trapped fuel

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• trapped fuel — The fuel that always remains in tanks and pipes and is, hence, unusable. Also called undrainable fuel …   Aviation dictionary

• Fuel pump — should not be confused with fuel dispenser, a device that dispenses fuel into an automobile. A high pressure fuel pump on a Yanmar 2GM20 marine diesel engine. A fuel pump is a frequently (but not always) essential component on a car or other… …   Wikipedia

• Fuel mass fraction — In combustion physics, fuel mass fraction is the ratio of fuel mass flow to the total mass flow of a fuel mixture. If an air flow is fuel free, the fuel mass fraction is zero; in pure fuel without trapped gases, the ratio is unity. [cite book |… …   Wikipedia

• undrainable fuel/oil — The amount of fuel and oil that remains in the system after draining. This fuel or oil is not usable in flight. The undrainable oil and fuel are considered part of the aircraft’s empty weight. Also called trapped fuel …   Aviation dictionary

• Nuclear fuel — Process …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear fuel response to reactor accidents — This page is devoted to a discussion of how uranium dioxide nuclear fuel behaves during both normal nuclear reactor operation and under reactor accident conditions such as overheating. Work in this area is often very expensive to conduct, and so… …   Wikipedia

• Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident — This page is devoted to a discussion of how uranium dioxide nuclear fuel behaves during both normal nuclear reactor operation and under reactor accident conditions such as overheating. Work in this area is often very expensive to conduct, and so… …   Wikipedia

• Alternative fuel — Alternative fuels, also known as non conventional fuels, are any materials or substances that can be used as a fuel, other than conventional fuels. Conventional fuels include: fossil fuels (petroleum (oil), coal, propane, and natural gas), and… …   Wikipedia

• Spent nuclear fuel — Spent nuclear fuel, occasionally called used nuclear fuel, is nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor (usually at a nuclear power plant) to the point where it is no longer useful in sustaining a nuclear reaction. Nuclear… …   Wikipedia

• RP-1 — (alternately, Rocket Propellant 1 or Refined Petroleum 1) is a highly refined form of kerosene outwardly similar to jet fuel, used as a rocket fuel. Although having a lower specific impulse than liquid hydrogen (LH2) and thus less thrust per unit …   Wikipedia

• basic weight of aircraft — The weight that includes all fixed operating equipment, fixed furnishings, trapped fuel and oil, and water or other coolant in the radiator (if any), to which it is only necessary to add the variable or expendable load items, such as bombs,… …   Aviation dictionary