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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. In an internal combustion
engine, the expansion of the high-temperature and high-pressure gases produced by
combustion applies direct force to some component of the engine. The force is
typically applied to pistons (piston engine), turbine blades (gas turbine), a rotor
(Wankel engine), or a nozzle (jet engine). This force moves the component over a
distance. This process transforms chemical energy into kinetic energy which is used
to propel, move or power whatever the engine is attached to.

The first commercially successful internal combustion engine was created by Étienne
[1]
Lenoir around 1860, and the first modern internal combustion engine, known as
the Otto engine, was created in 1876 by Nicolaus Otto. The term internal combustion
engine usually refers to an engine in which combustion is intermittent, such as the
more familiar two-stroke and four-stroke piston engines, along with variants, such as
the six-stroke piston engine and the Wankel rotary engine. A second class of internal
combustion engines use continuous combustion: gas turbines, jet engines and most
rocket engines, each of which are internal combustion engines on the same principle
[1][2]
as previously described. (Firearms are also a form of internal combustion
[2]
engine, though of a type so specialized that they are commonly treated as a
separate category, along with weaponry such as mortars and anti-aircraft cannons.)
In contrast, in external combustion engines, such as steam or Stirling engines,
energy is delivered to a working fluid not consisting of, mixed with, or contaminated
by combustion products. Working fluids for external combustion engines include air,
hot water, pressurized water or even boiler-heated liquid sodium.

While there are many stationary applications, most ICEs are used in mobile
applications and are the primary power supply for vehicles such as cars, aircraft and
boats. ICEs are typically powered by hydrocarbon-based fuels like natural gas,
gasoline, diesel fuel, or ethanol. Renewable fuels like biodiesel are used in
compression ignition (CI) engines and bioethanol or ETBE (ethyl tert-butyl ether)
produced from bioethanol in spark ignition (SI) engines. As early as 1900 the
inventor of the diesel engine, Rudolf Diesel, was using peanut oil to run his
[3]
engines. Renewable fuels are commonly blended with fossil fuels. Hydrogen,
which is rarely used, can be obtained from either fossil fuels or renewable energy.

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_combustion_engine

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