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2. Gasoline heater - Wikipedia

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   Electricity is required to heat the ignition source, with systems designed to be compatible with 6-volt, 12-volt, and 24-volt automotive and aircraft electrical systems. Most gasoline heaters produce between 5,000 and 50,000 BTU per hour. A built-in safety switch prevents fuel from flowing unless the fan is working.

3. Glow plug - Wikipedia

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   In a diesel engine, a glow plug (also spelled glowplug) is a heating device used to aid starting of the engine in cold weather.This device is a pencil-shaped piece of metal with an electric heating element at the tip.

4. Block heater - Wikipedia

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   Some cars are produced with block heaters from the factory, while others are fitted with block heaters as an aftermarket add-on. [3] The most common type of block heater is an electric heating element in the engine block , which is connected through a power cord often routed through the vehicle's grille.

5. Nash Motors - Wikipedia

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   This was the first hot-water car heater to draw fresh air from outside the car and is the basis of all modern internal combustion engine car heaters in use today. Also in 1938, Nash, along with other car manufacturers Studebaker and Graham , offered vacuum-controlled shifting, an early approach to removing the gearshift from the front floorboards.

6. Early fuel evaporator - Wikipedia

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   The early fuel evaporator is a device found in some internal combustion engines with carburetors.It can sometimes be referred to as an electronic fuel evaporator. The device on a car, commonly referred to as an EFE heater, is located between the throttle body of the carburetor and the intake manifold as a gasket and contains a resistance grid that heats the air/fuel mixture.

7. Steam generator (railroad) - Wikipedia

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   Initially diesel-hauled passenger trains like the Northerner on the North Island Main Trunk had a separate steam heating van, but later the carriages of long-distance trains like the Overlander used electric heaters supplied by a separate power or combined power-luggage van. Train heating boiler, type “Köthen”, at the Saxon Railway Museum

8. Heater core - Wikipedia

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   Heater core (arrowed) in the partially disassembled dashboard of a BMW E32. The internal combustion engine in most cars and trucks is cooled by a water and antifreeze mixture that is circulated through the engine and radiator by a water pump to enable the radiator to give off engine heat to the atmosphere. Some of that coolant can be diverted ...

9. V12 engine - Wikipedia

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   Audi: The 2008–2012 Q7 SUV was powered by the Audi 6.0 V12 48v TDI engine, which was the first V12 diesel engine used in a production car. In the United States, no mass-produced V12 engines have been built since the 1940s, with U.S. manufacturers preferring to use large displacement V8 engines instead.