Diesel engine

The diesel engine is a type of internal combustion engine; more specifically, it is a compression ignition engine, in which the fuel is ignited by being suddenly exposed to the high temperature and pressure of a compressed gas containing oxygen (usually atmospheric air), rather than a separate source of ignition energy (such as a spark plug), as is the case in the gasoline engine.

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Internal combustion engine - Compression ignition engine - Fuel - Ignited - Temperature - Gas - Oxygen - Energy - Spark plug - Gasoline engine

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This is known as the diesel cycle, after German engineer Rudolf Diesel, who invented it in 1892 and received the patent on February 23, 1893. Diesel intended the engine to use a variety of fuels including coal dust. He demonstrated it in the 1900 Exposition Universelle (World's Fair) using peanut oil (see biodiesel). It was later refined and perfected by Charles F. Kettering.

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Diesel cycle - Rudolf Diesel - 1892 - Patent - February 23 - 1893 - Coal dust - 1900 - ''Exposition Universelle'' - World's Fair - Biodiesel - Charles F. Kettering

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