Fuel injection — Fuel rail connected to the injectors that are mounted just above the intake manifold on a four cylinder engine. Fuel injection … Wikipedia
Feedback — For other uses, see Feedback (disambiguation). Feedback describes the situation when output from (or information about the result of) an event or phenomenon in the past will influence an occurrence or occurrences of the same (i.e. same defined)… … Wikipedia
feedback — [1] The return of part of the output of a system to the input. Negative feedback causes self adjustment of the system and therefore stability. Positive feedback causes instability. See closed loop system. [2] The information that a computer… … Dictionary of automotive terms
feedback control system — (FCS) [1] a computer controlled fuel system employing a stepper motor or a dithering solenoid that controls air fuel mixture by bleeding precise amounts of air (determined by the computer) into the main and idle system of the carburetor [2]… … Dictionary of automotive terms
feedback carburetor — (FBC) A carburetor regulated by a closed loop system (an oxygen sensor, various other sensors, a computer, a duty cycle solenoid or solenoid controlled valve and a catalytic converter) providing and adjusting the air/fuel mixture quality to… … Dictionary of automotive terms
feedback carburetor actuator — A computer controlled stepper motor that varies the carburetor air/fuel mixture … Dictionary of automotive terms
Climate change feedback — See also: Avoiding dangerous climate change, Runaway climate change, and Abrupt climate change Climate change feedback is important in the understanding of global warming because feedback processes may amplify or diminish the effect of each… … Wikipedia
Air-fuel ratio — (AFR) is the mass ratio of air to fuel present during combustion. When all the fuel is combined with all the free oxygen, typically within a vehicle s combustion chamber,the mixture is chemically balanced and this AFR is called the stoichiometric … Wikipedia
Ethanol fuel — is ethanol (ethyl alcohol), the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. It can be used as a fuel, mainly as a biofuel alternative to gasoline, and is widely used in cars in Brazil. Because it is easy to manufacture and process and can… … Wikipedia
Glossary of fuel cell terms — The Glossary of fuel cell terms lists the definitions of many terms used within the fuel cell industry. The terms in this glossary may be used by fuel cell industry associations, in education material and fuel cell codes and standards to name but … Wikipedia
open-loop fuel control — A non feedback mode of operation which a feedback system resorts to when the engine is started while it is still cold. During this period, the oxygen sensor isn t yet able to supply reliable data to the computer for controlling the air/fuel mix… … Dictionary of automotive terms