The catalyst sees much
more unburned fuel than it can handle.
Not exact matches
But when
unburned methane is released into the atmosphere, it is a potent greenhouse gas with a warming potential 28 to 34 times greater than carbon dioxide over a 100 - year timeframe (and up to 84 times
more potent over a 20 year timeframe).
The narrower valve angle decreases the surface - to - volume ratio and helps create a flatter,
more compact combustion chamber that reduces
unburned hydrocarbon emissions.
The narrow valve angle decreases the surface - to - volume ratio and helps create a flatter,
more compact combustion chamber that reduces
unburned hydrocarbon emissions.
The included valve angle is 35 degrees, to decrease the surface - to - volume ratio of the combustion chambers and help create a flatter,
more compact combustion chamber that reduces
unburned hydrocarbon emissions.
In its response, Exxon denied that global society possesses the will to keep temperatures from increasing by
more than two degrees Celsius, and therefore none of the fossil fuel reserves currently counted as assets will be left
unburned.
The climate downside to this trend is methane «slip» — emissions of
unburned methane, a far
more potent greenhouse gas than CO2 (per pound), a problem that marine engine manufacturers are beginning to tackle.
Should that change in the future, balancing the two degree budget would probably require that
more readily available reserves elsewhere would have to go
unburned, McGlade tells Carbon Brief.