pre-combustion love

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  • adjective Occurring prior to combustion
  • adjective Concerned with a phase prior to combustion

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Examples

  • This was achived by simply planting a diesel head on the already sad block, upping the compression ratio to diesel proprtions and dispensing with the ignition system, I have had a rant about this engine in SS&G, particularly in respect of its unwillingness to start, usually due to a cracked pre-combustion chamber insert - all very British and unsatisfactory.

    A Drive in the Country Peter Ashley 2008

  • FutureGen is going to use pre-combustion carbon capture.

    Is the FutureGen 'Clean Coal' Project Back in the Stimulus Bill? 2010

  • When I was crewing cargo planes in the USAF the venerable C-130H, the cabin air was bled off of one of the pre-combustion stages of the turbines.

    A Journal of the Plague Years Steve Perry 2009

  • Cost estimates for CCS typically present a range of values and depend on many variables, such as the type of capture technology (post-combustion, pre-combustion, oxy-fuel), whether the plant represents new construction or is a retrofit to an existing plant, whether the CCS project is in a demonstration or a commercial stage, and a variety of other factors.

    Carbon capture and storage 2009

  • This confirms that tailpipe emissions underestimate total emissions of freight transportation as infrastructure, pre-combustion, as well as vehicle manufacturing and end-of-life account for a sizeable share of total emissions.

    Rabett Run EliRabett 2009

  • I love the smell of tobacco leaf, pre-combustion anyway, and this really captures it.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Marina Geigert 2009

  • Currently, three main approaches are available to capture CO2 from large scale industrial facilities or power plants: (1) post-combustion capture, (2) pre-combustion capture, and (3) oxy-fuel combustion capture.

    Carbon capture and storage 2009

  • In the absence of a requirement or economic incentives, pre-combustion technologies have not been used for power systems, such as natural gas combined-cycle power plants.

    Carbon capture and storage 2009

  • One is pre-combustion: When coal is gasified before it's burned, an almost pure stream of carbon dioxide can be created, segregated and pumped away.

    A Clean Coal Confrontation 2009

  • I love the smell of tobacco leaf, pre-combustion anyway, and this really captures it.

    A sense of place: The Richmond fragrances of Modern Atelier Marina Geigert 2009

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