The electrical spark igniter on our kitchen stove stopped working. I bought a new one, replaced the old one and everything went back to normal. However, I decided to look into that old igniter to see ...

Man, time flies. It seems like just a couple years ago when GM introduced the first major renovation of its small-block, but of course, that was back in 1991 for the '92 Corvette. At the time, one of ...

In conventional engines, spark plugs send high-voltage electricity sparking across the electrode gaps in a combustion engine: This results in a controlled explosion in the engine, which drives the ...

A German startup is developing a potential replacement for spark plugs: microwave pulse ignition. The tech is under development by MWI Micro Wave Ignition AG of Empfingen, Germany, which claims that ...

Spark plugs can only ignite the fuel at one end of the chamber. A laser ignites the fuel in the middle of the chamber instead, burning more of the fuel and improving combustion efficiency by 27 per ...

This animated film "Spark In The Firing Line" provides an in-depth look at the ignition system of modern motor vehicles, focusing on the role of spark plugs in igniting fuel within the combustion ...

The pollutant emissions and high-energy consumption of combustion engines using conventional spark plugs have long been serious environmental problems. Now, it has been demonstrated that lasers can ...