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It was proposed in 2012 that this page should be merged with Combustor. I do not agree with that idea. The Combustor page is a well-developed specialist page, whereas this is a general page which can usefully refer to the other page. However, there is still, in my view, a lot wrong with this page (namely its structure and content!) and I feel a substantial rewrite is called for to bring it up to scratch. Arrivisto ( talk) 13:05, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
My understanding of "combustion chamber" is that it is a term relevant only to internal combustion engines, whether piston, Wankel or turbine (jet). As it now is, the article includes also the steam engine (the exemplar of an external combustion engine). I can't see the point of calling the firebox and fire tubes a "combustion chamber". I suggest that any major rewrite includes the steam engine as no more than a footnote. Arrivisto ( talk) 23:03, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
This article seems to incorrectly identify the combustion-chamber (CC) from the historically used definition, i.e. the chamber where combustion occurs in the head above the piston.
With this article's definition, how does one calculate the compression ratio (CR)?
CR is equal to the sum of the cylinder and CC volume, divided by the CC volume. [ref: Bosch Automotive Handbook, 2nd Ed, p. 333] 2604:2D80:B386:3800:9CD7:8EB2:79D9:9BBE ( talk) 19:20, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
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It was proposed in 2012 that this page should be merged with Combustor. I do not agree with that idea. The Combustor page is a well-developed specialist page, whereas this is a general page which can usefully refer to the other page. However, there is still, in my view, a lot wrong with this page (namely its structure and content!) and I feel a substantial rewrite is called for to bring it up to scratch. Arrivisto ( talk) 13:05, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
My understanding of "combustion chamber" is that it is a term relevant only to internal combustion engines, whether piston, Wankel or turbine (jet). As it now is, the article includes also the steam engine (the exemplar of an external combustion engine). I can't see the point of calling the firebox and fire tubes a "combustion chamber". I suggest that any major rewrite includes the steam engine as no more than a footnote. Arrivisto ( talk) 23:03, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
This article seems to incorrectly identify the combustion-chamber (CC) from the historically used definition, i.e. the chamber where combustion occurs in the head above the piston.
With this article's definition, how does one calculate the compression ratio (CR)?
CR is equal to the sum of the cylinder and CC volume, divided by the CC volume. [ref: Bosch Automotive Handbook, 2nd Ed, p. 333] 2604:2D80:B386:3800:9CD7:8EB2:79D9:9BBE ( talk) 19:20, 22 January 2023 (UTC)