Sentences with phrase «by incomplete combustion»
Black carbon, a major element of soot, is a particle that is generated by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, biofuel or biomass.
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The main culprits are small particulates — pollutants less than one tenth the thickness of a human hair that are produced by incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass.
These fine particles produced by the incomplete combustion of fuel have alarming impacts at all scales: the global, the regional, the household, an individual's lungs.
Defined as dark - colored porus forms of carbon made from the organic parts of vegetable or animal substances, by their incomplete combustion.
They are generated by incomplete combustion of materials in forest fires, industrial plants and waste incinerators.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, from motorbikes and other vehicles are caused by incomplete combustion.
Black carbon is an aerosol emitted by incomplete combustion from vehicles and factories.
Not exact matches
A malfunctioning engine imparts less energy but also creates toxic by - products as a result of incomplete combustion.
The reaction combines the hydroxyl molecule (OH, produced by reaction of oxygen and water) and carbon monoxide (CO, a byproduct of incomplete fossil fuel combustion) to form hydrogen (H) and carbon dioxide (CO2, a «greenhouse gas» contributing to global warming), as well as heat.
Due to incomplete combustion, the fuel would even ignite in the exhaust system, as visible by blue flames at night inside the pipe.
Sceptics point out that his approach relies on satellite measurements of carbon monoxide, which like methane is a by - product of incomplete combustion, but whose decline may be down to other things, such as the shift away from leaded petrol.
Evaluating a 1 % reduction in current global emissions, benefits with a high discount rate are greatest for reductions of co-emitted products of incomplete combustion (PIC), followed by sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and then CO2, ammonia and methane.