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  • 51Protonic ceramic fuel cell — The Protonic ceramic fuel cell or PCFC is a fuel cell based on a ceramic electrolyte material that exhibits high protonic conductivity at elevated temperatures. PCFCs share the thermal and kinetic advantages of high temperature operation at 700… …

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  • 52Direct carbon fuel cell — A Direct Carbon Fuel Cell (DCFC) is a fuel cell that uses a carbon rich material as a fuel. The cell produces energy by combining carbon and oxygen, which releases carbon dioxide as a by product. The total reaction of the cell is C + O2 → CO2.… …

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  • 53Fertile material — is a term used to describe nuclides which generally themselves do not undergo induced fission (fissionable by thermal neutrons) but from which fissile material is generated by neutron absorption and subsequent nuclei conversions. Fertile… …

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  • 54Pulverised fuel ash — (shortened to PFA), is a by product of pulverised fuel (typically coal) fired power stations. The fuel is pulverised into a fine powder, mixed with heated air and burned. Approximately 18% of the fuel forms fine glass spheres, the lighter of… …

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  • 55Active fuel length — is the length of the fuel material in a fuel element. This is the Total rod length minus the plenum length and end plugs.The fuel element or assembly is arranged in an array of cells or bundles. Each bundle consists of multiple fuel rods or pins …

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  • 56Energetic material — Energetic materials are a class of materials with high amount of stored chemical energy that can be released. [http://undergradresearch.missouri.edu/forums conferences/abstracts/abstract detail.php?abstractid=843] Typical classes of energetic… …

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  • 57Lime (material) — For other uses, see Lime (disambiguation). Limestone quarry in Brønnøy, Norway. Lime is a general term for calcium containing inorganic materials, in which carbonates, oxides and hydroxides predominate. Strictly speaking, lime is calcium oxide or …

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  • 58Refuse-Derived Fuel — (RDF)   A solid fuel produced by shredding municipal solid waste (MSW). Noncombustible materials such as glass and metals are generally removed prior to making RDF. The residual material is sold as is or compressed into pellets, bricks, or logs.… …

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  • 59Refuse-derived fuel — (RDF)   A fuel produced by shredding municipal solid waste (MSW). Noncombustible materials such as glass and metals are generally removed prior to making RDF. The residual material is sold as is or compressed into pellets, bricks, or logs. RDF… …

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  • 60fossil fuel —   coal, oil and gas. So called as they have been produced over millions of years after prehistoric forests were flooded and then overlain with sediments which compacted the material. As they are produced from hydrocarbons they can be burned to… …

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