Sentence examples for ignite fuel from inspiring English sources

In the worst-case situation, sparking could ignite fuel vapors and destroy a plane.

Francis describes how it works: "This programme is all about improving the efficiency of conventional engines by using a laser to ignite fuel instead of a spark plug".

A potential way to reduce emissions and improve economy in gasoline engines would be to eliminate spark plugs and, like a diesel engine, ignite fuel through the compression of pistons.

Investigators concluded that the plane, a Boeing 747 traveling from Kennedy International Airport to Paris, had an electrical flaw in the center fuel tank that allowed a spark to ignite fuel vapors.

Another solution, also learned from the Soviets, was to ignite fuel under the engine.

This heat can be used to ignite fuel of a progressively larger diameter.

Spotting can create spot fires as hot embers and firebrands ignite fuels downwind from the fire.

Engineers found that electric current from the power windows ignited fuel vapors that had entered the car.

The physical principle, they said, was similar to the way that high-pressure air ignites fuel in a diesel engine.

Still, even in off mode, although the pistons are not igniting fuel, they are still turning and generating friction, because they are connected to the crankshaft.

The report concluded that a short circuit set off a spark that ignited fuel vapors in the jet's center wing fuel tank, which was nearly empty.