Vehicle equipment

Vehicle equipment

Industry: Automotive

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ion

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Atom that carries a positive or negative charge because of the loss or gain of an electron.

plasma-assisted catalysis

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

A diesel exhaust treatment system that uses a small amount of electricity from the engine to generate a nonthermal plasma (NTP) on a ceramic surface. The resulting reaction can reduce NOx and ...

pneumatic aerodynamics

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Use of low-pressure compressed air to favorably influence aerodynamic forces and moments.

plasma

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Sometimes referred to as the fourth state of matter, plasma is a gas consisting of free electrons and ionized molecules in roughly equal proportions. Much of the use of plasmas in NOx reduction ...

poisoning

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

Retardation of the rate of one catalyzed reaction by a catalyst poison.

plasmatron

Automotive; Vehicle equipment

A compact thermal plasma reformer that generates hydrogen-rich gas mixtures from hydrocarbon fuel; an onboard fuel-reforming device for spark ignition engines.