Sentences with phrase «unburned gasses»

There is thus always going to be a mix of exhaust and unburned gasses in a two stroke engine.

With that said, however, if one of your cylinders is not receiving a spark, that will send a whole bunch of unburned gasses to the cat and it will get mighty hot.

Alkane hydrocarbons (propane, isobutane, and n - butane) from liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) are present in major quantities throughout Mexico City air because of leakage of the unburned gas from numerous urban sources.

It then races across the floor and mixes with unburned gases, causing them to ignite.

In a conventional vehicle, unburned gas fumes can escape through the engine's air intake once the engine is shut off.

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).

As a fire in an enclosed space progresses, Custer explains, smoke filled with unburned particles and combustible gases accumulates near the ceiling.

Usually contains platinum, palladium and / or rhodium, which acts as a catalyst in a chemical reaction that converts unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen into water vapor, carbon dioxide and other gases that are less toxic than untreated exhaust fumes

While plentiful and cheap, coal - derived gas could also be deadly; in its unburned form, it released very high levels of carbon monoxide, and an open valve or a leak in a closed space could induce asphyxiation in a matter of minutes.

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.

When fully burned, gas releases less CO2 than coal or oil, but currently huge amounts of methane are escaping unburned into the atmosphere.