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FUEL GRADE [16 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • White Products (Petroleum)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
DEF

A gasoline for use as a fuel in spark-ignition aviation engines and having a distillation range usually within the limits of 30 °C and 180 °C.

CONT

Piston engine aircraft use aviation gasoline or avgas. The fuel is high grade(high octane) gasoline. In contrast, jet fuel(generally kerosine) is used in turbine-powered aircraft.

OBS

aviation gasoline: designation and definition standardized by ISO.

OBS

aviation gasoline; AVGAS: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces and standardized by NATO.

OBS

aviation gasoline: designation standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the National Inventory Report and the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits blancs (Pétrole)
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
DEF

Essence destinée à être utilisée comme carburant dans les moteurs d'avion du type à allumage commandé et dont l'intervalle de distillation est généralement compris entre 30 °C et 180 °C.

OBS

essence aviation : désignation et définition normalisées par l'ISO.

OBS

essence d'aviation; AVGAS : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

essence d'aviation : désignation normalisée par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre du Rapport d'inventaire national et de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

OBS

essence aviation; AVGAS : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos blancos (Petróleo)
  • Sistemas de propulsión de aeronaves
CONT

Gasolina de aviación. El sistema de denominación para los grados de gasolina de aviación se deriva desde el término general "AVGAS", una sigla ampliamente usada de las palabras "gasolina de aviación", seguida por la marca del grado.

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Record 2 2015-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combustion and Fuels (Fireplaces)
  • Calorimetry
CONT

The fuel produced after processing usually ranges from low grade to high grade fuels.... Medium grade fuels can be used in gas turbines in a combined cycle, reciprocating engines, micro-turbines, and process heating, while high grades are used in fuel cells and in production of pipeline quality gas and other applications...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustion et combustibles (Foyers)
  • Calorimétrie

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combustion and Fuels (Fireplaces)
  • Calorimetry
CONT

The fuel produced after processing usually ranges from low grade to high grade fuels. The low grade fuels have been found useful as fuel for steam turbines, space heating and process heating.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustion et combustibles (Foyers)
  • Calorimétrie
CONT

Un traitement progressivement plus élaboré du biogaz est requis pour passer d'une utilisation avec combustible inférieur à une utilisation avec combustible supérieur.

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combustion and Fuels (Fireplaces)
  • Calorimetry
CONT

The fuel produced after processing usually ranges from low grade to high grade fuels.... Medium grade fuels can be used in gas turbines in a combined cycle, reciprocating engines, micro-turbines, and process heating, while high grades are used in fuel cells and in production of pipeline quality gas and other applications...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustion et combustibles (Foyers)
  • Calorimétrie
CONT

Un traitement progressivement plus élaboré du biogaz est requis pour passer d'une utilisation avec combustible inférieur à une utilisation avec combustible supérieur.

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Power Stations
CONT

[Nuclear Gas Turbines] Fuel type... The fuel load is contained in a ’cartridge’ co(nuclear grade) vessel filled with fuel elements to be described further on. This cartridge is placed in a thick walled graphite vessel that is a fixed part of the reactor system; this vessel acts as a neutron reflector enabling the sustaining of the chain reaction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centrales nucléaires
CONT

Cartouche d'éléments du combustible graphite.

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
CONT

Cessna-172. Visually check aircraft for general condition during walk-around inspection. In cold weather, remove even small accumulations of frost, ice or snow from wing, tail, and control surfaces. Also make sure that control surfaces contain no internal accumulations of ice or debris. If night flight is planned, check operation of all lights and make sure a flashlight is available.

PHR

Visually check cockpit, engine and gearbox, fuel level, fuel grade markings, fuel quantity, liquid flow, tanks, vacuum pump and line, wing attach and strut.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

vérifier visuellement : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Systems
CONT

Grade 10 aircraft electricians apply a comprehensive knowledge of electrical theory, principles, and circuitry... in order to troubleshoot, modify, repair, overhaul, and maintain complex electrical systems onboard aircraft such as antiskid, automatic flight control, and fuel indicating systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
CONT

Le circuit de freinage n'était pas assisté par servofrein, et il ne comprenait pas de dispositif antidérapage. Certains circuits de freinage d'aéronef comprennent un dispositif de protection qui empêche de serrer les freins avant le toucher des roues.

OBS

antidérapage : terme uniformisé par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aérienens et Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
  • Petrochemistry
DEF

A process, by which any grade of coal is transformed into a liquid transportation fuel.

CONT

hydropyrolysis: A coal-to-liquid process in which bituminous coal, lignite, tars, sand and related materials are rapidly heated to 1000-1100 degrees K in pressurized hydrogen gasification reactors to generate pure methane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie
  • Chimie du pétrole
CONT

Le charbon peut [...] devenir pétrole suivant le procédé CTL (coal to liquid).

CONT

Le procédé CTL n'a qu'une efficacité de 50%, et le pétrole fournit deux fois plus d'énergie que le charbon.

Spanish

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Record 9 2005-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Black Products (Petroleum)
DEF

A special grade of gas-oil with an extra-low sulfur content, used as a fuel for [diesel engine road] vehicles.

OBS

Derv: An acronym for diesel engine road vehicle which is now commonly used to refer to a high quality automatic diesel fuel rather than the vehicle itself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits noirs (Pétrole)
DEF

Carburant pour les véhicules Diesel.

OBS

gasoil : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • gas oil moteur

Spanish

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Record 10 2001-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Black Products (Petroleum)
CONT

There are two general classes of fuel oil-distillates and residuals. The distillates are the substances that distil off from petroleum. The residuals are the remaining residues or blends of these residues with distillates. These two classes are further divided into grades based on the type of equipment in which they are used... There are two grades of distillate fuels and four grades of residual fuels. Grade No. 1 is a light distillate fuel oil used in vaporizing-type burners.... Grade No. 2 is a heavier distillate than Grade No. 1 and is used in atomizing-type burners for domestic and commercial heating.

Key term(s)
  • No. 2 fuel oil
  • No. 2 fuel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits noirs (Pétrole)
CONT

Le fuel-oil lourd n° 2 a une viscosité à 50 °C supérieure à 110 mm²/s, une teneur en soufre inférieure ou égale à 4 % en masse (2 % pour la qualité B.T.S. (basse teneur en soufre), 1 % pour la qualité T.B.T.S. (très basse teneur en soufre).

Spanish

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Record 11 2001-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage of Oil and Natural Gas
  • Oil and Gas Distribution Facilities
CONT

Most POL pipeline systems consist of one pipeline for each product from unloading point to tank, to the loading point(dispensing) with a loop system at the tank area to allow transfer of the same grade of fuel between tanks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stockage du pétrole et du gaz naturel
  • Install. de distrib. (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
CONT

La plupart des réseaux de tuyauterie des installations de stockage de produits pétroliers comprennent une canalisation par produit située entre le point de déchargement et le réservoir, et une autre située entre le réservoir et le point de distribution, en plus d'un réseau de liaisons entre réservoirs permettant le transfert de combustibles de même qualité d'un réservoir à l'autre.

Spanish

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Record 12 2000-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
  • Gas and Oil Heating
CONT

Grades of fuel oil. Voluntary commercial standards recommended by the U.S. Bureau of Standards for different classification of fuel oils, based on characteristics such as specific gravity and viscosity.

CONT

Pour Point Test. This tests is designed to provide a guideline figure for the pour point of residual fuel oils, specifically fuel oil grade RMA-RMK of ISO 8217 1996.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétroles bruts et dérivés
  • Chauffage au gaz et au mazout

Spanish

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Record 13 2000-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
CONT

Type of Oil Burner : Mechanical Atomizing(Register type) ;Size Range, 1/h(kW) : 303 and up(3516) ;Fuel Grade : No. 2 to 6; Usual Application : Boilers, industrial furnaces.

CONT

Industrial warm-air furnaces, or heavy-duty furnaces, are available with capacity in excess of 1,000,000 Btu per hour. Used for schools, churches, commercial buildings, and industrial buildings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)

Spanish

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Record 14 1999-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steelmaking
CONT

Terms, charcoal plate and coke plate, which in last century described quality of iron used as a base metal have now come to be applied to tin plate of certain coating thickness. Amount of coating on coke plates is generally between 1.24 and 2.5 pounds per base box - on charcoal plates between 3 pounds and 5 pounds per base box.

CONT

Tin Plate.... When coated by the hot-dip process, the tin plate was termed coke tin plate or charcoal tin plate. When coated by the electrolytic process, it is termed electrolytic tin plate.... Hot-Dipped Tin Plate. Tin plate formerly was produced by the hot-dip tinning of thin plates that had been hammered or rolled from bars of puddled iron. The pig iron used in pudding might have been made in blast furnaces using charcoal or coke as fuel. Plates made from "charcoal iron" were considered a more ductile and higher grade product; hence, tin plate made by coating charcoal-iron plates with tin(charcoal tin plate) was regarded as a product of higher quality than tin plate with a coke-iron base(coke tin plate). At present, the designation "charcoal tin plate" merely indicates plate with a relatively heavy tin coating as compared with "coke tin plate" as described below, and has no significance so far as quality of the steel base is concerned.

OBS

Various grades of hot-dipped tin plate were produced, the terminology indicating in a general way the weight of tin coating or, more exactly, the amount of tin used to produce the given unit or base box of plate. Coke tin plate has always designated the plate produced with the lowest amount of tin and formerly was called Cokes or Common Cokes. In ascending weight of coating, the various grades were Common Cokes, Standard Cokes, Best Cokes, and Kanners Special. Charcoal tin plate carries still heavier coatings including 1A and 2A.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élaboration de l'acier
Key term(s)
  • fer-blanc à étamage fort
  • fer-blanc de qualité «charcoal»

Spanish

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Record 15 1990-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Burners and Steamfitting
  • Gas and Oil Heating
CONT

Domestic burners usually are confined to the use of oils ranging in grade from No. 1 to No. 4 and employ either one of two methods to prepare the fuel oil for combustion. These are atomization(spraying) and vaporisation(heating). Atomization or spraying is divided into three types, namely, high-pressure atomization, low-pressure atomization, and centrifugal atomization.... The third way in which oil is atomized is by use of centrifugal force. The oil is fed to a rapidly rotating cup(3, 450 rpm or faster). It then spreads throughout this cup in a fine film and flies of the outer edge at a high rate of speed in a very finely divided state. Burners that make use of such centrifugal force are of two types from the standpoint of their design : the horizontal rotary type and the vertical rotary type. High-speed motors are required by burners that use this type of atomization exclusively. With centrifugal atomizing burners there is no contact between oil and air until both have left the burner and entered the combustion chamber.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fumisterie et brûleurs
  • Chauffage au gaz et au mazout
CONT

Brûleurs à pulvérisation mécanique par force centrifuge (...) comportent une coupelle soumise à un mouvement de rotation rapide, au centre de laquelle le combustible liquide est amené. la force centrifuge projette le liquide vers les bords de la coupelle, où il est pulvérisé.

CONT

Pulvérisation par coupelle rotative. Ce système (...) consiste à amener le combustible au sommet d'un cône qui tourne à grande vitesse (5 000 tr/min) Par force centrifuge, la paroi se garnit d'un film qui s'échappe par toute la circonférence de base du cône. La pulvérisation résulte de la cassure du film et les gouttelettes sont entraînées par l'air primaire provenant d'un ventilateur solidaire de la coupelle.

Spanish

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Record 16 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Technology - Equipment
CONT

oil burners designed to burn oils heavier than grade No. 3 fuel oil

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareillage (Technologie pétrolière)
CONT

Brûleurs à pétrole plus lourd que le mazout de qualité no 3

Spanish

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