Collocations withdiesel
These are words often used in combination withdiesel.
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conventional diesel
Even modern diesel engines have for years been able to run without adaptation on biodiesel or a mixture of biodiesel and conventional diesel.
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diesel bus
First, a diesel bus is cheaper to buy than a trolley bus of equivalent capacity.
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diesel engine
Although considerably smaller than aerospace or automotive product development programs, diesel engine design nonetheless exhibits many of the challenges associated with large-scale engineering projects.
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diesel exhaust
Heavy-handed tactics such as these, not to mention the palls of diesel exhaust normally hanging over those same roads, have provoked considerable public resentment.
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diesel fuel
Wetted soil was packed into columns with the top 75 mm of the soil contaminated with diesel fuel.
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diesel fumes
A number of studies have been carried out on the possible hazards to health of diesel fumes in confined situations.
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diesel generator
Firstly the diesel generator broke down, leaving them with no electric light, only oil lamps and candles, and without radio communication.
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diesel locomotive
He said that one diesel locomotive was able to do the work of two steam locomotives.
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diesel motor
The diesel motor multiple units are fast ending their lives; they have been running 10 years at least and most of them for 15 to 20 years.
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diesel smoke
Because of the need for bigger engines there will be greater pollution on our roads from black diesel smoke.
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diesel submarine
We should have a diesel submarine fleet available when needed, particularly for coastal work.
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gallons of diesel
The cutters consume approximately 165 gallons of diesel per hour at their maximum speed of 26 kn.
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litre of diesel
With a limit of 147 grams, which is the equivalent of 5.6 litres of diesel, vehicles will produce less pollution.
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marine diesel
It assures me that it has placed an order for three marine diesel passenger vessels in replacement of the steam "puffers" which are used now.
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ultra-low sulphur diesel
No data are available on the total number of vehicles using ultra-low sulphur diesel.
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