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• Compressed air car — Tata/MDI OneCAT A compressed air car is a car that uses a motor powered by compressed air. The car can be powered solely by air, or combined (as in a hybrid electric vehicle) with gasoline, diesel, ethanol, or an electric plant with regenerative… …   Wikipedia

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• Air start system — An air start system is a power source used to provide the initial rotation to start large diesel and gas turbine engines. Compared to a gasoline (petrol) engine, diesel engines have very high compression ratios to provide for reliable and… …   Wikipedia

• air impingement starter — A type of starting system for gas turbine engines in which initial rotation to the compressor is produced by compressed air. The compressed air is supplied by either a running engine or a ground power unit and is directed onto the turbine blades… …   Aviation dictionary

• starter — Self starter Self start er, n. A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• air start — i. Starting or restarting a wind milling engine of an aircraft in flight. ii. A starting system in which initial rotation to the engine is provided by high pressure compressed air. The source of this air can be from either a ground external… …   Aviation dictionary

• Automobile self starter — An automobile self starter (commonly starter motor or simply starter ) is an electric motor that initiates rotational motion in a car s internal combustion engine before it can power itself. History Both Otto cycle and Diesel cycle internal… …   Wikipedia

• Coffman engine starter — The Coffman engine starter (also known as a shotgun starter ) was a starting system used on many piston engines in aircraft and armored vehicles of the 1930s and 1940s. The Coffman system was one of the most common brands; another was the Breeze… …   Wikipedia

• Bleed air — in gas turbine engines is compressed air taken from within the engine, after the compressor stage(s) and before the fuel is injected in the burners. While in theory bleed air could be drawn in any gas turbine engine, its usage is generally… …   Wikipedia

• Self-starter — Self start er, n. A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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