exhaust brake

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• Exhaust brake — Since diesel engines lack a throttle valve on the intake manifold, there is no intake vacuum when the engine is not fueling. The intake vacuum creates the slowing effect felt in gasoline engines when they are going down a hill with the foot off… …   Wikipedia

• Exhaust — may refer to:In mathematics: *Proof by exhaustion, proof by examining all individual cases *Exhaustion by compact sets, in analysis, a sequence of compact sets that converges on a given set *Collectively exhaustive, in probability and set theory …   Wikipedia

• Exhaust gas — A diesel powered truck emits a large amount of exhaust gas while starting its engine. Exhaust gas or flue gas is emitted as a result of the combustion of fuels such as natural gas, gasoline/petrol, diesel fuel, fuel oil or coal. According to the… …   Wikipedia

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• Counter-pressure brake — The counter pressure brake (German: Gegendruckbremse), also named the Riggenbach counter pressure brake after its inventor, Niklaus Riggenbach, is a dynamic railway brake on steam locomotives that, through a combination of means, brakes the… …   Wikipedia

• Countersteam brake — A countersteam brake is a brake on a steam locomotive that uses the engine (specifically the cylinders) to help brake the locomotive. It uses the working principle of steam cylinders fitted with slide or piston valves such that, by changing the… …   Wikipedia