Diagram of a free-piston linear generator

Diagram of a free-piston linear generator
Free piston engines are characterised by a floating piston unit whose movement is not defined by a crank mechanism. The piston unit in free-piston linear generators travels between two compression spaces. An air-fuel mixture is ignited in one of these spaces.
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