fuel consumption

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• fuel consumption — The amount of fuel used, expressed in miles per gallon in Britain and the USA, whereas the international measure is litres per 100 kilometres. The US term is fuel mileage. Also see average fuel consuption specific fuel consumption …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• fuel consumption — The using of fuel by an engine or power plant; the rate of this consumption measured (e.g., in liters, gallons, or pounds per unit of time) …   Aviation dictionary

• fuel consumption — process of using up fuel …   English contemporary dictionary

• Brake specific fuel consumption — (BSFC) is a measure of an engine s efficiency. It is the rate of fuel consumption divided by the power produced. BSFC is specific for shaft engines such as reciprocating engine. The BSFC Calculation (in metric units) To calculate BSFC, use the… …   Wikipedia

• Specific fuel consumption (thrust) — Specific fuel consumption, often shortened to SFC, or TSFC is an engineering term that is used to describe the fuel efficiency of an engine design with respect to thrust output. It allows the efficiency of different sized engines to be directly… …   Wikipedia

• Vehicle fuel consumption —   Vehicle fuel consumption is computed as the vehicle miles traveled divided by the fuel efficiency reported in miles per gallon (MPG). Vehicle fuel consumption is derived from the actual vehicle mileage collected and the assigned MPGs obtained… …   Energy terms

• Average vehicle fuel consumption —   A ratio estimate defined as total gallons of fuel consumed by all vehicles divided by (1) the total number of vehicles (for average fuel consumption per vehicle) or (2) the total number of households (for average fuel consumption per household) …   Energy terms

• fuel consumption indicator — An instrument using a flowmeter to indicate mpg or liters/100 km at any given moment on a journey …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• fuel consumption rate — noun the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned • Syn: ↑mileage, ↑gasoline mileage, ↑gas mileage • Hypernyms: ↑ratio …   Useful english dictionary

• Fuel economy in automobiles — Fuel consumption monitor from a 2006 Honda Airwave …   Wikipedia

• Fuel economy-maximizing behaviors — (also known as green driving) describe techniques that drivers can use to optimize their automobile fuel economy. The energy in fuel consumed in driving is lost in many ways, including engine inefficiency, aerodynamic drag, rolling friction, and… …   Wikipedia