Comments on: Diesel engines

By: How to use wood gas in engines | Alternative car fuels

How to use wood gas in engines | Alternative car fuels — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:16:51 +0000

[...] combustion engines. It can be used in almost all four-stroke engines, both compression ignition (diesels) and spark ignition engines. In this article you’ll read how to use wood gas in [...]

By: Is engine conversion needed for biodiesel use? | Alternative car fuels

Is engine conversion needed for biodiesel use? | Alternative car fuels — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:37:45 +0000

[...] are also people who call vegetable oil the biodiesel. Using vegetable oil in your diesel engine indeed does require some engine modification. I wrote about it in the article Vegetable oil engine [...]

By: Can ethanol be used as fuel for internal combustion engines? | Alternative car fuels

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:18:08 +0000

[...] When Otto invented his first internal combustion engine in 1872, people didn’t know how to refine (distillate) crude oil. Because of that, no petroleum-derived fuel were available at that moment. So Otto used spirit (90-95% alcohol, or 180-190 proof) as a fuel for his engine. Ford T’s engine was able to work on gasoline, spirit or any mixture of those two substances. Even now, alcohol is quite a good fuel for spark ignition or even compression ignition (diesel) engines. [...]

By: Is vegetable oil suitable for using as diesel engine fuel? | Alternative car fuels

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:14:54 +0000

[...] oil can be used as an alternative fuel for diesel engines. In this article I’ll describe how to use straigh or waste vegetable oil for your compression [...]

By: Diesel engines

Diesel engines — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:03:54 +0000

[...] carnbikesaccessories.com â?? Retailer of Accessories for Cars and Bikes wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt Diesel engines, called also compression ignition engines, are internal combustion engines operating on Diesel cycle. The principals of this cycle as well as first diesel engine were discovered in 1890s by Rudolf Diesel. The combustion in diesel engine is started when the pressure in combustion chamber exceeds ignition point of fuel injected to the chamber. During the compression stroke, the air inside the combustion chamber is compressed and because of that it increases it’s temperature. On a [...]