Category
page 1Fuel technology
octane rating
standard measure of an engine or aviation fuel's ability to withstand compression without detonating
hydrogen economy
a proposed system of delivering energy using hydrogen
cetane number
Performance measurement of diesel fuel
combined cycle power station
type of power station
catalytic reforming
process for increasing the octane number of naphthas; involves isomerization of alkanes, dehydrogenation of cyclohexanes to aromatic hydrocarbons, isomerization and dehydrogenation of alkylcyclopentanes, and dehydrocyclization of alkanes
fuel economy in automobiles
distance travelled by a vehicle compared to volume of fuel consumed
flexible-fuel vehicle
vehicle with an internal combustion engine designed to run on more than one fuel
fuel gauge
fuel measurement
methanol economy
economic sector
brake specific fuel consumption
fuel efficiency within a shaft reciprocating engine
Ringelmann scale
scale for measuring the opacity of smoke
Oxy-fuel combustion process
Combustion process carried out using pure oxygen instead of air
multifuel
250px|thumb|right|Multifuel automobiles, from several manufacturers, popularly known as "flex" autos, that run on any blend of ethanol (fuel)|ethanol and [[gasoline ]]
bi-fuel vehicle
vehicle capable of running on two fuels
Rimini protocol
Proposal to stabilise oil prices and minimize the effects of peak oil
Partially Premixed Combustion
PPC also known as GDCI is a combustion process to be used in internal combustion engines. There are certain differences to HCCI engine.