Reciprocating Engine Systems (ARES) ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala.--The engine of a tank is what keeps a combat vehicle running, whether in Iraq or Afghanistan. And, it's what depot employees do to it inside the Anniston Army Depot Nichols ...

MINSK, 2 November (BelTA) – The Belarusian engine manufacturer MMZ has designed the gas reciprocating engine model MMZ-262CNG based on the diesel engine D-262, the company's press service told BelTA.

The lower portion of an engine and its contents, that large hunk of cast metal below the cylinder head, is commonly referred to in motorhead circles as the short-block. A short-block is comprised of ...

UNSW scientists have suggested to use dual-fuel reciprocating engines for adding gas-to-power operations in large scale production of hydrogen based on PV power. The preliminary findings of their ...

MATHEMATICAL analyses of the force required to accelerate the reciprocating parts of six and of eight-cylinder engines and of the axial and perpendicular components of the force needed to accelerate ...