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Rate of Combustion

10/07/2010 6:53 AM

what is the rate of combustion of petrol and diesel ?
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10/07/2010 7:31 AM

In what? Free air, internal combustion engine…….

My car to much!

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10/07/2010 9:00 AM

It's the amount burned per unit time.

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10/07/2010 10:28 AM

X+?=?

Noone can solve for (?). There just isn't enough quantification of the variables involved. Not unlike your question.

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10/07/2010 12:41 PM

Depends on how big the engine is.

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10/07/2010 1:05 PM

depends of size of engine, type of fuel and air/gas ratio.

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10/07/2010 11:33 PM

in air, at stochiometric air fuel ratio ??
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Re: Rate of Combustion

10/08/2010 7:51 AM

The amount of fuel burned per power stroke depends upon the stoichiometric ratio, usually taken to be 14.2 : 1 in a spark ignition engine, this is more or less a fixed ratio. But the amount of fuel in each power stroke depends in turn on the configuration of the engine, dia of bore etc.,
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Re: Rate of Combustion

10/08/2010 10:48 AM
  • Nationally?
  • Globally?
  • On an individual vehicle?
  • Within the transport sector only?
  • The lawn mower here burns about 5L of petrol per year. Does that help?
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