What is Nuclear Power Plant? How Nuclear Power Plants work?
We know that power plants operating on thermal energy, water kinetic energy etc have several limitations in that they are dependent on availability of …
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What are Hydraulic Fluids? Hydraulic Equipments. Hydraulic Components
Our human bodies have blood running around in arteries and veins (don’t ask me which one carries pure or impure blood), which is very important for …
Continue ReadingCompressibility of Hydraulic Fluid. Pascal's Law
A fluid is a fluid so why should the compressibility of hydraulic fluid matter? Well it does matter a lot for that would change the entire dynamics of …
Continue ReadingWhat is Nanotechnology? How Small is a Nano?
You have heard the popular saying that size does matter, but in this age of miniaturization this axiom often applies the other way round. One …
Continue ReadingWhere Does Wool Come From? Learn More About Clothing Manufacturing Technology
We all used to learn and enjoy this favorite poem during our school days, but did you ever realize that the very clothes you are wearing might have …
Continue ReadingClothing Manufacturing Technology – The Science Behind Decorating Your Body
Most of us usually associate the concept of manufacturing with that of engineering materials and structures associated with them, for example …
Continue ReadingRequired Quality of Fuel for Compression Ignition (CI) Systems
The fuel used in a compression ignition (CI) engine is diesel, which is a type of hydrocarbon. For hydrocarbons to qualify as a fuel for the engine, …
Continue ReadingSpark Ignition Engines: Importance of Proper Fuel Quality
Petrol or gasoline is used as fuel in spark ignition (SI) engines. Gasoline is a hydrocarbon with different chemical compositions. Here are the …
Continue ReadingFour-Stroke and Two-Stroke Internal Combustion Engines: A Comparison
In four-stroke engines the cycle of operations is completed in four strokes of the piston inside the cylinder. In two-stroke engines the cycle of …
Continue ReadingSpark Ignition (SI) Engine and Compression Ignition (CI) Engine: A Comparison
In spark ignition (SI) engines, petrol or gasoline is used as fuel, while in compression ignition (CI) engines, diesel is used as fuel. Petrol engines …
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