Internal Combustion Engine

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-014753",
  "term": "Internal Combustion Engine",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A device in which air enters a combustion chamber, is mixed with fuel, compressed in the chamber, and combusted. Fuel may enter the combustion chamber with the air or be injected into the combustion chamber. Expansion of the hot combustion gases in the chamber rotates a shaft, either through a reciprocating or rotary action. For purposes of this subpart, this definition does not include combustion turbine engines.\n\n2. An engine that converts the energy contained in a fuel inside the engine into motion by combusting the fuel. Combustion engines use the pressure created by the expansion of combustion product gases to do mechanical work.",
  "abbreviation": "ICE",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 63.9375 (CFR 2013)",
    "DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Fuel Cell Technologies Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/internal-combustion-engine/"
}