Rudolf Diesel and the Diesel Engine
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
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General Engineering, Engineering Science Mechanical Engineering Physics |
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Reference - Article/Document |
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Audio |
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Organization:Lemelson-MIT Program |
| Description: | "Diesel's design aimed for greater efficiency than was available with existing engines at the time. The diesel engine does not require an externally applied ignition to the mixture of air and fuel inside. Rather, this is accomplished through compressing the air inside the cylinder and heating it such that the fuel, which would be brought into contact with the air just before the end of the compression period, would ignite on its own. As a result the diesel engine would be smaller and lighter than the traditional engine used in most road vehicles and would not require the use of an additional fuel source for the ignition. " |
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| Publication Date: | February 2008 |
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WWW |
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Free |
| Download URL: | http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/diesel.html |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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