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- ...tent on February 23, 1893. Diesel intended the engine to use a variety of fuels including coal dust. He demonstrated it in the 1900 Exposition Universelle Diesel engines can operate on a variety of different fuels, depending on configuration, though the eponymous diesel fuel derived from49 KB (7,542 words) - 23:04, 16 August 2009
- ...icles (e.g. the loss of efficiency from energy used to produce specialized fuels such as gasoline as compared to the raw energy available from [[crude oil]] ...difference is that the electric vehicle requires electricity instead of a liquid fuel. The advantage of the electric vehicle is that the electricity can be56 KB (8,990 words) - 15:42, 24 September 2009
- ...o Engine|turbocharged]] engines that are limited to using low (<93 octane) fuels, is to lower the compression ratio. This allows you to run more boost, wit ...ned. Instead, it absorbs and carries away heat when it changes phase from liquid to gas. Also, because it is more dense than the other inert substance in t33 KB (5,096 words) - 15:49, 15 March 2010
- ...ia (then the Austro-Hungarian Empire), inventor [[Siegfried Marcus]] put a liquid-fueled internal combustion engine on a simple handcart which made him the f34 KB (4,969 words) - 00:44, 29 March 2010
- ...mci.qc.ca/ETheoryQTSpecifics.htm universal in relation to energy sources]: liquid and gaseous fuel, hydrogen, steam, pneumatic, and hydraulic. The Quasiturbi ...ssisted cornering is designed to be fitted to this special Macchina Lampo. Liquid-fuel rockets with controllable thrust fitted to the sides of the car are de88 KB (14,928 words) - 20:32, 22 September 2009