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  • "knocking" or "pinging" in motorcycles. In the letter they stated that an early ignition can give rise to the gas detonating instead of the usual expansion,...
    17 KB (2,286 words) - 13:14, 25 January 2024
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    An ignition coil is used in the ignition system of a spark-ignition engine to transform the battery voltage to the much higher voltages required to operate...
    7 KB (884 words) - 00:26, 9 January 2024
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    In a spark ignition internal combustion engine, ignition timing is the timing, relative to the current piston position and crankshaft angle, of the release...
    17 KB (2,471 words) - 01:28, 14 June 2023
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    Ignition systems are used by heat engines to initiate combustion by igniting the fuel-air mixture. In a spark ignition versions of the internal combustion...
    12 KB (1,315 words) - 14:45, 22 December 2023
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    Distributor (redirect from Direct Ignition)
    device used in the ignition system of older spark ignition engines. The distributor's main function is to route electricity from the ignition coil to each spark...
    5 KB (580 words) - 11:29, 7 April 2024
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    Capacitor discharge ignition (CDI) or thyristor ignition is a type of automotive electronic ignition system which is widely used in outboard motors, motorcycles...
    17 KB (2,627 words) - 15:16, 17 February 2024
  • Pre-ignition (or preignition) in a spark-ignition engine is a technically different phenomenon from engine knocking, and describes the event wherein the...
    6 KB (821 words) - 19:05, 28 January 2022
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    An ignition magneto (also called a high-tension magneto) is an older type of ignition system used in spark-ignition engines (such as petrol engines). It...
    8 KB (769 words) - 23:43, 15 June 2023
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    named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder...
    152 KB (16,595 words) - 14:47, 27 March 2024
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    Dual Ignition is a system for spark-ignition engines, whereby critical ignition components, such as spark plugs and magnetos, are duplicated. Dual ignition...
    8 KB (971 words) - 10:02, 20 April 2022
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    Spark plug (category Ignition systems)
    chamber. As part of the engine's ignition system, the spark plug receives high-voltage electricity (generated by an ignition coil in modern engines and transmitted...
    15 KB (1,635 words) - 05:00, 17 April 2024
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    An ignition interlock device or breath alcohol ignition interlock device (IID or BAIID) is a breathalyzer for an individual's vehicle. It requires the...
    35 KB (4,315 words) - 13:56, 5 May 2024
  • Ignition is an Integrated Software Platform for SCADA systems released by Inductive Automation in January 2010. It is based on a SQL Database-centric architecture...
    38 KB (3,591 words) - 19:57, 10 April 2024
  • High energy ignition, also known as H.E.I., is an electronic ignition system designed by the Delco-Remy Division of General Motors. It was used on all...
    2 KB (296 words) - 02:14, 6 April 2021
  • "Ignition (Remix)" is a song written and produced by American R&B singer R. Kelly. It was released in 2002 as the lead single from his sixth studio album...
    26 KB (2,678 words) - 19:53, 2 March 2024
  • Ignition is the second studio album by American punk rock band the Offspring, released on October 16, 1992, by Epitaph Records. Issued during the alternative...
    15 KB (1,227 words) - 22:39, 30 April 2024
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    The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is a laser-based inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research device, located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory...
    106 KB (11,751 words) - 13:30, 26 April 2024
  • The Delco ignition system, also known as the Kettering ignition system, points and condenser ignition or breaker point ignition, is a type of inductive...
    8 KB (1,058 words) - 22:47, 9 January 2024
  • Laser ignition is an alternative method for igniting mixtures of fuel and oxidiser. The phase of the mixture can be gaseous or liquid. The method is based...
    5 KB (539 words) - 20:44, 4 May 2024
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    larger machines that achieved ignition-generating energies. The largest operational ICF experiment is the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in the US. In...
    67 KB (7,884 words) - 13:38, 13 April 2024
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