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  • 1Warm air intake — A warm air intake or WAI is a system to decrease the amount of the air going into a car for the purpose of increasing the fuel economy of the internal combustion engine. This term may also be used to describe a short ram air intake, a totally… …

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  • 2Air filter — An air filter is a device which removes solid particulates such as dust, pollen, mold, and bacteria from air. Air filters are used in applications where air quality is important, notably in building ventilation systems and in engines, such as… …

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  • 3Air France Flight 447 — F GZCP, the aircraft involved in the accident Accident summary Date 1 June 2009 …

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  • 4Air conditioner — For general aspects of air conditioning, see Air conditioning. A typical home air conditioning unit. An air conditioner (often referred to as AC) is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area. The… …

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  • 5Air source heat pumps — An air source heat pump is a type of heat pump which use the outside air as a heat source or heat sink to heat or cool an interior space. Air source heat pumps are more efficient than oil, gas, and electric resistance heating in mild climates… …

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  • 6air scoop — A forward facing aerodynamic device or opening used to duct cool outside air to some part of the vehicle such as the carburetor intake, the brakes, the radiator, or an oil cooler …

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  • 7Air-augmented rocket — Air augmented rockets (also known as rocket ejector, ramrocket, ducted rocket, integral rocket/ramjets, or ejector ramjets) use the supersonic exhaust of some kind of rocket engine to further compress air collected by ram effect during flight to… …

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  • 8Heated air inlet — For other uses, see Warm air intake (disambiguation).A heated air inlet or warm air intake is a system commonly used on the original air cleaner assemblies of carburetted engines to increase the temperature of the air going into the engine for… …

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  • 9Bleed air — in gas turbine engines is compressed air taken from within the engine, after the compressor stage(s) and before the fuel is injected in the burners. While in theory bleed air could be drawn in any gas turbine engine, its usage is generally… …

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  • 10Dedicated outdoor air system — A dedicated outdoor air system (DOAS) is a type of HVAC system that consists of two parallel systems: (1) a dedicated outdoor air ventilation system that handles latent loads and (2) a parallel system to handle sensible loads.[1] The graph on the …

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