- 燃料油 ránliàoyóu fuel oilfuel, furnace, or heating oil; refers to the petroleum products with the highest boiling points used for power and heating
- 核燃料 héránliào nuclear fuelradioactive material used in a reactor to provide power through nuclear fission or fusion, such as uranium, plutonium, or thorium
- 燃料库 ránliàokù fuel depotA storage facility for fuel; a bunker or reservoir
- 乏燃料 fáránliào spent fuelnuclear fuel that has been used in a reactor and is no longer efficient for sustaining a nuclear reaction
- 核子燃料 hézǐránliào nuclear fuelRadioactive material, such as uranium, plutonium, or thorium, used in a nuclear reactor to produce energy through nuclear fission; also called [[核燃料|核燃料|he2 ran2 liao4]].
- 核燃料后处理 héránliàohòuchǔlǐ nuclear fuel reprocessingThe chemical process used to separate components of spent nuclear fuel, such as plutonium and uranium, from fission products
- 清洁燃料 qīngjiéránliào clean fuelfuel that produces little to no pollutants during the combustion process
- 燃料循环 ránliàoxúnhuán fuel cycleThe series of stages that fuel passes through from production or extraction to consumption or disposal
- 燃料电池 ránliàodiànchí fuel cellan electrochemical cell that converts the chemical energy from a fuel into electricity
- 燃料芯块 ránliàoxīnkuài fuel pelletsmall cylinders of nuclear fuel used in reactors
- 生物燃料 shēngwùránliào biofuelfuel derived from living matter or organic waste
- 矿物燃料 kuàngwùránliào fossil fuelfossil fuel, such as oil, coal, and natural gas
- 乏燃料棒 fáránliàobàng spent fuel rodsspent fuel rods used in a nuclear reactor
- 再生燃料 zàishēngránliào renewable fuelfuel that is produced from renewable resources
- 化石燃料 huàshíránliào fossil fuel
- 固体燃料 gùtǐránliào solid fuelAny combustible material in a solid state that can produce heat or power, such as coal, coke, or solidified alcohol
- 替代燃料 tìdàiránliào alternative fuelfuel derived from sources other than petroleum, such as biodiesel or ethanol
