Sentences with phrase «burning diesel fuel»

Since the volumetric energy density of ammonia is three times that of liquid hydrogen, and ammonia combustion can be exceptionally efficient (about the same as burning diesel fuel in turbodiesels), it may be true that a hydrogen economy based upon OTEC and ammonia may be close at hand.

But the fishing industry also contributes to climate change: mostly from the carbon dioxide (CO2) from burned diesel fuel that persists in the atmosphere for hundreds of years.

The turbine burns diesel fuel to drive the generator, which in turn charges up a 28kWh battery pack that supplies power to the electric motors.

Despite the fact that we are nearly a decade into the age of clean burning diesel fuels, many Americans continue to have an aversion towards family cars with diesel power - plants.

Back then GM used a barely modified gasoline engine and, no surprise, doubling the compression ratio to burn diesel fuel led to spectacular failures and the advent of class - action lawyers.

Before nuclear fission, all US aircraft carriers burned diesel fuel; now none of them do.

«It essentially burns diesel fuel cleaner than most engines do,» says Nelson.

Not exact matches

The government mandated filter mufflers for diesel trucks on state jobs then exempted themselves it seems the mufflers reduced power by at least a third and made the trucks burn twice the fuel.

But New York is the only state with such a moratorium, and there is increasing pressure to convert trucking fleets to natural gas, which burns cleaner than diesel fuel.

In urban areas, emissions from consumer goods such as paint, cleaning supplies and personal care products now contribute as much to ozone and fine particulate matter in the atmosphere as do emissions from burning gasoline or diesel fuel.

Hennessy claims that these can produce «at least a 50 percent reduction in the burning of diesel fuel, plus the diesels will need less maintenance and last much longer.

Black smoke and sulphur dioxide were produced mainly by burning fossil fuels (including coal, oil, diesel, petrol).

Diesel engines burn their fuel more efficiently compared to their gasoline counterparts — and thus emit considerably lower quantities of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2)-- mainly because diesel engines work with excess air in so - called lean - burn mode.

887 GtCO ₂ is the emissions from burning 285.6 Gt of kerosene (e.g., aviation fuel, home heating oil or the like, approximating that as C ₁₂ H ₂₆ and not dramatically different for diesel or petrol / gasoline).

Although engines now emit less diesel exhaust, thanks to mechanical improvements and the use of cleaner - burning fuel, diesel exhaust is still dangerously widespread.

Created from food byproducts provided from Tyson, the clean - burning fuel requires that the fuel pump be extra strong — in this fact, the pump alone can sap as much as 50 hp just to supply the engine with diesel.

There are other technologies — cylinder deactivation, lean - burn engines, high - gear - count transmissions, clean diesels and more — that decrease fuel usage, or don't.

These leads to excessive unburned fuel escaping from the exhaust valve and into the atmosphere, this unburned fuel is partially burned in the exhaust and is turned into DEP (diesel exhaust particles) which are primarily just carbon.

With diesel, this is ok, because the fuel burns (relatively) slowly, so it doesn't need to be timed very well.

Natural gas is a fossil fuel comprised mostly of methane and is cleaner burning than gasoline or diesel fuel.

Its combined fuel economy of 44.1 mpg is bettered even by the considerably more powerful 3.0 - litre TDI diesel of the Q5, which goes to show how far Land Rover has to go before its oil - burning engines match the best in the class.

Speaking of diesels, sources at GM have said the Cruze will offer an oil - burning engine in 2013 and that it will rival the Prius for fuel economy!

Reliable and long - lasting diesel powered heavy trucks move our goods from coast to coast and diesel propelled cars offer better fuel efficiency ratings than those of gasoline powered vehicles, still American consumers seem hesitant to purchase these clean burning and economical cars as their primary source of transportation.

The Corsa Color Race will be made with a variety of fuel efficient power plants including a 1.4 Liter gas burning engine of either the 87 HP or 100 HP variety as well as the diesel burning top of the line 1.7 Liter four cylinder CDTI making a total of 130 HP.

Not only do diesels get better highway mileage, but they burn less fuel when idling.

At 36.7 mpg in combined cycle, the V6 diesel may not be the most economical engine, but it delivers impressive torque and power for the amount of fuel burned.

The Ridgeline's smooth and gutsy 3.5 - liter V - 6 makes quick work of highway passing, plus it sips fuel at a surprisingly low rate, returning an impressive 28 mpg on our 75 - mph real - world highway fuel - economy test — matching that of the GMC's diesel engine but while burning cheaper and less energy - dense fuel.

As tank crews learned many wars ago, diesel fuel merely burns while gasoline explodes if you're hit by artillery fire.

The four - cylinder diesel, although it has more power than the Strich - Acht, burns less than a third of the fuel the 280 SE W 114 asks for.

The new Hyundai Elantra will be equipped with 1.6 - litre direct - injection GDi and 2.0 - litre MPi petrol engines while the diesel fuel will be burnt by the 1.6 - litre VGT CRDi unit.

[21] HCCI version is equipped with two - step adjustable valve lift with variable cam phasing and advanced ECU with cylinder pressure sensors, uses lean burn cycle similar to that of a diesel engine, and is claimed to further reduce fuel consumption by 15 %.

Between quiet and clean burning ultra-low sulfur diesel fuels and more sophisticated turbochargers, diesel powered automobiles now rival hybrid powered vehicles in fuel economy and diesel is typically more powerful and durable.

This latest development may not hit home to a lot of people, but the development of a clean - burning synthetic diesel fuel like RenDiesel is one way to make the purchasing of diesel vehicles more worth it.

The research vehicle features a homogenous charge compression ignition engine, a technology that produces the high fuel economy of a diesel engine from a clean - burning gasoline engine.

A pair of new - generation diesel engines, producing more power but once again burning less fuel, serve to improve dynamic performance and reduce pollutant emissions.

Photo: Flickr, CC This is a Big Deal A Californian regulation mandating that all ocean - going vessels within 24 miles of the state's coast must use cleaner burning low - sulfur diesel fuel is now in effect.

The biomethane that fuels the Bio-Bus is generated from sewage and food waste (waste which is unfit for human consumption), and because the bus» engine produces lower emissions while burning biomethane than conventional diesel does, it could not only help improve air quality, but also help to prove the case for more waste - to - fuel projects.

887 GtCO ₂ is the emissions from burning 285.6 Gt of kerosene (e.g., aviation fuel, home heating oil or the like, approximating that as C ₁₂ H ₂₆ and not dramatically different for diesel or petrol / gasoline).

Most of their materials can be recycled, but the fossil fuel that they burn and the pollution that people breathe in can never be taken back (especially now that the World Health Organization has confirmed that diesel fumes cause lung cancer).

The primary source of NO2 pollution is the burning of fossil fuels, especially by coal - fired power plants and diesel engine cars, like those in the Volkswagen emissions-gate scandal.

Two factors make much of India's and China's coal expensive or inaccessible; it takes a lot of water, which is in short supply, to extract and burn the coal at mine - mouth, and it takes a lot of diesel fuel, increasingly expensive, to train / truck / ship it to coastal power plants and load centers....

The new blend, called Cyclox, ignites more slowly than diesel, allowing oxygen and the fuel to mix better and burn cleaner.

So Block Island stuck with diesel fuel for another 30 years, despite increasingly loud complaints from residents about power outages and voltage irregularities that made appliances burn out and clocks run fast.

Same thing for imported oil that's shipped thousands of miles from foreign countries, burning dirty bunker fuel and diesel fuel, a major cause of black carbon soot.

To better understand the impacts of global freight movement, consider that the freight industry transports trillions of dollars» worth of goods every year to every corner of the globe and back, largely by burning millions of gallons of diesel fuel, which emits greenhouse gases and other pollutants.

They use a lot more power than container ships and even when they burn low sulphur fuel, it's 100 times worse than road diesel.»

According to its owners, Royal Caribbean, each of the Harmony's three four - storey high 16 - cylinder Wärtsilä engines will, at full power, burn 1,377 US gallons of fuel an hour, or about 96,000 gallons a day of some of the most polluting diesel fuel in the world.

The absorption emission factor (the absorption cross-section per mass of fuel burned) for diesel trucks (4.4 -LCB- + --RCB- 0.79 m -LCB- sup 2 -RCB- kg -LCB- sup -1 -RCB--RRB- was 22 times larger than for light - duty gasoline vehicles (0.20 -LCB- + --RCB- 0.05 m -LCB- sup 2 -RCB- kg -LCB- sup -1 -RCB--RRB-.

The renewable synthetic diesel and jet fuels will meet all applicable fuels standards, be compatible with existing engines and pipelines, and burn cleanly, with emissions of particulates and other regulated pollutants significantly lower than emissions of traditional fuels.

Even if Pacific was full of diesel, even if burning fossil fuel was releasing milk and honey, instead of CO2 --