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The ability of the spark-ignition engine to release chemical energy via combustion reactions and transform this energy into mechanical energy is well known. The engine may be visualized as a combination of parallel but out of phase batch reactors. These are commonly called the combustion chambers. Four-, six-, or eight-batch reactors are arranged in parallel. The effluent from these batch reactors is combined in one or two pulsating-flow reactors, called the exhaust system.
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Edwards, J.B. (1973). The Chemistry of Spark-Ignition Engine Combustion and Emission Formation. In: Springer, G.S., Patterson, D.J. (eds) Engine Emissions. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1983-2_2
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