Science
A method stated at the level of principle, not mechanism.
The idea is simple to state and disciplined to apply. We describe it here conceptually. The mechanism lives in the platform and the filings.
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The signal
Exhaust chemistry as a combustion-efficiency signal
How completely an engine burns fuel leaves a trace in what it exhausts. Read carefully, that trace reports on efficiency.
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The reference
EPA-certified baselines as the reference line
Every engine family carries a certified baseline. That baseline is the line we measure against, engine by engine.
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The output
Identified opportunity as the result
The distance between the reading and the baseline is identified opportunity. Fuel that could be recovered, quantified as a gross figure.
In principle
“Efficiency is not something you have to guess at. An engine that is wasting fuel says so, in its exhaust, against a baseline that was certified before it ever ran.”
The figure
Reading against the certified line
Conceptually, a reading sits somewhere relative to the certified baseline. The nearer to the line, the more completely fuel is burning. The gap is the opportunity. This figure is illustrative, not a measurement.