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RENDEMENT ENERGETIQUE GLOBAL [2 records]

Record 1 2007-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
CONT

Well-to-wheel efficiency is a measure of how efficiently the energy (fuel) is obtained and transported to the vehicle's tank (well-to-tank), and how efficiently the vehicle uses energy (tank-to-wheel).

CONT

The "well-to-wheel" efficiency and emissions of PHEVs [plug-in hybrid electric vehicles] compared to gasoline hybrids depends on the energy sources of the grid ...

Key term(s)
  • well to wheel efficiency

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes
CONT

Le rendement global d'un véhicule électrique à pile à combustible dépend de la manière dont le carburant est produit. Si on fait appel à de l'électricité produite par de l'énergie éolienne ou solaire pour produire de l'hydrogène par hydrolyse, le rendement énergétique global n'est pas très élevé mais il n'y a aucune émission.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy (Physics)
  • Biochemistry
CONT

The overall energetic efficiency for cattle waste is therefore much lower than for pig waste and seems likely to reach a mean figure of about 33%, expressed as percent of the total energy in the excreta that is convertible into product gas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie (Physique)
  • Biochimie

Spanish

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