Combined heat and power (CHP), also known as cogeneration, is the simultaneous production of electricity and heat from a single fuel source, such as: natural gas, biomass, biogas, coal, waste heat, or ...
Editor's Note: The purpose of the Shop Series has been to acquaint and enlighten the car enthusiast with some of the more involved aspects of automotive mechanics, vehicle repair and modification. As ...
When French engineer Sadi Carnot calculated the maximum efficiency of a heat engine in 1824, he had no idea what heat was. In those days, physicists thought heat was a fluid called caloric. But Carnot ...