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• Exhaust system
  ...e or more '''exhaust pipes'''. Depending on the overall system design, the exhaust gas may flow through one or more of: *[[Cylinder head]] and [[exhaust manifold]]
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• BlueTec
  ...lash emissions further than ever before. [[Mercedes-Benz]] introduced the systems in the [[Mercedes-Benz E-Class|E-Class]] (using the 'DeNO_x' syst The whole exhaust system would work like so:
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• AdBlue
  ...additive. AdBlue has a separate tank to the fuel and is sprayed into the exhaust gases. Therefore, it is never mixed or added to the fuel. ...ken along in a separate tank on the freight trucks. It is dosed in the hot exhaust gases in a specific [[catalytic converter]]. The [[NOx|oxides of nitrogen]]
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• Fuel Stratified Injection
  As is the case with all direct-injection systems, FSI increases the engine's power output while reducing fuel consumption si *An external exhaust gas recirculation system.
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• Heater core
  ...directly (usually by means of a rotary knob, or a lever). More complicated systems use electronics to control the valve or doors. ...fitted with manual controls for the heater and air conditioner, using both systems together will dehumidify the air in the cabin, as the evaporator coil remov
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• Flat-12 engine
  ...or a higher mounting height in the engine bay to provide clearance for the exhaust system (six runners on either side). Whereas a V12 can be used in front-eng ...e for [[Subaru]], which would be used in the 1990 [[Enzo Coloni Racing Car Systems|Coloni]] Formula One car. The Coloni−Subaru was not competitive and did n
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• Future car technologies
  * Utilization of waste heat from D.W. as useful mechanical energy through exhaust powered [[steam engine|steam]], [[stirling engine]]s, thermal diodes, etc.. ...) National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Board on Energy and Environmental Systems (BEES)]
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• MIVEC
  ...d (low-lift) [[cam|cam lobe]] provides stable [[Idle speed|idle]], lower [[Exhaust gas|emissions]] and increased [[torque]] at lower speeds, while above a fix ...into a [[continuous variable valve timing]] system (dual VVT on intake and exhaust valves).
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• Throttle
  | title = Chapter 6: Aircraft Systems ...ntake tract, and do not have a throttle (although recent developments in [[Exhaust Gas Recirculation]] have introduced throttle-style designs<ref>http://delph
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• Volumetric efficiency
  ...cars in the 1970s used carefully arranged air intakes and "tuned" exhaust systems to "push" air into and out of the cylinders through the intrinsic resonance
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• Intercooler
  ...ile with maximum air flow. These types are mainly mounted in front mounted systems (FMIC). Cars such as the [[Nissan Skyline]], [[Saab Automobile|Saab]], [[Do Because FMIC systems require open bumper design for optimal performance, the entire system is vu
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• Automobile emissions control
  ...-causing emissions produced by [[automobile]]s. Exhaust emissions control systems were first required on 1966 model year vehicles produced for sale in the st ...ehicle's [[internal combustion engine|engine]], emitted from the vehicle's exhaust system. The major pollutants emitted include:
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• Variable Valve Timing
  ...'lift'' or ''duration'' or ''timing'' (some or all) of the [[intake]] or [[exhaust]] [[Poppet valve|valves]] (or both) to be changed while the engine is in op ...lift'') for a certain amount of time (''duration'') during each intake and exhaust cycle. The ''timing'' of the valve opening and closing is also important. T
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• Overhead camshaft
  ...stead of using pushrods. When compared directly with cam-in-block (or OHV) systems with the same number of valves, the reciprocating components of the [[Overh ...within the cylinder head, where there are separate camshafts for inlet and exhaust valves. In engines with more than one [[cylinder bank]] ([[V engine]]s) thi
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• Distributor
  ...ignition coil]] coming into the distributor. In high energy ignition (HEI) systems there is no central post and the ignition coil sits on top of the distribut ...to the coil in HEI systems, or via the center terminal in points ignition systems and remotely connected to the coil. The rotor is constructed such that the
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• Engine control unit
  ...steering systems, power brake systems, and electrical charging and supply systems. Engine temperature and transmission status, and lift and duration of camsh ...of an oversized starter motor.<ref>{{citation |title=Automotive electrical systems circa 2005 - IEEE Spectrum|author=Kassakian, J.G|coauthors=Wolf, H.-C.; Mil
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• Cam
  ...lates it into the reciprocating motion necessary to operate the intake and exhaust [[poppet valve|valve]]s of the [[cylinder]]s. ...be separation angle ('''LSA''' - the angle between two adjacent intake and exhaust cam lobes). Displacement diagrams are traditionally presented as graphs wit
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• Manifold
  ...e [[cylinder]]s. An '''exhaust manifold''' or '''header''' collects the [[exhaust gas]]es from multiple cylinders into one pipe. The word ''manifold'' comes ...n be used as a source of [[automobile ancillary power]] to drive auxiliary systems: power assisted [[brake]]s, emission control devices, [[cruise control]], [
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• Catalytic converter
  ...most commonly used in [[automobile|motor vehicle]] [[exhaust gas|exhaust]] systems. Catalytic converters are also used on generator sets, forklifts, mining eq ...ree reactions occur most efficiently when the catalytic converter receives exhaust from an engine running at the stoichiometric point. This is 14.7 parts Oxyg
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• Manifold vacuum
  ...e engine must pump material from the low-pressure intake manifold into the exhaust manifold (at ambient atmospheric pressure). ...mpression braking can be greatly increased by opening the cylinders to the exhaust with a valve on downstroke while in [[overrun]], which is often done on lar
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