The difference between turbocharging and supercharging is simple: a turbocharger boosts engine air pressure by using exhaust gas to power a turbine that pushes more air into the combustion chamber.
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The XOS 2 is nearly usable for the latter job, but even at 50 percent more efficient than the original (by the company's last count) it's still a prototype that requires a tethered high-pressure hydraulic engine to function.
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The first attempt to launch the rocket was halted Saturday when a flight computer detected high pressure in an engine combustion chamber.
That is a sign of pressure washing the engine compartment.
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Expect future cars to help motorists garner maximum mileage by leveraging technology like the eco-tutoring systems found in many hybrids, wider use of tire-pressure, oil life and engine-tuning monitoring systems and more-sophisticated GPS guidance that can select less-congested routes.
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Yet because of the sheer volume of its trade with Iran, Germany, the economic engine of Europe, is uniquely positioned to pressure Tehran.
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In a review of the Swedish supercar the Koenigsegg Agera R, I displayed ignorance regarding a common measure of an engine's volumetric efficiency, the Brake Mean Effective Pressure.
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The combination of turbocharging and high-pressure direct injection allows Ford to substitute a smaller engine for a bigger one.
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The resulting high pressure, however, requires a big, heavy engine to contain it.
It is powered by an engine which drives a hydraulic pump to send oil under high pressure around its plumbing in order to animate its limbs.
This is particularly needed to avoid having excess pressure cause problems when you are receiving a relay from another engine.
Baidu has faced growing competition in its core search business from Qihoo, putting pressure the profitability of its once high-flying main profit engine.
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With the engine running, he can see on-screen how much fuel should be injected given X throttle pressure or Y coolant temperature.
Inflation pressure will come from domestic demand, which is seen replacing government investment as the leading engine for economic growth in the near future.
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Sporting built-in pressure sensors, an LCD display, and what we're assuming is a powerful sleep analysis engine, the pillow seems to do little more than count the number of times your head moves around at night, displaying the resulting data when you wake up in the morning.
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