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Engineering Education and History Blog: Diesel engines and environmental strategies

August 9th, 2008 · Add a Comment

Today in History – August 9, 1898 -Rudolf Diesel patents the diesel engine in the U.S. Rudolf Diesel’s goal was to “improve on the efficiency of the gasoline-engine” that used the Otto cycle. His new concept for the engine was to compress the air in the cylinder adiabatically. Once this high level of compression causes [...]

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