Sentences with phrase «efficient combustion cycle»

These upgrades grant more precise fuel metering and better atomisation, resulting in a more efficient combustion cycle.

A new high - pressure fuel pump is fitted, while revised fuel injectors provide improved fuel atomization, allowing for a more controlled, efficient combustion cycle.

Not exact matches

Because Raptor is a staged combustion engine — like the main engines of NASA's now - retired space shuttle fleet — it is expected to be far more efficient than the open - cycle Merlin engines used by the Falcon 9.

Atkinson cycle engines use slightly different valve timing than conventional internal combustion engines, which makes them efficient but at the expense of power.

An air - to - liquid intercooler is used for packaging reasons, and the engine has the ability to switch to the more - efficient Atkinson combustion cycle under light loads.

The B - cycle combustion process (a modified Miller cycle, earlier post), which is designed specifically for part load, makes the V6 gasoline engine particularly efficient.

Powering the new Prius is a reengineered 97 hp / 142 Nm 1.8 litre Atkinson - cycle VVT - i petrol four - pot — now the most efficient internal combustion engine in the world, with maximum thermal efficiency figure of 40 % — mated to a pair of 71 hp / 163 Nm electric motors that are now smaller and lighter than before.

With today's energy mix, PHEVs running on electricity from the grid are nearly three times more efficient than NGVs on a «well - to - wheel» basis — that is, when considering the full life cycle of the energy source, from fuel extraction to combustion to vehicle propulsion.