Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
tasa calorifica de eficiencia
English translation:
caloric rate of efficiency
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P Forgas
Dec 20, 2001 20:18
22 yrs ago
Spanish term
tasa calorifica de eficiencia
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
I need the American English term for this as applied to fuels. Thanks.
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Gilbert Ashley
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caloric rate of efficiency
no need
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or calorific
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or calorific
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Robert INGLEDEW
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efficient calorific rate
another way of saying the same thing.
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combustion efficiency
I've never heard the phrase and I can't even find it in Google but this may be the term, and the webpage referred to below will clarify its meaning.
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Antonio Costa (X)
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rate of heat transfer
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Heat exchange ratio
Applied to fuels, it reflects the BTU's [British Thermal Unit] produced per matter weight burned, at certain conditions [pressure, temperature, etc.].
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heat rate efficiency
HTH
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caloric efficiency
By definition, "efficiency" is a rate (amount of work or power OUT per unit of fuel or effort IN), so "rate" is redundant.
HTH,
HC
HTH,
HC
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