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  2. Jump start (vehicle) - Wikipedia

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    Jump starting a vehicle Crocodile clips, also called automotive clips, on a set of jumper cables. A jump start, also called a boost, is a procedure of starting a motor vehicle (most commonly cars or trucks) that has a discharged battery. A temporary connection is made to the battery of another vehicle, or to some other external power source.

  3. Air-start system - Wikipedia

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    An electric starter with sufficient power to turn a large diesel engine would itself be so large as to be impractical so there is a need for an alternative system. An air start system has three main components along with various safety components, namely the air start injector, the distributor and the air receivers.

  4. ACA Hurricane - Wikipedia

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    This type featured a larger non-stationary rotator box, a redesigned chopper assembly, a larger round exponential horn, and used a 30 HP compressor, as opposed to an earlier 25 HP compressor. 1973 Hurricane MKII-130 Round 10/12, 8/10, 8/12, 8/8, 10/10, and 12/12 Equipped with solenoids to produce "High-Low" tone capability for a "Fire" signal. [1]

  5. Black start - Wikipedia

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    A black start is the process of restoring an electric power station, a part of an electric grid or an industrial plant, to operation without relying on the external electric power transmission network to recover from a total or partial shutdown. [1] Power to restart a generating station or plant may come from an on-site black start standby ...

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  7. Aircraft engine starting - Wikipedia

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    An interesting feature of all three German jet engine designs that saw production of any kind before May 1945: the German BMW 003, Junkers Jumo 004 and Heinkel HeS 011 axial-flow turbojet engine designs was the starter system, which consisted of a Riedel 10 hp (7.5 kW) flat twin two-stroke air-cooled engine hidden in the intake, and essentially ...

  8. Cooper-Bessemer - Wikipedia

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    World War II poster promoting Cooper-Bessemer engines. Cooper-Bessemer was a brand of industrial engines and compressors manufactured in Mount Vernon, Ohio.The Cooper-Bessemer Corporation was formed when the C. & G. Cooper Company (founded in 1833) and the Bessemer Gas Engine Company (founded in 1899) merged in 1929.

  9. Gas-fired power plant - Wikipedia

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    Gateway Generating Station, a combined-cycle gas-fired power station in California. CCGT power plants consist of simple cycle gas-turbines which use the Brayton cycle, followed by a heat recovery steam generator and a steam turbine which use the Rankine cycle. The most common configuration is two gas-turbines supporting one steam turbine. [9]