The mathematical description of combustion process in the internal combustion engines is a very difficult task, due to the variety of phenomena that occurring in the engine from the moment when the fuel-air mixture ignites up to the moment when intake and exhaust valves beginning open. Modeling of the combustion process plays an important role in the engine simulation, which allows to predict incylinder pressure during the combustion,...

The most popular method for assessing the energy efficiency of vehicles is to compare the fuel consumption achieved in the conditions of selected approval test. Operating conditions are defined using the speed profiles, usually for only two categories: urban and extra-urban driving. Assessing the energy efficiency of vehicles should be performed using a more detailed classification of conditions. Presented results of comparison...

The article provides proof that the diagnostics of marine internal combustion engines and other ship power plant machines should take into account the randomness and unpredictability of certain events, such as wear, damage, the variations of mechanical and thermal loads, etc., which take place during machine operation. In the article, the energy E, like the other forms (methods) that it can be converted into (heat and work), is...

W pracy zamieszczono wyniki badań składu biogazu pozyskiwanego na komunalnym wysypisku śmieci. Pozyskiwany biogaz jest wykorzystywany do zasilania biogazowych zespołów prądotwórczych wyposażonych w silniki o zapłonie iskrowym dostosowanych do zasilania tym paliwem. Pozyskiwany biogaz powstaje w sposób naturalny w procesie beztlenowej fermentacji zachodzącej przez ok. 20 lat, w organicznej części pryzmy odpadów składowanych na wysypisku...