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AIR-TO-FUEL RATIO [2 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2011-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fueling Systems (Motor Vehicles)
DEF

The proportions of air and fuel (by weight) supplied for combustion.

CONT

The influence of oxygen is important because of growing interest in applying oxygen enrichment to natural gas-fired industrial furnaces. The advantage of adding oxygen to the air or fuel stream, while keeping the air-to-fuel ratio constant, is increased heat flux - this results in more efficient combustion design. Oxygen enrichment for the intake air of internal combustion engines has also been considered, as a measure to control exhaust pollutants, especially particulate emissions, from diesel engines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation (Véhicules automobiles)
CONT

L'influence de l'oxygène est importante, à cause de l'intérêt de plus en plus grand porté à l'application de l'enrichissement en oxygène aux fournaises industrielles qui fonctionnent au gaz naturel. L'avantage d'ajouter de l'oxygène à l'air ou au jet de combustible se traduit par une augmentation du flux de chaleur, tout en gardant constant le rapport air/combustible, ce qui produit des systèmes de combustion plus efficaces. L'enrichissement à l'oxygène dans l'admission d'air des moteurs à combustion interne, a aussi été considéré comme mesure possible pour limiter les polluants dans les gaz d'échappement des moteurs diésels, plus particulièrement les émissions particulaires.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combustion and Fuels (Fireplaces)
DEF

the ratio of air supply flow rate to the fuel supply flow rate, measured in the same units under the same conditions. The optimum air-fuel ratio is the minimum ratio that will provide complete combustion of the fuel with enough excess air to maintain a stable flame envelope.

Key term(s)
  • fuel-air ratio

French

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

L'influence de l'oxygène est importante, à cause de l'intérêt de plus en plus grand porté à l'application de l'enrichissement en oxygène aux fournaises industrielles qui fonctionnent au gaz naturel. L'avantage d'ajouter de l'oxygène à l'air ou au jet de combustible se traduit par une augmentation du flux de chaleur, tout en gardant constant le rapport air/combustible, ce qui produit des systèmes de combustion plus efficaces.

Spanish

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