Not exact matches
The newly designed aircraft, built partially with lightweight composite materials and
powered by Pratt & Whitney's
fuel - saving
engines, is targeted at established carriers looking to replace older, inefficient planes, and new airlines launching in developing countries, such as China, to service the growing middle class and airport expansion.
We aren't going back to the golden age of sail, and the SkySails system won't completely eliminate the need for conventional
fuel -
powered engines.
The shift away from pure fossil -
fuel engines has been so fast that 2017 sales of cars using some form of electric battery
power topped out at 52 percent, according to the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV).
This biogas is used to
fuel a combined heat and
power (CHP)
engine, which in turn provides electricity and heat.
Designs, manufactures, distributes and services diesel and natural gas
engines, electric
power generation systems and
engine - related component products, including filtration and emissions solutions,
fuel systems, controls and air handling systems.
The swept volume of one combustion chamber is calculated («swept volume» being the space available for the
fuel mixture before combustion; generally speaking, the more space, the more
fuel and the more
power produced), then multiplied by the number of cylinders in the
engine.
«I think an ideal world if you want manufacturers to get involved in a new
engine for 2021, and not have them incur large development costs between now and then, some form of BOP - Balance of
Power - ideally through
fuel flow, could be a sensible route.
With the turbo
engines of the time constantly increasing in
power and refuelling banned,
fuel consumption was always a worry for the teams and drivers of the day.
It is
powered by a 396 - cubic - inch Dodge
engine which is supercharged and
fuel - injected.
F1 drivers will «be able to use the
engine at full
power at all times» following a decision to raise the maximum
fuel limit again in 2019.
Engine power,
fuel consumption, drivability, MGU - H recuperation.
Those designed to quickly stop and start a car's petrol
engine to improve
fuel efficiency need a quick burst of
power, but for smoothing a domestic solar panel's output, capacity might be more important than speed.
Equipped with an economy switch that optimizes
engine speed according to
power demand, you won't waste energy or
fuel.
In addition to boosting
power, it also gets you better gas mileage, cleans
fuel injectors, and reduces hesitations and
engine knocks.
Diesel
engines have a higher compression ratio than gasoline ones do, and more compression means more
power out of the same amount of
fuel, she said.
In fact, the alternative jet
fuel — known as synthetic paraffinated kerosenes — has as good or better qualities than Jet A refined from petroleum: It does not freeze at high - altitude temperatures, delivers the same or more
power to the
engines, and is lighter, as well.
Among other adjustments that could help double
fuel economy are turbocharging with smaller, more efficient
engines that produce the same level of
power; advanced heat management and cooling systems, which reuse the heat produced in the
engine for energy; weight reduction, including broader use of high - strength steel that is already in some cars today; better aerodynamics; more efficient air conditioners, transmissions and lighting devices (including headlights); and increased electrification leading to full hybridization with electric motor and regenerative breaking — all of which currently exist.
The FAA has already approved at least one biofuel — ethanol — as an alternative
fuel for two types of aircraft and
engines, including the Piper Pawnee
powered by Lycoming IO - 540
engines.
Continental jet 516 — a two -
engine Boeing 737 - 800 — completed a two hour test flight out of Houston today with one
engine powered by a 50 - 50 blend of regular petroleum - based jet
fuel and a synthetic alternative made from Jatropha and algae.
Fuel cells are far greener than gas - powered engines because they produce electricity without burning up the hydrogen (or other fuel) that powers t
Fuel cells are far greener than gas -
powered engines because they produce electricity without burning up the hydrogen (or other
fuel) that powers t
fuel) that
powers them.
For instance, in April 2016, Pyongyang ground - tested a large, liquid -
fueled engine that could
power the putative ICBM and / or a more muscular variant known as the KN - 14.
Saab's combustion - control
engine has leapfrogged the manufacturers still studying
fuel cells, methanol
fuels, and electrics by reinventing an ordinary internal - combustion gasoline
power plant that recycles unburned components of its exhaust.
Sure, compressed air is a clean
fuel, but it's not efficient enough to
power a car
engine that will take you very far or very fast.
Produced by the burning of fossil
fuels in
power plants and car
engines, carbon dioxide continues to accumulate in the atmosphere, warming the planet.
The
fuel - injected Honda
engine, however, did not come with an electric motor starter, which made switching from gas to electric
power more complicated.
That's because fermenting corn into ethanol delivers less liquid
fuel energy for internal combustion
engines than does burning the kernels to generate
power for electric motors.
He adds: «In theory, you could have a plug - in hybrid with a renewable
fuel powered [internal combustion
engine] and eliminate the need for petroleum all together.»
Thermal fluids are used to alleviate wear on components and tools and for machining operations like stamping and drilling, medical therapy and diagnosis, biopharmaceuticals, air conditioning,
fuel cells,
power transmission systems, solar cells, micro - and nanoelectronic mechanical systems and cooling systems for everything from
engines to nuclear reactors.
Finally, the car is equipped with a V12 petrol
engine to pump the
fuel and provide electrical and hydraulic
power to the jet and...
«We compared the efficiencies of [the port's] diesel
engines versus
fuel cells, studied the energy efficiencies at various
power levels and estimated the savings and reductions in emissions that would be realized if they were to convert to a
fuel cell -
powered operation,» Pratt said.
Currently the exoskeleton must be tethered to an energy source such as electricity or a
fuel -
powered engine — an untenable hindrance in combat.
«That's why we are concentrating on building high - technology combustion
engine cars, hybrid cars, as well as electric cars
powered either by batteries or
fuel cells.
A small,
fuel - efficient gasoline
engine — a one - liter, three - cylinder, turbocharged
power plant — and a 53 - kW generator set will recharge the battery on the fly, he continues.
Preuss says that an internal combustion
engine typically achieves 15 per cent efficiency in converting
fuel to
power.
The steam -
powered «aeolipile» was invented by Hero of Alexandria in Roman Egypt during the 1st century AD, but it wasn't until some 1700 years later that the steam
engine as we know it emerged, thanks to better construction materials, plentiful
fuel and, critically, growing industrial demand for an alternative source of
power.
That could allow the group to convert chemical starting materials into more complex
fuels, such as methane or methanol, that can be used to
power vehicles with conventional
engines.
Electric
power makes the
engines more efficient, so they use less
fuel.
Those electric cars — combined with improvements in the
fuel efficiency of existing internal combustion
engines, new hybrid
power trains and even
fuel - cell vehicles — could begin to reduce the roughly $ 1 billion a day the U.S. spends on imported oil.
In the meantime, if you want to see full - size hydrogen -
powered vehicles in action, take a trip to Reykjavík or Stuttgart: In 2001 the European Union ordered
fuel cells for 30 bus
engines from the Canadian company Ballard
Power Systems.
In recent years, engineers have redesigned vehicles with more
fuel - efficient technology, including gasoline direct injection
engines paired with turbocharging, which results in smaller
engines that burn less gas while retaining
power.
Opinion mining is not entirely new, but the team has demonstrated a strong proof of principle with their DFOC method on car design on characteristics such as
engine power,
fuel economy, safety, comfort, exhaust, sound system, interior design etc..
However, its future potential uses are significantly limited by scarcity and cost, as well as the fact that platinum readily binds with carbon monoxide, which «poisons» the desired reactions, for example in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM)
fuel cells, which are the leading contenders for small - scale and mobile
power generation not based on batteries or combustion
engines.
Now they can actually make jet
fuel out of the coal; hence state researcher Harold Schobert announced last week at a meeting of the American Chemical Society that he had made jet
fuel that's half from bituminous coal and they successfully
powered a jet
engine with it.
«This means that the generator has many sweet spots,» says McDonald, who likens the concept to a car
engine that saves
fuel by shutting down cylinders when the driver demands less
power.
These new trucks — which employ a diesel combustion
engine along with a hydraulic high - pressure accumulator that stores energy captured during braking — get 35 percent better
fuel economy and generate as much as 30 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions as compared to the non-hybrid diesel -
powered vehicles they are replacing.
Hydrogen -
powered fuel cells are regarded as a clean alternative to conventional combustion
engines, as, aside from electric energy, the only substance produced during operation is water.
Highly turbocharged alcohol -
fueled direct - injection spark - ignition (DISI)
engines operated at a high compression ratio could be as or more efficient than diesel
engines while also providing advantages of lower vehicle cost, lower emissions and higher
power, according to a recent modeling study by Leslie Bromberg and Daniel Cohn at MIT.
A GE Energy Jenbacher gas
engine is
powering the world's first commercial landfill gas (LFG)- to - liquid natural gas (LNG) conversion facility designed to create alternative
fuel for vehicles.
The capabilities of Test Cell 1 include a
fuel / air combustion skid for energy input; cooling systems for heat removal; 130 kW eddy - current dynamometer for precision
power measurements; and instrumentation, system protection, and
power control channels.For measuring the thermal output of
fuel - fired thermal energy systems, such as a gas - fired liquid - metal evaporator for Stirling
engines, Test Cell 1 offers a gas - gap calorimeter, which simulates the
engine by allowing the liquid metal to condense at operating temperatures.
The chemical bonds in hydrogen gas, for example, could
power fuel cells, internal combustion
engines or generators.