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Combustion And Compressed Air Q. Hello, can you tell me is it possible to throw compressed air into a cylinder at the same time with gas and without a compression tact to cause a combustion by a sparkle plug? If yes, how to do it, with what kind of machine should be used to compress the air, turbocharger? How much pressure is necessary to assure a good combustion?

Do not think of the entire 4 tact process used by the Otto engine, I am not interested in the Otto engine, I merely want to know is a combustion possible without the compressing tact.

Thank you very much for your time,
Edvin

A. If I knew the answer to this question, I would be a very rich man indeed.

For the second part of your question, yes, combustion is possible without compression. Strike a match, you have combustion. Drop that match in a can of petrol, you have combustion. Leave a chunk of steel outside for three months, you have combustion.