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Engines in farming and industry

Power Mechanics · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes

Tractors, mills, saws and pumps, and why an engine rather than an electric motor is the practical answer away from the grid.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. What an engine is
  2. The energy chain
  3. Burning fuel releases heat
  4. Expanding gas pushes the piston
  5. From push to rotation
  6. Where the fuel energy goes
  7. Engines in transport
  8. Engines in farming and industry
  9. Engines making electricity and moving water
  10. Engines today and tomorrow