- A
fuel is any
material that can be made to
react with
other substances so that it
releases energy as
thermal energy or to be used for work. The concept...
-
Fuel injection is the
introduction of
fuel in an
internal combustion engine, most
commonly automotive engines, by the
means of a
fuel injector. This article...
- A
fossil fuel is a
flammable carbon compound- or hydrocarbon-containing
material formed naturally in the Earth's
crust from the
buried remains of prehistoric...
- fractions) and
residues (the
heavier fractions).
Fuel oils
include heavy fuel oil (bunker
fuel),
marine fuel oil (MFO),
furnace oil (FO), gas oil (gasoil)...
- A
fuel cell is an
electrochemical cell that
converts the
chemical energy of a
fuel (often hydrogen) and an
oxidizing agent (often oxygen) into electricity...
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Aviation fuels are petroleum-based
fuels, or
petroleum and
synthetic fuel blends, used to
power aircraft. They have more
stringent requirements than
fuels used...
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Diesel fuel, also
called diesel oil,
heavy oil (historically) or
simply diesel, is any
liquid fuel specifically designed for use in a
diesel engine, a...
- Jet
fuel or
aviation turbine fuel (ATF, also
abbreviated avtur) is a type of
aviation fuel designed for use in
aircraft powered by gas-turbine engines...
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Fuel efficiency (or
fuel economy) is a form of
thermal efficiency,
meaning the
ratio of
effort to
result of a
process that
converts chemical potential...
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metal (U) or
uranium dioxide (UO2)
ceramic forms. However,
experimental fuelings with
uranium trioxide (UO3) and
triuranium octaoxide (U3O8) have shown...
