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Automotive Basics: Parts of Water Cooling System - The Water Pump
So what drives the coolant within the automotive cooling system? It is something called as a water pump which forms the heart of the water cooled engine's cooling system. So what is the pump made of? How does it work? How does it manage to drive all the water-coolant mixture back to work? Read on:

Published by Ashwin Satyanarayana (10,160 pts ) on Sep 17, 2008 to
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Automotive Basics: Methods of Cooling - Water Cooled Systems
How does your car's water cooled engine manage to keep the operations going? How does your automotive engine's cooling system work? If it is water that is being used to cool it, won't it all get heated up? Where does water/coolant come from? Read on to see how Automotive water Cooled Systems work:

Published by Ashwin Satyanarayana (10,160 pts ) on Sep 17, 2008 to
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Automotive Basics: Methods of Cooling - Air cooling Systems
We know that our engines cannot really run without a cooling system in place. But what kind of cooling system are we using? Have you evenr wondered why they put in water into your radiator? Or Why you have those strange fins on your bike's engine? Want to know more about types of cooling systems?

Published by Ashwin Satyanarayana (10,160 pts ) on Sep 17, 2008 to
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Automobile Basics: Types of Lubricants
We have learnt about lubrication systems, lubricants, their objectives and functions and even some terms you have to know to enable you to understand them better. But there are lots of types of lubricants? How do you go about exploring these types? here are some quick pointers on types of lubricants

Published by Ashwin Satyanarayana (10,160 pts ) on Sep 9, 2008 to
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Automotive Basics: Lubrication Terms
Did you ever have to go to a shop or a garage and buy a lubricant for your car? Were you stumped at the jargon they must have used? Did you know which lubricant was recommended and why? How would you know which lubricant is better and which one isn't? Read on to know more and explore the definitions

Published by Ashwin Satyanarayana (10,160 pts ) on Sep 9, 2008 to
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Automobile Basics: Objectives and Functions of Lubricants
Lubricants have been introduced in a previous article and they play a vital role within the automobile engines. But what exactly is the role that these lubricants have to play? What are the main uses, functions and objectives of the lubricants and the lubrication system? Read on to know more:

Published by Ashwin Satyanarayana (10,160 pts ) on Sep 9, 2008 to
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Renewable Energy Sources: Solar Energy
Solar energy is becoming popular these days due to increasing prices of the fuel and pollution caused by it. Its being used for applications like heating water, cooking food, lighting, generating electricity and others.

Published by Haresh Khemani (14,059 pts ) on Aug 21, 2008 to
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Sources of Energy: Renewable and Non-Renewable Sources
Energy is the vital need of the human beings and it is the priceless gift offered by the nature. Most of the people keep on wasting the energy not realizing how difficult it is tap energy and that energy sources are depleting at the fast rate. Let us see the various sources of energy.

Published by Haresh Khemani (14,059 pts ) on Aug 21, 2008 to
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Careers in Mechanical Engineering - Power Plant Operator
A typical power plant, be it of any type namely nuclear, thermal, hydro – all require specialized staff and operators in order to carry out several functions effectively. Read here about the job of a power plant operator

Published by Ricky (11,062 pts ) on Aug 21, 2008 to
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What are the Units of Measurement of Energy and Power?
Energy is the intergral part of our life. It is the energy that produces work, heat and power. Energy and power are measured in different units which makes the things confusing sometimes. Let us have look at various units of meaurement of energy and power and their conversion.

Published by Haresh Khemani (14,059 pts ) on Aug 20, 2008 to
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