Sentences with phrase «on combustion»

A drive to work, a flip of a light switch and a flight out of town all rely on the combustion of fossil fuels like oil, coal and gas.

Guy's background had made him and expert on combustion, and he became an important member of the FIDO design team.

If you hear someone using such talking points, try asking the speaker these questions: «Do you feel qualified to judge the current findings of the science on combustion, or gravity, or quantum physics?

That has come courtesy of its association with conventional natural gas - which produces much less CO2 on combustion than coal and oil, and which is often touted as a «clean» fuel.

Replace technologies that still run on combustion, like gasoline vehicles and natural gas heating and cooling, with alternatives that run on electricity, like electric vehicles and heat pumps.

All energy sources are eligible (including those based on combustion), and projects do not need to have renewable energy.

It is to shift, not just the U.S. economy but the global economy from dependence on combustion of fossil fuels to the use of non-emitting energy sources.

The actual pollutants always vary depending on the combustion temperatures, particle sizes, fuel contaminants, where introduced in the combustion chamber of the furnace, and whether combustion takes place resulting in complete or incomplete combustion.

During the past 3.5 billion years, photosynthesis has mostly NOT had to rely solely on combustion of fossil fuels to supply CO2.

At full load, the injection has a crank angle interval from 15 to 50 °C A depending on the combustion system.

He has been on this combustion kick since I start contributing to this comment list last year.

Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg continue to explore scale, illusion, and the dialogue between interior and exterior space in an exhibition that focuses on combustion.

The electric motors support the combustion engine effectively throughout the entire speed range, the additional electrically generated drive power serving to reduce the power output required on the combustion engine when driving steadily at a higher speed.

It helps that the Corvette team put in serious work, too: The engine alone underwent more than 10 million hours of computational analysis, including more than 6 million hours on the combustion system.

They employ a series of angled interior baffles that create a recurrent scavenging effect on the combustion chamber.

If the battery pack is full, the Prius Prime starts up in EV mode — or you can push a dashboard button for hybrid mode and mostly run on combustion engine power.

The car will also let the driver run just on the combustion engine if the EV mode is needed later in the trip.

The spontaneous and direct response of BMW ActiveHybrid 7 to the gas pedal particularly when accelerating from a standstill gives the car a standard of acceleration quite unprecedented among both conventional models running on a combustion engine only and existing hybrid models already in the market.

The BMW ActiveHybrid 7 features an enhanced version of Brake Energy Regeneration already used in some current BMW models running on a combustion engine alone.

One has been integrated into the turbocharger, another has been installed directly on the combustion engine with a link to the crankcase and the two remaining motors drive the front wheels.

But on the M cars I am more focussing on adding... some (electrical) boost on the combustion engines of the M cars.

The first two years of work focused on the combustion chamber and making the air flow and fuel burn as efficient as possible, said Jordan Lee, chief engineer for the engine program.

The stratified charge puts a mixture that's richer near the spark plug for easy ignition, while other areas on the combustion chamber have a leaner fuel / air ratio.

High speed, piezo - resistive cylinder pressure sensors are integrated in the glow - plugs to acquire real - time data on combustion quality.

The fuel also has a cooling effect on the combustion that allowed the M engineers to endow the engine with a high compression ratio: yet another technical attribute that contributes to both performance and efficiency, while also reducing exhaust emissions and even having a positive effect on how the engine sounds.

Well I see your point on the pressure as there will be problem double the pressure, but it wont rely on combustion so best can be ruled out.

The driveability requirements for a road car engine are completely different and the duty cycle puts very different demands on the combustion chamber design.

The back pressure and flow change of the exhaust will have an effect on the combustion and mixture.

ICE's are far from bomb calorimeters and depend heavily as well on combustion speed as well.

Most earlier food charts report acid or alkaline based on the physical mineral «ash» the foods produce on combustion in a closed chamber.

By comparison, scenarios for fossil fuel emissions for the 21st century range from about 600 billion tons (if we can keep total global emissions at current levels) to over 2500 billion tons if the world increases its reliance on combustion of coal as economic growth and population increase dramatically.

(S. Ferguson, A. R. Dahale; B. Shotorban; S. Mahalingam; D. R. Weise, «The role of moisture on combustion of pyrolysis gases in wildland fires,» Combustion Science and Technology, 185: 435 - 453, 2013; and Yashwanth, B.L.; S. Ferguson; B. Shotorban; S. Mahalingam; D. R. Weise, «Numerical investigation of influence of moisture content on thermal behavior of heated wood,» Paper 070FR - 0208, presented at the 8th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, May 19 - 22, 2013)

Initially, the researchers have focused on the combustion of liquid fuel sprays found in engines, where the extreme pressures and temperatures create an environment that is optically challenging.

This initiative will create numerous jobs and move our region into the 21st century by working with green technologies that reduce our reliance on the combustion of fossil fuels.»

Not exact matches

And with traditional automakers slow to cannibalize their combustion engine vehicles, he thinks it's going to be hard for them catch up to on electric, despite the production problems plaguing Tesla's new Model 3 sedan, its first vehicle aimed at the mass car - buying market.

It was originally touted as a water - resistant, high - end smartphone, but after numerous spontaneous combustions on planes, in cars, and in customers» homes, Samsung finally recalled the Galaxy Note 7 in late September.

Adoption of electric vehicles will accelerate and that's going to hurt some internal combustion legacy businesses, JPMorgan Cazenove said in a note on Monday.

The CEO also predicted that by 2025, «More than half of the power units you see on the road will have some relevance of electrification» — if not fully electric some hybrid form of combustion and electric.

Elio's motivations are similar to Tesla's — while it's driven by an old - fashioned internal combustion engine, the small, light vehicle will get something like 84 miles per gallon, and the company's DOE application will hinge on its advantages in environmental impact and energy independence.

Even if the ambitious targets of the world's biggest economies are met, and internal combustion engines give way to electric or other zero - emission vehicles by 2040, the total impact on global carbon dioxide emissions will be minimal, according to a new study released Tuesday.

Dyson aims to lean less heavily on suppliers than traditional carmakers, partly because of a penchant for making components in house, and partly because electric cars contain substantially fewer bits than their combustion engine counterparts.

LEIPZIG / FRANKFURT, Germany, Feb 27 - German cities can ban the most heavily polluting diesel cars from their streets, a court ruled on Tuesday, a move that could accelerate a shift away from the combustion engine and force manufacturers to pay to improve exhaust systems.

On average, an electric vehicle requires three to four times as much copper as a car with a traditional internal combustion engine.

Like many, he believes that the energy industry is on the cusp of the kind of change not seen since the internal combustion engine poured cold water on the steam era.

Ever since the invention of the internal combustion engine, oil has been one of the most crucial commodities on Earth.

While China hasn't set a date yet, the transition to EVs will accelerate rapidly when it follows through on its plan to ban internal combustion vehicle sales.

Banking on a three - pronged strategy of optimizing combustion engines, plug - in hybrids and purely electric cars, Porsche is already seeing customers respond.

The current Wikipedia entry on air pollution, for example, now asserts that pollution includes: «carbon dioxide (CO2)-- a colorless, odorless, non-toxic greenhouse gas associated with ocean acidification, emitted from sources such as combustion, cement production, and respiration.»

Picking up on the NPD megachurch pastor commentary — here in us emergent world, you have the combustion of two NPD worlds — first the evangelical quest to follow the next Xn celebrity rock star coupled with the strain of male dominated NPD found in palces like Silicon Valley where there's an obsession to discover the next big thing.

Instead of letting the miscommunications, unspoken resentment or confusion mount over time, resulting in total combustion, we can deal with them head - on as they come to us, season by season.