Sentence examples for combustion act from inspiring English sources

In such a device a fuel and oxidizer are burned within the engine and the products of combustion act directly on piston or rotor surfaces.

Concentrations of main ash-forming elements other than chlorine are increased in bed ash compared to those found in total ash content, meaning that combustion acts as an enrichment process.

The condensed phase charring mode dominated for the composite with 40 wt% of OP by forming a continuous, thicker, and denser char layer during combustion, which acted as a more effective barrier to reduce heat feedback to the polymer surface and thus resulted in the better flame retardancy.

They had vertical combustion chambers that acted as chimneys, mixing the wood's volatile gases with air so that the rockets burned more efficiently.

To improve the adhesion strength of the NiAl coating, a Cu-Zn foil, which could be melted by the heat in the combustion synthesis process and acted as a joining layer, was mounted between the Ni/Al compact and the Q235 substrate.

Water vapour acts as a temperature damper and dilutes the oxygen concentration in the combustion air, thus reducing the formation of NOx.

Simply put, cooking is an act of controlled combustion — you set oil, fat, and carbohydrates on fire.

I paid to run it on a local TV station in DC and it caused so much talk that all three networks -- there were only three at the time-ran it on their 7 o'clock news and, like an act of spontaneous combustion -- People For The American Way was born.

The reactor acts as a combustion chamber of the gas turbine plant, producing high temperature.

Her prayer for help is answered in the most spectacular way — via an act of spontaneous arboreal combustion.

Technological advances such as the printing press, the steam engine and the internal combustion engine change societies radically and can act as the catalyst for faster productivity growth.