Despite supply hiccups, and past promises that have never quite come to fruition, hydrogen-fuel technologies continue to improve, and the future still looks bright.
This is accomplished via combustion (hence the "internal combustion engine" name), which requires the mixing of gasoline with air. Before the rise of fuel injection systems, almost all car engines performed this task with a device called a carburetor, but given the relative scarcity of the ...
The upshot is this: for a given volume of intake air, a diesel engine simply can’t burn nearly as much fuel as a gasoline engine can; it has to run very lean to avoid smoking massively. And this explains why a diesel inherently makes less torque and power than a com...
Gasoline as we know it is an amalgamation of roughly 150 different types of hydrocarbons. While “hydrocarbons” might sound complex, they’re merely compounds that contain hydrogen and carbon. ROBERT BROOK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY//Getty Images This is an illustration of Benzene, a hydrocarbon commo...
Why is the gas oil fraction more viscous than the kerosene fraction? Why does gasoline not dissolve in water? Why may hydrogen not be advantageous as a fuel? Why is it that it is safe to eat olive oil, corn oil, canola oil, etc. but not diesel oil or something like that? What is...
Well, they don’t realize that many attempts at miracles like, for instance, fuel cells, or hydrogen-powered cars, have yet to pan out. There are other complications with innovating, for example, in the case of fission-powered nuclear reactors. Here, the cost and the fear of safety ...
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Crude oil is a raw natural resource that is extracted from the earth and refined into products such as gasoline, jet fuel, and other petroleum products. It is composed of hydrocarbon deposits and other organic materials that were formed from the remains of animals and plants that lived millions...
Under normal conditions, the volumetric density of hydrogen is extremely low, requiring enormous volumes for storage and flows in pipes. Increasing pressure up to 700 bar can relieve these problems somewhat, but it remains one-eighth the density of gasoline, which inhibits its utility for transport...
Other types of rebound effects were apparent, such as a shift to purchasing larger cars concurrent with cheaper fuel or a shift from gasoline to diesel vehicles that lowered driving costs [34]. Research is poor, however, for most countries and regions outside the OECD. Similarly, an effect ...