(esp of an internal-combustion engine) designed to use a lean mixture of fuel and air in order to reduce petrol consumption and exhaust emissions
Examples of 'lean-burn' in a sentence
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The main difficulties came from the variability between cylinders, which was amplified during lean-burn operation.
Henriot S., Herrier D., Le Coz J. F. 2006, 'Développement d'un moteur 4-soupapes fonctionnant en mélange dilué. Une nouvelle approchebasée sur l'optimisation de l'aérodynamique interne Application of Flow Field Optimizationto Lean Burn Engine Development. A New Approach Based on Internal Flow Field Optimization',Oil & Gas Science and Technologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2516/ogst:1991032. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The most favorable configuration for lean-burn operation was a pent-roof combustion chamber with a single operating intake valve.
Henriot S., Herrier D., Le Coz J. F. 2006, 'Développement d'un moteur 4-soupapes fonctionnant en mélange dilué. Une nouvelle approchebasée sur l'optimisation de l'aérodynamique interne Application of Flow Field Optimizationto Lean Burn Engine Development. A New Approach Based on Internal Flow Field Optimization',Oil & Gas Science and Technologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2516/ogst:1991032. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This paper addresses the issues related to the low-temperature catalytic oxidation of synthesis gas at high pressures under lean-burn conditions.
Junjie Chen, Longfei Yan, Wenya Song, Deguang Xu 2018, 'Catalytic Oxidation of Synthesis Gas on Platinum at Low Temperatures for Power GenerationApplications', Energieshttp://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/6/1575. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)