When crude oil is processed at refineries, it can be separated into several different kinds of fuels, including gasoline, jet fuel, kerosene and, of course, diesel. If you have ever compared diesel fuel and gasoline, you know that they are different. They certainly smell different. Diesel ...
Where does gasoline come from? Gasoline is made from crude oil. The crude oil pumped out of the ground is a black liquid called petroleum. This liquid contains hydrocarbons, and the carbon atoms in crude oil link together in chains of different lengths. It turns out that hydrocarbon...
The liquid wax does the same thing for the wick. Paraffin wax will burn on its own, but it is like cooking oil, motor oil and coal in that you have to get it very hot for combustion to begin. An oil fire is intense and very hard to put out. Paraffin is the same way. In a ...
Some diesel engines contain a glow plug. When a diesel engine is cold, the compression process may not raise the air to a high enough temperature to ignite the fuel. Theglow plugis an electrically heated wire (think of the hot wires you see in atoaster) that heats the combustion chambers...
The liquid wax does the same thing for the wick. Paraffin wax will burn on its own, but it is like cooking oil, motor oil and coal in that you have to get it very hot for combustion to begin. An oil fire is intense and very hard to put out. Paraffin is the same way. In a ...
Also known as "crude oil", petroleum is the thick, black, energy-rich liquid buried deep underground that became the world's most important source of energy during the 20th century. After being pumped to the surface, petroleum is shipped or piped to a refinery and separated into gasoline, ...
As of 2022, hydrogen is predominantly employed in refining crude oil (43.2 %) and to manufacturing nitrogen-based fertilizers (33.5 %) (IEA, 2023). China alone accounts for nearly one-third of the global demand for hydrogen (largely produced from coal), with the rest mainly consumed in the...
Because to lose fat, you must put your body into a state where it needs to burn its crude oil (fat) for energy. If you’re constantly pulling over at gas stations and getting more gasoline, your body will never even think about tapping into that crude oil in your trunk. So to burn...
Petroleum fuel, or crude oil, is naturally found in the Earth. When crude oil is refined at refineries, it can be separated into several different kinds of fuels, including gasoline, jet fuel, kerosene and, of course, dies el. If you have ever compared diesel fuel and gasoline, you know...
An X-Ray tube requires a low voltage, high current power supply to energize its heater; something which must be derived from the 14V bus. A linear regulator would burn away unacceptable amounts of power so a switch mode regulator must be used instead. If grounded the cathode does not requi...