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  • 1vane air-flow meter — (VAF) a sensor with a moveable vane connected to a potentiometer calibrated to cause the amount of air flowing to the engine …

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  • 2vane air temperature sensor — (VAT) located inside the vane airflow meter housing; sense the temperature of the air flowing into the engine …

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  • 3Mass flow sensor — A mass airflow sensor. A mass air flow sensor is used to find out the mass flowrate of air entering a fuel injected internal combustion engine. The air mass information is necessary for the engine control unit (ECU) to balance and deliver the… …

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  • 4Flow sensor — A flow sensor is a device for sensing the rate of fluid flow. Typically a flow sensor is the sensing element used in a flow meter, or flow logger, to record the flow of fluids.As is true for all sensors, absolute accuracy of a measurement… …

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  • 5airflow sensor — A device in an electronically controlled fuel injection system which detects the amount of air entering the combustion chambers. Continuous injection systems use an airflow sensor plate to measure airflow volume; electronic systems use a vane or… …

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  • 6magnet sensor — See Hall vane switch …

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  • 7Automated airport weather station — Automated airport weather stations are automated sensor suites which are designed to serve aviation and meteorological observing needs for safe and efficient aviation operations and weather forecasting. Automated airport weather stations have… …

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  • 8Fuel injection — Fuel rail connected to the injectors that are mounted just above the intake manifold on a four cylinder engine. Fuel injection …

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  • 9Anemometer — A hemispherical cup anemometer of the type invented in 1846 by John Thomas Romney Robinson Cup ty …

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  • 10undersea exploration — Introduction       the investigation and description of the ocean waters and the seafloor and of the Earth beneath. Primary objectives and accomplishments       Included in the scope of undersea exploration are the physical and chemical… …

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