Topic: Rudolf Diesel

On the twenty-ninth of September, 1913, the man who changed global commerce forever, Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel, boarded the mail steamer S.S. Dresden. Why were German military intelligence officers on board the ship and why were they making the crossing from ...
The engine itself is named after Rudolf Diesel, who invented the cycle in 1892. In 1891, Herbert Stuart built the first cold ignition oil engine in England, and production starts shortly thereafter. That was also the year that Rudolf Diesel finally perfected ...
Once a dreaded word that made environmentalists hyper active, and largely associated with noisy hefty cargo trucks emitting cloud of sooty smoke, diesel engines have come a long way. History may have been harsh on this segment of engine technology, but with ...
Have you been thinking that diesel engines are those loud, noisy and rattling options auto makers give out? Diesel has always seen a bad start in America, at least. Today, companies like Mercedes- Benz, BMW, Volkswagen and Toyota have all put in ...
Since 1865 we have had the diesel engine, the guy who invented it Rudolf Diesel had allways wanted it to run off vegetable. Its an interesting story that the first diesel engine ran off peanut oil to fuel it. as time went ...

What Is Diesel Combustion?

Diesel combustion uses the thermal energy created from the compression of air and fuel to create an ignition. Having a love for engine design, refrigerator engineer Rudolf Diesel began exploring the concept of the internal combustion engine in the late 1880s. Diesel ...
The history of gasoline engines are quite older and is having root in 19th Century when the German automotive giant Nikolaus August Otto founded the fuel engines that works with the help of gasoline. These engines were quite smarter but still everyone ...
The diesel engine has been around since 1895, its inventor Rudolf Diesel always intended it to run off vegetable based oils. In fact the first diesel engine ran using peanut oil as its fuel. Over time it has gained a reputation for ...

What is a Diesel Engine?

The diesel engine is a type of internal combustion engine that was invented by Rudolf Diesel. A diesel engine, on the other hand, does not rely on a sparkplug to ignite the mixture. Diesel fuel is cheaper than regular gasoline because less ...

How Does A Diesel Engine Work?

You just bought that beautiful used 1987 Vista sundeck trawler and she is everything you wanted in a boat.  The good sundeck, the master stateroom and the big flybridge are just right.  She also has twin Lehman diesel engines and a Onan ...