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Diesel fuel is more stable and less flammable than gasoline. Diesel engines must use compression and high temperatures to ignite the dense fuel. For that reason, they're more expensive to produce and buy at the consumer level. However, the tradeoff is fuel efficiency. Diesel fuel's relative density means the engines get more miles per gallon than gas-powered models.
The inventor of the diesel engine leant his name to the invention - Robert Diesel. Diesel saw that inefficiency as a challenge. Gasoline engines then and now use compression on the fuel and air to prepare the gas for ignition via a spark plug.
Diesel started working on an engine that compressed only the air. This compression makes the air hot enough that it ignites the dense diesel fuel without needing a spark. He applied for patents in and Early prototypes of the diesel engine were unreliable. Unfortunately, Rudolf Diesel had to refund a lot of his early sales. So, by the time his invention was in use in military transports in the early s, his financial difficulties were too significant to overcome.
He died mysteriously - either of suicide or murder - while onboard a ship to England in In Rudolf Diesel's time, steam-powered and gas-powered engines were the main workhorses. Diesel designed his original engine as a replacement for these inefficient models. By the time of his death, thousands of diesel engines were in use around the world. Unfortunately, Rudolph Diesel was murdered in Some historians speculate that because of his engine design, several coal magnates entered into a conspiracy to kill him and prevent the spread of his creation.
The first locomotives were based on steam-engine designs in the s. Trains were the most efficient way to move commercial goods, especially coal. As trains developed, they got bigger and faster, requiring larger engines and higher temperatures. Coal would dominate the locomotive industry until the first diesel engines were made in the late s. These ultimately came to rule the industry in the early s. The diesel engine design, which is still used today, compresses the liquid to extreme pressures to cause it to ignite.
The combustion moves the piston and causes the motor to activate. The engine could be used for smaller vehicles like cars and trucks, but eventually, it was increased in size to accommodate large loads. Tractors, trains, and ships were using diesel engines within 20 years.
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