Vehicle equipment

Vehicle equipment

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Vehicle equipment

A method of controlling emissions from internal combustion engines — primarily NOx — by applying air pollution control technologies to engine exhaust (as opposed to treatments applied to the engine's ...

nanometer

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

One nanometer (1 nm) is equal to one-billionth of a meter (10–9 m).

smog

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Aerosol mixture of ground-level ozone and other air pollutants produced through chemical reactions.

spark-ignition (SI) engine

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

An internal combustion engine in which the fuel mixture is ignited electrically. A spark-ignition engine runs on an Otto cycle — most gasoline engines run on a modified Otto cycle. This cycle uses a ...

membrane

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Material that allows some, but not all, of the components in a mixture to pass through it.

methanol

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

An odorless, clear liquid alcohol made from natural gas, coal, or biomass, such as wood fiber (CH3OH, methyl or wood alcohol), that can be used to as a fuel for engines.