Diesel engine
device · 1897 · Electric age
A combustion engine with compression ignition.
Inventor: Rudolf Diesel.
What it is made of
- Piston — has part. Pistons move in the cylinders.
- Cylinder — has part. Cylinders.
- Crankshaft — has part. A crankshaft.
- High pressure fuel pump — has part. It delivers fuel to the injectors.
- Fuel injector — has part. It injects fuel into hot compressed air.
- Turbocharger — has part. Modern diesels are turbocharged.
Principles and materials it uses
- Fuel injection — uses. A diesel is a fuel-injection engine.
- Biofuel — uses. A diesel also runs on vegetable oil.
- Cast iron — is made of. The cylinder block is cast iron.
- Steel — is made of. The crankshaft and connecting rods are steel.
Where it is used
- Tank — is part of. Most modern tanks are powered by a diesel (the Mark I had a petrol engine).
- Excavator — is part of. The drive is a diesel.
- Diesel locomotive — is part of. The diesel turns a generator.
- Bus — is part of. The engine is usually a diesel.
- Truck — is part of. A diesel engine.
- Tractor — is part of. A diesel.
- Combine harvester — is part of. Self-propelled combines run on diesels.
- Container ship — is part of. A slow-speed diesel.
- Submarine — is part of. Diesel-electric submarines.
- Drilling rig — is part of. The drive.
- Tanker — is part of. A diesel.
- Tugboat — is part of. A powerful diesel.
- Road roller — is part of. A diesel.
- Hydrofoil — is part of. An engine.
What it is a kind of
- Internal combustion engine — is a kind of. A diesel is a kind of internal combustion engine.