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Everything about Diesel engine
Type of internal combustion engine that uses compression to create combustion
A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of diesel fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is also called a compression-ignition engine. This contrasts with engines using spark plug-ignition of the air-fuel mixture, such as a petrol engine or a gas engine. The diesel engine is named after its inventor, German engineer Rudolf Diesel. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Diesel engineA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Effects of ammonia energy fraction and diesel injection timing on combustion and emissions of an ammonia/diesel dual-fuel engineInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Marine diesel enginesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Effect of biodiesel fuels on diesel engine emissionsCited 1,598 times
- Go sideways: Motor 250/400A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Herbert Akroyd StuartA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun An internal combustion engine of piston engine type that operates using the Diesel cycle, with diesel fuel being sprayed into the hot, high-pressure air in the combustion chamber at the end of the compression stroke.
Noun Such an engine that burns diesel (diesel fuel).
Noun a diesel locomotive.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Effect of biodiesel fuels on diesel engine emissions
Combustion of fat and vegetable oil derived fuels in diesel engines
PAH source fingerprints for coke ovens, diesel and, gasoline engines, highway tunnels, and wood combustion emissions
Non-edible vegetable oils: A critical evaluation of oil extraction, fatty acid compositions, biodiesel production, characteristics, engine performance and emissions production
Effect of biodiesel on engine performances and emissions
Urea-SCR: a promising technique to reduce NOx emissions from automotive diesel engines
The pollutant emissions from diesel-engine vehicles and exhaust aftertreatment systems
Combustion and emissions characteristics of compression-ignition engine using dual ammonia-diesel fuel
🆕 Influential since 2022
Effects of ammonia energy fraction and diesel injection timing on combustion and emissions of an ammonia/diesel dual-fuel engine
Effects of ammonia on combustion, emissions, and performance of the ammonia/diesel dual-fuel compression ignition engine
A comparison between low- and high-pressure injection dual-fuel modes of diesel-pilot-ignition ammonia combustion engines
A study on split diesel injection on thermal efficiency and emissions of an ammonia/diesel dual-fuel engine
Pilot diesel-ignited ammonia dual fuel low-speed marine engines: A comparative analysis of ammonia premixed and high-pressure spray combustion modes with CFD simulation
📚 Books worth reading
Marine diesel enginesC. Coulson Pounder · 1952
Wind-Diesel and Wind Autonomous Energy SystemsH. Nacfaire · 1989
Modelling Diesel CombustionP. A. Lakshminarayanan · 2010
Diesel Engine ManagementRobert Bosch GmbH · 1999
Dual-Fuel Diesel EnginesGhazi A. Karim · 2015- 📕Diesel and oil engineering hand bookJulius Rosbloom · 1924
Diesel fundamentalsD. N. Dales, Frank J. Thiessen · 1982- 📕Audels questions and answers for engineers and firemans examinationsFrank Duncan Graham · 1946
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🔗 Related topics
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- Herbert Akroyd Stuart Herbert Akroyd-Stuart (28 January 1864 – 19 February 1927) was an English inventor who is noted for his invention of the hot bulb engine, or heavy oil…
- Air-blast injection Air-blast injection is a historical direct injection system for Diesel engines. Unlike modern designs, air-blast injected Diesel engines do not have an…
- Friedrich Sass Friedrich Sass (6 January 1883 – 26 February 1968) was a German engineer, university professor, and historian. Friedrich Sass was born in Koldenbüttel…
- Fuel injection Fuel injection is the introduction of fuel in an internal combustion engine, most commonly automotive engines, by means of a fuel injector. This article…
- Two-stroke diesel engine A two-stroke diesel engine is a diesel engine that uses compression ignition in a two-stroke combustion cycle. It was invented by Hugo Güldner in 1899…
- Imanuel Lauster Imanuel Lauster (28 January 1873 – 15 March 1948) was a German engineer and businessman, who worked for Rudolf Diesel and drew up Diesel’s design for the…
- Hugo Güldner Carl Hugo Güldner (18 July 1866 – 12 March 1926) was a German engineer and inventor. He is best known for inventing the two-stroke diesel engine, and the…