diesel engine
Sparkless combustion powerplant
A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that ignites fuel through compression rather than spark plugs.
Air is compressed until it becomes hot enough to ignite injected fuel spontaneously.
Diesel engines power heavy vehicles, ships, generators, and industrial equipment, offering greater fuel efficiency and torque than gasoline engines: The truck's diesel engine could haul forty tons up the mountain grade.
Devices forcing fluid in
- turbochargerExhaust-powered engine booster
- fuel injectionPressurized engine delivery system
- crankshaftRotating engine shaft
- cylindersCircular-based solid shapes
piston · glow plug · intercooler · torque · displacement · bore · stroke · timing
Road-based freight shipping
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- heavy-dutyBuilt for hard use
- haulageCommercial goods transport
- semi-truckCab with detachable cargo trailer
bus · tractor · marine · generator · excavator · bulldozer · freighter · tanker
Processing done after primary treatment
- sootCarbon from incomplete burning
- catalytic converterExhaust detoxification unit
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- opacityImpermeability to light
Output per unit burned
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- heating oilPetroleum for home furnaces
- keroseneFlammable petroleum distillate
- vegetable oilPlant-derived culinary lipid
injectors
Devices forcing fluid in
- turbochargerExhaust-powered engine booster
- fuel injectionPressurized engine delivery system
- crankshaftRotating engine shaft
cylinders · piston · glow plug · intercooler · torque · displacement · bore · stroke · timing · governor
trucking
Road-based freight shipping
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- heavy-dutyBuilt for hard use
- haulageCommercial goods transport
semi-truck · bus · tractor · marine · generator · excavator · bulldozer · freighter · tanker · commercial vehicle
aftertreatment
Processing done after primary treatment
- sootCarbon from incomplete burning
- catalytic converterExhaust detoxification unit
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
fuel efficiency
Output per unit burned
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- heating oilPetroleum for home furnaces
- keroseneFlammable petroleum distillate
vegetable oil · fuel filter · fuel economy · refinery · compression ratio
- enginesV8, turbine, outboard motor, inline-six, inline-four
- diesel automobilesoil burner
- semi truck18-wheeler, big rig, semi, trailer, cab
- Innovationselectricity, printing press, telephone, telegraph, automobile
- trainstrains, train, locomotive, locomotives, steam locomotive
- machinerymachinery, industrial machinery, motors, motor, machines
diesel engineelectric motor
Converts current to motion
hydrogen fuel cell · wind turbine · steam engine · human-powered · nuclear reactor
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