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Singular fuel

Plural fuels

fuel (plural fuels)

  1. a flammable substance
  2. a substance consumed to power an engine through the release of chemical or nuclear energy
  3. a substance used by a machine or a process to produce energy or power

Derived terms

From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Fri Sep 11 23:39:49 2009

Fuel is any material that is burned or altered to obtain energy and to heat or to move object. Fuel releases its energy either through a chemical reaction means, such as combustion, or nuclear means, such as nuclear fission or nuclear fusion. An important property of a useful fuel is that its energy can be stored to be released only when needed, and that the release is controlled in such a way that the energy can be harnessed to produce work. Examples: Methane, Petrol and Oil.

All carbon-based life forms—from microorganisms to animals and humans—depend on and use fuels as their source of energy. Their cells engage in an enzyme-mediated chemical process called metabolism that converts energy from food or light into a form that can be used to sustain life. Additionally, humans employ a variety of techniques to convert one form of energy into another, producing usable energy for purposes that go far beyond the energy needs of a human body. The application of energy released from fuels ranges from heat to cooking and from powering weapons to combustion and generation of electricity.

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Sun Oct 4 10:53:07 2009

Can cleaning the fuel injectors cause lower fuel economy?
Q. Just after getting my fuel injectors cleaned in my Honda a while ago, my fuel economy has gone down.
Asked by john - Thu Feb 21 22:14:44 2008 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Absolutely not (if they did it properly). How much did you pay and what kind of fuel service did they perform. Sounds like they put one of those bottles from autozone instant results for ten dollars, this will clean your injectors and perform miracles.
Answered by Will S - Thu Feb 21 22:19:33 2008

If you installed a larger fuel injector in a Ford Ranger truck, how would it affect the mpg?
Q. I am wanting to replace the stock fuel injectors. However, I was wondering if buy a larger fuel injector would lower my mpg or if it would increase my mpg? All information regarding fuel injectors and how they get clogged and fuel economy will be greatly appreciated.
Asked by karate09 - Mon Dec 31 17:39:20 2007 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. My personal opinion is it would use more gasoline but on a normal running system, you really wouldn't see the increase per say (as injectors are measured in flow plus how long they stay open).. it would cause the engine to run richer (and try to lean itself out to the point it will set a check engine light on a marginal system) but would it bring economy or power? nope unless you install other gear to help the fuel injectors do it's job as optimized.
Answered by gearbox - Tue Jan 1 21:06:21 2008

How many gallons of fuel does the average airplane hold?
Q. I recently flew from Montana to Chicago, around 850 miles. I noticed when the fuel truck was filling up the plane, it had a gauge showing how much fuel was put in. The final number was 1407. I could tell if that was 140.7 gallons or 1407 gallons. How many gallons does an average airplane hold? I was in a smaller plane, prob held around 50 people, it was a United plane if that helps.
Asked by The Sin - Thu Jun 14 21:55:23 2007 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I'd have to say that it was 1407 gallons. 140.7 gallons is only about 5 car gas tanks. That wouldn't be enough for a passenger plane to fly 850 miles.
Answered by Lil Shamir - Thu Jun 14 22:00:18 2007

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