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FUEL-LEAN COMBUSTION [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fires and Explosions
DEF

A combustion in which the equivalence ratio is less than unity.

OBS

In well-ventilated fires, the fuel/air mixture is fuel-lean and complete combustion tends to occur.

OBS

fuel-lean combustion : term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Feux et explosions
DEF

Combustion dont le rapport d'équivalence est inférieur à l'unité un.

OBS

Dans les feux bien ventilés, le mélange combustible/air est pauvre en combustible; et dans ces conditions, la combustion complète aura tendance à se produire.

OBS

combustion pauvre en combustible : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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