dual fuel

Runs on both

Dual fuel describes systems designed to operate on two different types of fuel, typically allowing switching between them based on availability, cost, or efficiency.

A dual fuel vehicle might run on gasoline and natural gas.

A dual fuel range combines gas burners with an electric oven.

The term appears most often in discussions of heating systems, vehicles, and kitchen appliances.

Related

gas station · combustion · tank · engine · generator · power source · burner · stove · range · appliance · diesel · ethanol · switchover · backup · efficiency · conversion · valve · carburetor

Opposites
energy source flexibility

dual fueldedicated

Wholly committed to something

inflexible · monovalent · conventional · standard

energy source specificity

dual fuelall-electric

Powered solely by electricity

coal-fired · oil-fired

Family

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Top 500,000
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