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  2. World Gasoline Engine - Wikipedia

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    The World Gasoline Engine is a family of straight-4 piston engines, based on the Global Engine Alliance design. Three engines have been produced: a 1.8 L, a 2.0 L, and a 2.4 L. The initial design of the engine block and cylinder head was handled by Hyundai as part of the Global Engine Alliance. The engines feature an aluminum engine block with ...

  3. Straight-four engine - Wikipedia

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    A straight-four engine (also called an inline-four) is a four-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft. The majority of automotive four-cylinder engines use a straight-four layout [1] : pp. 13–16 (with the exceptions of the flat-four engines produced by Subaru and Porsche) [2] and the layout is ...

  4. Straight-six engine - Wikipedia

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    The inline-six engine (also referred to as a straight-six engine; abbreviated I6 or L6) is a piston engine with six cylinders arranged in a straight line along the crankshaft. A straight-six engine has perfect primary and secondary engine balance, resulting in fewer vibrations than other designs of six or fewer cylinders.

  5. Gasoline - Wikipedia

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    Gasoline. Gasoline in a glass jar. Gasoline ( / ˈɡæsəliːn /) or petrol ( / ˈpɛtrəl /) is a petrochemical product characterized as a transparent, yellowish, and flammable liquid normally used as a fuel for spark-ignited internal combustion engines.

  6. Greenhouse gas - Wikipedia

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    The five most abundant greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere, listed in decreasing order of average global mole fraction, are: [5] [6] water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone. Other greenhouse gases of concern include chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs and HCFCs ), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons, SF. 6, and NF. 3.

  7. Audi RC8 2.0 TFSI engine - Wikipedia

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    The first preparation of Audi RC8 2.0 TFSI inline-4 turbo engine was commenced in January 2015. The initial and key element of the mission: a new two-litre four-cylinder internal combustion engine with an exhaust gas turbocharger for racing, starting in the 2017 DTM season that was envisaged at that time.

  8. World energy supply and consumption - Wikipedia

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    Natural-gas goes to natural-gas processing plants to remove contaminants such as water, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide, and to adjust the heating value. It is used as fuel gas, also in thermal power stations. Nuclear reaction heat is used in thermal power stations. Biomass is used directly or converted to biofuel.

  9. Gas - Wikipedia

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    Gas. Drifting smoke particles indicate the movement of the surrounding gas. Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter. The others are solid, liquid, and plasma. [1] A pure gas may be made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon ), elemental molecules made from one type of atom (e.g. oxygen ), or compound molecules made from ...