Sentences with phrase «between combustion»

The common system - specific feature is the additional clutch integrated between the combustion engine and the electric motor.

In other words, because a spark plug is now being used at all times, the engine can switch seamlessly between combustion using compression ignition and combustion using spark ignition.

This function controls the interplay between the combustion engine and electric motor with the aim of optimizing the balance between driving pleasure and fuel consumption in everyday use.

Power is transmitted via an eight - speed automatic transmission, with the electric motor positioned in compact confi guration between the combustion engine and the converter on the automatic transmission receiving its supply of energy from a lithium - ion battery developed especially for use in the automobile.

The full - hybrid Sedan now comes with a specially tweaked version of the Proactive Driving Assistant, whose talents include adapting the interplay between the combustion engine and electric motor to the route ahead.

Furthermore, the intelligent engine management system of the C 350 PLUG - IN HYBRID works in the background to select the ideal combination between combustion engine and electric motor.

Precise interplay between combustion engine and electric drive ensures efficiency and dynamism in equal measure.

An energy flow graphic shows the interaction between combustion engine and electric motor and how energy is fed to the high - voltage battery.

«We believe the tipping point between combustion engine and battery - electric vehicles will not be defined by [government] regulation nor by incentives, but by reaching real competitiveness between the two types of products from the customer's perspective,» Dr. Z said at a roundtable at the Paris auto show.

The flow through the valve is proportional ¹ to the pressure drop between the combustion chamber and the back of the valves.

One way that a head gasket failure could cause overheating would be if the gasket failed between a combustion chamber and the cooling system.

Not exact matches

A chemical reaction is initiated between the fuel and the oxidizer in the combustion chamber, and the resultant hot gases accelerate out of a nozzle (or nozzles) at the rearward - facing end of the rocket.

They make good fuels because the energy stored in the bonds between carbon and hydrogen is abundant and easy to release in combustion with oxygen.

Still missing from consideration are the cost differences between electric vehicles and those with internal combustion engines, as well as other possible environmental effects of biofuel technology such as increased air pollution and water use.

«And if you can run with the ideal mix between fuel and air, you don't have regions in the combustion chamber that make soot.

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are using data from a European research project to analyze the potential efficiency of multiple use between harvesting and combustion of wood.

A less loopy, but more frightening, dispatch from the war between planet and internal combustion engine was to come in our 3 August 1972 issue.

But there's a difference between this global transformation and many others: when we went from the horse and buggy to the internal combustion engine, there was no alarm clock.

In 1996, when climate research was more certain about the link between fossil fuel combustion and climate change than during the time of Shaw's memo, Exxon's new chairman and chief executive Lee Raymond said in a speech in Detroit: «Currently, the scientific evidence is inconclusive as to whether human activities are having a significant effect on the global climate.»

High frequency combustion instabilities are periodic oscillations of combustion that occur due to the coupled interaction between unsteady heat release from combustion, acoustic fluctuations within the combustor, and perturbations of the incoming propellant.

Emissions of air pollutants account for $ 187.5 billion, mercury impacts as high as $ 29.3 billion, and climate contributions from combustion between $ 61.7 and $ 205.8 billion.

Normally, the head gasket helps contain the combustion by creating a seal between the head and the block.

Power comes not from a conventional combustion engine, but using laser pulse shock waves, and the driver operates the vehicle leaning forwards, in a kind of fusion between drag - bike racing and skeleton sledding.

Core bridging or gap bridging is caused by materials of combustion lodging between electrode and the ground, causing the plug to short out.

Built in England by internal - combustion specialists Ricardo to a McLaren design, the engine is blessed with 443 lb - ft of easily accessed torque (all of it available between 3000 and 6500 rpm) effortlessly dispensed via a magical, paddleshifted, seven - speed dual - clutch automatic supplied by Italy's Graziano.

This will be the first time a car has completed a lap on electric alone, with other hybrids like Audi's dominant R18 racing cars always sharing power between electric and diesel combustion engines.

There are 2 points in the engine's cycle when the piston is at TDC: The transition between compression / combustion, and the transition between exhaust / intake.

What you describe sounds like a normal jet engine, where the combustion happens in - line between fan and turbine.

The average gas engine exhausts between 1 and 1.5 CO during normal combustion at stoiciometric mixture (lambda 1.00).

Sometimes, the damage is only between the coolant channel and combustion chamber.

According to Reithofer, regarding the Megacity, «Customers will have the choice between a fully electric drive and a high - efficiency combustion engine.»

The give - and - take between internal combustion and electric power was far less apparent than before, and the car actually seemed eager to gobble up the tarmac.

As with other «parallel hybrids», including the Fisker Karma, there is no direct connection between the internal combustion engine and the wheels.

To maximize torque and efficiency, engineers added what they call Variable Valve Timing with intelligence Wide (VVT - iW) on the intake camshaft, along with VVT - i on the exhaust camshaft, allowing the engine to switch between Otto and Atkinson combustion cycles.

Apart from varying the combustion timing in each cylinder, there are also changes to the valve timing between the two in - line cylinders.

In automotive design, an M4, or Mid-engine, Four - wheel - drive layout places the internal combustion engine in the middle of the vehicle, between both axles and drives all four road wheels.

The main differences between EJ255 and EJ257 that EJ257 uses new low compression pistons (compression ratio is 8.0) modified heads with changed combustion chambers and with AVCS system.

Wester also believes that despite the principal differences in combustion between diesel and petrol engines, many of the technologies are very similar.

So once again, the qualities of direct gasoline injection featured in this engine come out very clearly, piezo - injectors positioned in the cylinder head between the valves and therefore in the immediate vicinity of the spark plugs ensuring particularly precise dosage of fuel and a clean combustion process.

They include a new port - and - direct fuel injection system and the ability two automatically switch between Otto and Atkinson combustion cycles.

The electric drive element — called DynaStart — is produced by the ZF Powertrain and Suspension Components division for use in passenger cars and commercial vehicles with a power capacity between 10 and 100 kW and with a maximum torque of 100 to 1,000 N · m. For full hybrid applications, ZF also supplies the electric motor as a hybrid module with an integrated separating clutch for decoupling the electric motor and the combustion engine.

A pressure point on the accelerator pedal signals the switch between all - electric mode and driving powered by the combustion engine.

Apportionment of cylinders between the two paths is chosen to eliminate interference between cylinders» exhaust pulses and undesirable «feedback» of exhaust gas into a cylinder that's inducting fresh air for combustion.

Spark Controlled Compression Ignition («SPCCI») is Mazda's proprietary combustion method that enables a seamless transition between compression ignition and spark ignition.

Schaeffler has developed a new P2 (parallel, two - clutch) high - voltage hybrid module — arranged between the internal combustion engine and transmission — that can transmit engine torques of up to 800 N · m (590 lb - ft) to the transmission without having to incorporate a commensurately expensive clutch.The new generation P2 hybrid module can be used in both... Read more →

The combined power output between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor is 221 horsepower.

The NR engine family (there's also a 1.5 L version in the Avanza) comes with intake and exhaust Dual VVT - i, teflon coating for the pistons (to reduce friction and improve durability), larger water jackets (better cooling, improved combustion, lower noise), roller rocker arm (reduces friction between rocker arm and camshaft) and iridium spark plugs (the 1.0 L KR in the Bezza and Axia also uses the latter).

A further advantage of the layout is the short distance between the cylinders» combustion chambers and the primary catalytic converters; this leads to quicker warm - up of the catalysts after the engine is started and therefore lower start - up emissions.

A model - specific menu in the iDrive operating system provides a variety of information — for example on the lithium - ion high - voltage battery's charge level and the power sharing between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor in the course of a journey.

Manifold vacuum, or engine vacuum in an internal combustion engine is the difference in air pressure between the engine's intake manifold and Earth's atmosphere.