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Diesel

Diesel facts, definitions and information

Information and facts on diesel fuel and the inventor of the diesel engine himself, Rudolph Diesel.

The diesel engine is named after Rudolf Diesel, the inventor. (Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel of Munich, Germany 1858 - 1913).
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was a German Engineer from Munich. He was born in France in 1858 and died in 1913.
Rudolf Diesel patented his compression ignition engine in 1892.
Rudolf Diesel originally intended his engine to run on a variety of fuels including coal dust.
Rudolf Diesel demonstrated his new engine at the 1900 World's Fair running on Peanut Oil.

- This update was sent to me by a user: "No, he did not demonstrate that! It was the French "Otto Company" who showed a small engine running on peanut oil. Diesel's engines were running on a blend of several oils and chemicals that were developed by the chemical industry- depending on what was the cheapest. Read more in: Diesel, Rudolf. 1913. The invention of the diesel engine."

Also in a follow up email from the same person: "You can actually veryify this information in Diesel's own book which was reprinted several times. The original (German) title is: Diesel, Rudolf. 1913. Die Entstehung des Dieselmotors. Berlin. ("The developement of the Diesel Engine") where he described it like a diary how his machine grew. The original frametexts mention the world fair in Paris with the vegoil engine. I don't know if there is an English version available, but I can't imagine that there is none..."

My thanks to the sender of this information - his homepage is here: Vegoil-Diesel Information in English and German.
The diesel engine is a type of internal combustion engine in which air is drawn in by the suction stroke and is so highly compressed that the heat generated by the compression ignites the heavy crude oil fuel. The fuel in a diesel engine is automatically sprayed into the combustion cylinder under pressure.
The diesel engine has a very high thermal efficiency, which means it is more economical than petrol engines and there is less waste.
The first diesel-engine automobile trip was an 800 mile trip completed on January 6, 1930 from Indianapolis, Indiana to New York City.
Diesel oil is a fossil fuel, and there are limited non-replaceable amounts of this natural resource.
Diesel oil is known as Heavy Oil.

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