Diesel engines do their hardest work in the toughest jobs, from highway semis to construction equipment, and the reason they ...

A.Here's a pressure-volume diagram for a combustion engine. Although rough, it is an approximation of the so-called air-standard cycle. '' Point (a) is at atmospheric pressure, after which the air is ...

Could diesel particulate filter (DPF) regenerations become a thing of the past? A Southern California startup that is gaining the attention of OEMs believes it’s possible. For the past few years in ...

Modern automobiles are powered by diesel and gasoline engines, which function according to different principles. For economy and torque, diesel engines use compression ignition, but gasoline engines ...

The US Army Research Laboratory has awarded the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign an $8 million, four-year contract to help develop new diesel-engine ignition technologies intended to allow ...

Diesel engines are different from gas engines in numerous ways, including their use of high compression ratios. Here's why ...