The basic engine types that turn heat into mechanical work, the steam, internal combustion and diesel engine. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the engine a heat engine. It excludes rocket and aircraft engines. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members. It is one of the groups under the Stationary and Industrial Engines subcategory of the Transport atlas, which has its own browse page listing every group and member.
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Steam engine (Wikipedia)
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A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.
Wikipedia: Internal combustion engine
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An internal combustion engine (ICE or IC engine) is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.
Diesel engine (Wikipedia)
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A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of diesel fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is also called a compression-ignition engine (or CI engine).
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