How Does A Diesel Engine Work?

They don’t have spark plugs, but they do have pistons.

A diesel engine (also known as a compression-ignition engine and sometimes capitalized as Diesel engine) is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber during the final stage of compression. This is in contrast to spark-ignition engines such as a petrol engine (gasoline engine) or gas engine (using a gaseous fuel as opposed to gasoline), which uses a spark plug to ignite an air-fuel mixture. The diesel engine is modeled on the Diesel cycle. The engine and thermodynamic cycle were both developed by Rudolf Diesel in 1897.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine

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5 Responses to How Does A Diesel Engine Work?

  1. Mike Davis says:

    I just turn on the ignition, wait for the glow plug light to go out and crank the starter. I let it warm up a few seconds to let the oil circulate then do whatever I need to do.
    My Diesel engines work just fine! Even the turbo Diesel in my F450 truck!

  2. Andy Weiss says:

    Going on this site, you always learn something new. It’s like being back in school again, only with better teachers.

  3. John Silver says:

    “a petrol engine (gasoline engine)”

    Actually it’s benzin engine, named after Karl Benz, inventor of the automobile.

  4. mitesh says:

    actually diesel engine work on the diesel cycle which is invented by R. Diesel. So in the onwer of him ci engine named as diesel engine

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