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323 relations: Adiabatic process, Adolphus Busch, Agricultural machinery, Aigrette-class submarine, Air pollution, Air-blast injection, Air–fuel ratio, Aircraft, Aircraft diesel engine, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Audi 100, Audi R10 TDI, Augsburg, Autoweek, Avgas, AvtoVAZ, B-segment, Belgium, Bergen Engines, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Biodiesel, Bladder cancer, BMW, BMW 3 Series (E36), BMW M57, BMW N57, Bosch (company), Brake-specific fuel consumption, Brayton cycle, Bryansk Machine-Building Plant, Budd Company, Bus, Cam (mechanism), Camshaft, Car, Car and Driver, Car controls, Carbon monoxide, Carburetor, Carcinogen, Carl von Linde, Carnot cycle, Caterpillar Energy Solutions, Century of Progress, Cessna, Cetane number, Citroën Rosalie, Clean Air Act (United States), Clessie Cummins, Coal dust, ... Expand index (273 more) »
- 1893 in Germany
- 1893 introductions
- Diesel engines
- Internal combustion piston engines
Adiabatic process
An adiabatic process (adiabatic) is a type of thermodynamic process that occurs without transferring heat or mass between the thermodynamic system and its environment.
See Diesel engine and Adiabatic process
Adolphus Busch
Adolphus Busch (10 July 1839 – 10 October 1913) was the German-born co-founder of Anheuser-Busch with his father-in-law, Eberhard Anheuser.
See Diesel engine and Adolphus Busch
Agricultural machinery
Agricultural machinery relates to the mechanical structures and devices used in farming or other agriculture.
See Diesel engine and Agricultural machinery
Aigrette-class submarine
The Aigrette-class submarines were a class of two submarines built for the French Navy between 1903 and 1905.
See Diesel engine and Aigrette-class submarine
Air pollution
Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials.
See Diesel engine and Air pollution
Air-blast injection
Air-blast injection is a historical direct injection system for Diesel engines.
See Diesel engine and Air-blast injection
Air–fuel ratio
Air–fuel ratio (AFR) is the mass ratio of air to a solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel present in a combustion process.
See Diesel engine and Air–fuel ratio
Aircraft
An aircraft (aircraft) is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.
See Diesel engine and Aircraft
Aircraft diesel engine
The aircraft diesel engine or aero diesel is a diesel-powered aircraft engine. Diesel engine and aircraft diesel engine are diesel engines.
See Diesel engine and Aircraft diesel engine
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is a Frederick, Maryland-based American non-profit political organization that advocates for general aviation.
See Diesel engine and Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Audi 100
The Audi 100 and Audi 200 (and sometimes called Audi 5000 in North America) are primarily mid-size/executive cars manufactured and marketed by the Audi division of the Volkswagen Group.
See Diesel engine and Audi 100
Audi R10 TDI
The Audi R10 TDI (Turbo Direct Injection) is a sports prototype designed and built by Audi in partnership with Dallara.
See Diesel engine and Audi R10 TDI
Augsburg
Augsburg (label) is a city in the Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich.
See Diesel engine and Augsburg
Autoweek
Autoweek is a car culture publication and magazine based in Detroit, Michigan.
See Diesel engine and Autoweek
Avgas
Avgas (aviation gasoline, also known as aviation spirit in the UK) is an aviation fuel used in aircraft with spark-ignited internal combustion engines.
AvtoVAZ
AvtoVAZ (p) is a Russian automobile manufacturing company owned by the state.
B-segment
The B-segment is the second smallest of the European segments for passenger cars, between the A-segment and C-segment, and commonly described as "small cars".
See Diesel engine and B-segment
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.
Bergen Engines
Bergen Engines AS is a diesel and gas engine manufacturer based in Bergen, Norway.
See Diesel engine and Bergen Engines
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is an Indian central public sector undertaking and the largest government-owned power generation equipment manufacturer.
See Diesel engine and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
Biodiesel
Biodiesel is a renewable biofuel, a form of diesel fuel, derived from biological sources like vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled greases, and consisting of long-chain fatty acid esters.
See Diesel engine and Biodiesel
Bladder cancer
Bladder cancer is any of several types of cancer arising from the tissues of the urinary bladder.
See Diesel engine and Bladder cancer
BMW
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, commonly abbreviated to BMW, is a German multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
BMW 3 Series (E36)
The third generation of the BMW 3 Series range of compact executive cars is designated under the model code E36, and was produced by the German automaker BMW from 1990 to 2000.
See Diesel engine and BMW 3 Series (E36)
BMW M57
The BMW M57 is a straight-6 diesel engine produced from 1998 up to 2013 in BMW's upper Austrian engine plant in Steyr.
BMW N57
The BMW N57 is a family of aluminium, turbocharged straight-6 common rail diesel engines.
Bosch (company)
Robert Bosch GmbH, commonly known as Bosch (styled BOSCH), is a German multinational engineering and technology company headquartered in Gerlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
See Diesel engine and Bosch (company)
Brake-specific fuel consumption
Brake-specific fuel consumption (BSFC) is a measure of the fuel efficiency of any prime mover that burns fuel and produces rotational, or shaft power.
See Diesel engine and Brake-specific fuel consumption
Brayton cycle
The Brayton cycle, also known as the Joule cycle, is a thermodynamic cycle that describes the operation of certain heat engines that have air or some other gas as their working fluid.
See Diesel engine and Brayton cycle
Bryansk Machine-Building Plant
Bryansk Machine-Building Plant (Брянский машиностроительный завод) is a company based in Bryansk, Russia and established in 1873.
See Diesel engine and Bryansk Machine-Building Plant
Budd Company
The Budd Company was a 20th-century metal fabricator, a major supplier of body components to the automobile industry, and a manufacturer of stainless steel passenger rail cars, airframes, missile and space vehicles, and various defense products.
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Bus
A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but less than the average rail transport.
Cam (mechanism)
A cam is a rotating or sliding piece in a mechanical linkage used especially in transforming rotary motion into linear motion.
See Diesel engine and Cam (mechanism)
Camshaft
A camshaft is a shaft that contains a row of pointed cams in order to convert rotational motion to reciprocating motion.
See Diesel engine and Camshaft
Car
A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Diesel engine and car are German inventions.
Car and Driver
Car and Driver (CD or C/D) is an American automotive enthusiast magazine first published in 1955.
See Diesel engine and Car and Driver
Car controls
Car controls are the components in automobiles and other powered road vehicles, such as trucks and buses, used for driving and parking.
See Diesel engine and Car controls
Carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide (chemical formula CO) is a poisonous, flammable gas that is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and slightly less dense than air.
See Diesel engine and Carbon monoxide
Carburetor
A carburetor (also spelled carburettor or carburetter) is a device used by a gasoline internal combustion engine to control and mix air and fuel entering the engine. Diesel engine and carburetor are German inventions.
See Diesel engine and Carburetor
Carcinogen
A carcinogen is any agent that promotes the development of cancer.
See Diesel engine and Carcinogen
Carl von Linde
Carl Paul Gottfried von Linde (11 June 1842 – 16 November 1934) was a German scientist, engineer, and businessman.
See Diesel engine and Carl von Linde
Carnot cycle
A Carnot cycle is an ideal thermodynamic cycle proposed by French physicist Sadi Carnot in 1824 and expanded upon by others in the 1830s and 1840s.
See Diesel engine and Carnot cycle
Caterpillar Energy Solutions
Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH, is a mechanical engineering company based in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
See Diesel engine and Caterpillar Energy Solutions
Century of Progress
A Century of Progress International Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, from 1933 to 1934.
See Diesel engine and Century of Progress
Cessna
Cessna is an American brand of general aviation aircraft owned by Textron Aviation since 2014, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.
Cetane number
Cetane number (cetane rating) (CN) is an indicator of the combustion speed of diesel fuel and compression needed for ignition.
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Citroën Rosalie
The original Citroën Rosalie was a light-weight racing car that established a succession of records at the Montlhéry racing circuit.
See Diesel engine and Citroën Rosalie
Clean Air Act (United States)
The Clean Air Act (CAA) is the United States' primary federal air quality law, intended to reduce and control air pollution nationwide.
See Diesel engine and Clean Air Act (United States)
Clessie Cummins
Clessie Lyle Cummins (December 27, 1888 – August 17, 1968) was the founder of the Cummins Engine Co.
See Diesel engine and Clessie Cummins
Coal dust
Coal dust is a fine-powdered form of coal which is created by the crushing, grinding, or pulverization of coal rock.
See Diesel engine and Coal dust
Combined cycle power plant
A combined cycle power plant is an assembly of heat engines that work in tandem from the same source of heat, converting it into mechanical energy.
See Diesel engine and Combined cycle power plant
Combustibility and flammability
A combustible material is a material that can burn (i.e., sustain a flame) in air under certain conditions.
See Diesel engine and Combustibility and flammability
Combustion
Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke.
See Diesel engine and Combustion
Combustion chamber
A combustion chamber is part of an internal combustion engine in which the fuel/air mix is burned.
See Diesel engine and Combustion chamber
Common ethanol fuel mixtures
Several common ethanol fuel mixtures are in use around the world.
See Diesel engine and Common ethanol fuel mixtures
Common rail
Common rail direct fuel injection is a direct fuel injection system built around a high-pressure (over) fuel rail feeding solenoid valves, as opposed to a low-pressure fuel pump feeding unit injectors (or pump nozzles).
See Diesel engine and Common rail
Compression (physics)
In mechanics, compression is the application of balanced inward ("pushing") forces to different points on a material or structure, that is, forces with no net sum or torque directed so as to reduce its size in one or more directions.
See Diesel engine and Compression (physics)
Compression ratio
The compression ratio is the ratio between the volume of the cylinder and combustion chamber in an internal combustion engine at their maximum and minimum values.
See Diesel engine and Compression ratio
Compression release engine brake
A compression release engine brake, compression brake, or decompression brake is an engine braking mechanism installed on some diesel engines.
See Diesel engine and Compression release engine brake
Compressor
A compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume.
See Diesel engine and Compressor
Continental Aerospace Technologies
Continental Aerospace Technologies is an aircraft engine manufacturer located at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile, Alabama, United States.
See Diesel engine and Continental Aerospace Technologies
Creosote
Creosote is a category of carbonaceous chemicals formed by the distillation of various tars and pyrolysis of plant-derived material, such as wood, or fossil fuel.
See Diesel engine and Creosote
Cummins
Cummins Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and distributes engines, filtration, and power generation products.
Cylinder (engine)
In a reciprocating engine, the cylinder is the space in which a piston travels.
See Diesel engine and Cylinder (engine)
Daimler-Benz DB 602
The Daimler-Benz DB 602, originally known as Daimler-Benz LOF.6, was a German diesel cycle aero engine designed and built in the early 1930s.
See Diesel engine and Daimler-Benz DB 602
Dead centre (engineering)
In a reciprocating engine, the dead centre is the position of a piston in which it is either farthest from, or nearest to, the crankshaft.
See Diesel engine and Dead centre (engineering)
Der Spiegel
(stylized in all caps) is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg.
See Diesel engine and Der Spiegel
DESA company
Iran Heavy Diesel Manufacturing Company (DESA), is an Iranian company which is a manufacturer of heavy diesel engines from 200 to 3500 kW for railway, marine and power generation purposes.
See Diesel engine and DESA company
Detroit Diesel
Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC) is an American diesel engine manufacturer headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.
See Diesel engine and Detroit Diesel
Detroit Diesel Series 71
The Detroit Diesel Series 71 is a two-stroke diesel engine series, available in both inline and V configurations, manufactured by Detroit Diesel.
See Diesel engine and Detroit Diesel Series 71
Deutsche Reichsbahn
The Deutsche Reichsbahn, also known as the German National Railway, the German State Railway, German Reich Railway, and the German Imperial Railway, was the German national railway system created after the end of World War I from the regional railways of the individual states of the German Empire.
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Diamond Aircraft Industries
Diamond Aircraft Industries is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft and motor gliders, based in Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, Austria.
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Diamond DA40 Diamond Star
The Diamond DA40 Diamond Star is an Austrian four-seat, single-engine, light aircraft constructed from composite materials.
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Diamond DA42 Twin Star
The Diamond DA42 Twin Star is a four seat, twin engine, propeller-driven airplane developed and manufactured in Austria and Canada by Diamond Aircraft Industries, an Austrian subsidiary of China-based Wanfeng Aviation.
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Diesel automobile racing
Diesel automobile racing can refer to any use of diesel as a fuel for racing cars.
See Diesel engine and Diesel automobile racing
Diesel cycle
The Diesel cycle is a combustion process of a reciprocating internal combustion engine.
See Diesel engine and Diesel cycle
Diesel engine
The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine). Diesel engine and diesel engine are 1893 in Germany, 1893 introductions, diesel engines, German inventions and internal combustion piston engines.
See Diesel engine and Diesel engine
Diesel engine runaway
Diesel engine runaway is an occurrence in diesel engines, in which the engine draws extra fuel from an unintended source and overspeeds at higher and higher RPM, producing up to ten times the engine's rated output until destroyed by mechanical failure or bearing seizure due to a lack of lubrication. Diesel engine and diesel engine runaway are diesel engines.
See Diesel engine and Diesel engine runaway
Diesel exhaust
Diesel exhaust is the gaseous exhaust produced by a diesel type of internal combustion engine, plus any contained particulates. Diesel engine and diesel exhaust are diesel engines.
See Diesel engine and Diesel exhaust
Diesel fuel
Diesel fuel, also called diesel oil, heavy oil (historically) or simply diesel, is any liquid fuel specifically designed for use in a diesel engine, a type of internal combustion engine in which fuel ignition takes place without a spark as a result of compression of the inlet air and then injection of fuel. Diesel engine and diesel fuel are diesel engines.
See Diesel engine and Diesel fuel
Diesel generator
A diesel generator (DG) (also known as a diesel genset) is the combination of a diesel engine with an electric generator (often an alternator) to generate electrical energy.
See Diesel engine and Diesel generator
Diesel locomotive
A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the power source is a diesel engine. Diesel engine and diesel locomotive are diesel engines.
See Diesel engine and Diesel locomotive
Diesel multiple unit
A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines.
See Diesel engine and Diesel multiple unit
Diesel–electric powertrain
A diesel–electric transmission, or diesel–electric powertrain, is a transmission system for vehicles powered by diesel engines in road, rail, and marine transport. Diesel engine and diesel–electric powertrain are diesel engines.
See Diesel engine and Diesel–electric powertrain
DieselHouse
DieselHouse is an interactive exhibition on diesel technology located on the grounds of the still operating H. C. Ørsted Power Station in the South Docklands of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Dieselisation
Dieselisation (US: dieselization) is the process of equipping vehicles with a diesel engine or diesel engines.
See Diesel engine and Dieselisation
Diethyl ether
Diethyl ether, or simply ether, is an organic compound with the chemical formula, sometimes abbreviated as.
See Diesel engine and Diethyl ether
Diffusion flame
In combustion, a diffusion flame is a flame in which the oxidizer and fuel are separated before burning.
See Diesel engine and Diffusion flame
Doosan Enerbility
Doosan Enerbility Co., Ltd., (a combination of words Energy and Sustainability) formerly known as Doosan Heavy Industries, is a heavy industrial company headquartered in Changwon, South Korea.
See Diesel engine and Doosan Enerbility
Electric generator
In electricity generation, a generator is a device that converts motion-based power (potential and kinetic energy) or fuel-based power (chemical energy) into electric power for use in an external circuit.
See Diesel engine and Electric generator
Electric locomotive
An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor.
See Diesel engine and Electric locomotive
Electro-Motive Diesel
Electro-Motive Diesel (abbreviated EMD) is a brand of diesel-electric locomotives, locomotive products and diesel engines for the rail industry.
See Diesel engine and Electro-Motive Diesel
Electromagnetic interference
Electromagnetic interference (EMI), also called radio-frequency interference (RFI) when in the radio frequency spectrum, is a disturbance generated by an external source that affects an electrical circuit by electromagnetic induction, electrostatic coupling, or conduction.
See Diesel engine and Electromagnetic interference
Electronic control unit
An electronic control unit (ECU), also known as an electronic control module (ECM), is an embedded system in automotive electronics that controls one or more of the electrical systems or subsystems in a car or other motor vehicle.
See Diesel engine and Electronic control unit
EMD 567
The EMD 567 is a line of large medium-speed diesel engines built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division.
EMD 645
The EMD 645 is a family of two-stroke diesel engines that was designed and manufactured by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors.
EMD 710
The EMD 710 is a line of diesel engines built by Electro-Motive Diesel (previously General Motors' Electro-Motive Division).
EN 14214
EN 14214 is a standard published by the European Committee for Standardization that describes the requirements and test methods for FAME - the most common type of biodiesel.
See Diesel engine and EN 14214
EN 590
EN 590 is a standard published by the European Committee for Standardization that describes the physical and chemical properties that all automotive diesel fuel must meet if it is to be sold in the European Union and several other European countries.
Engine control unit
An engine control unit (ECU), also called an engine control module (ECM), is a device which controls multiple systems of an internal combustion engine in a single unit.
See Diesel engine and Engine control unit
Engine efficiency
Engine efficiency of thermal engines is the relationship between the total energy contained in the fuel, and the amount of energy used to perform useful work.
See Diesel engine and Engine efficiency
Engine knocking
In spark-ignition internal combustion engines, knocking (also knock, detonation, spark knock, pinging or pinking) occurs when combustion of some of the air/fuel mixture in the cylinder does not result from propagation of the flame front ignited by the spark plug, but when one or more pockets of air/fuel mixture explode outside the envelope of the normal combustion front.
See Diesel engine and Engine knocking
English Channel
The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.
See Diesel engine and English Channel
Environmental movement
The environmental movement (sometimes referred to as the ecology movement) is a social movement that aims to protect the natural world from harmful environmental practices in order to create sustainable living.
See Diesel engine and Environmental movement
Ethanol
Ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is an organic compound with the chemical formula.
European emission standards
The European emission standards are vehicle emission standards for pollution from the use of new land surface vehicles sold in the European Union and European Economic Area member states and the United Kingdom, and ships in EU waters.
See Diesel engine and European emission standards
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
See Diesel engine and European Union
Exhaust gas
Exhaust gas or flue gas is emitted as a result of the combustion of fuels such as natural gas, gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, fuel oil, biodiesel blends, or coal.
See Diesel engine and Exhaust gas
Exhaust gas recirculation
In internal combustion engines, exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) is a nitrogen oxide emissions reduction technique used in petrol/gasoline, diesel engines and some hydrogen engines.
See Diesel engine and Exhaust gas recirculation
Expansion ratio
The expansion ratio of a liquefied and cryogenic substance is the volume of a given amount of that substance in liquid form compared to the volume of the same amount of substance in gaseous form, at room temperature and normal atmospheric pressure.
See Diesel engine and Expansion ratio
External combustion engine
An external combustion engine (EC engine) is a reciprocating heat engine where a working fluid, contained internally, is heated by combustion in an external source, through the engine wall or a heat exchanger.
See Diesel engine and External combustion engine
Fairbanks-Morse
Fairbanks, Morse and Company was an American manufacturing company in the late 19th and early 20th century.
See Diesel engine and Fairbanks-Morse
Fatty acid methyl ester
Fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) are a type of fatty acid ester that are derived by transesterification of fats with methanol.
See Diesel engine and Fatty acid methyl ester
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation which regulates civil aviation in the United States and surrounding international waters.
See Diesel engine and Federal Aviation Administration
Fiat Croma
The Fiat Croma name was used for two distinct large family cars by Fiat, one a five door liftback manufactured and marketed from 1985 to 1996, and after a nine-year hiatus, a crossover station wagon manufactured and marketed from 2005 to 2010.
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Fire making
Fire making, fire lighting or fire craft is the process of artificially starting a fire.
See Diesel engine and Fire making
Fire piston
A fire piston, sometimes called a fire syringe or a slam rod fire starter, is a device of ancient Southeast Asian origin which is used to kindle fire.
See Diesel engine and Fire piston
Flame-start system
The flame-start system is a cold start aid for starting diesel engines at low ambient temperatures.
See Diesel engine and Flame-start system
Flat engine
A flat engine is a piston engine where the cylinders are located on either side of a central crankshaft.
See Diesel engine and Flat engine
Flying (magazine)
Flying, sometimes styled FLYING, is an aviation magazine published since 1927 and called ''Popular Aviation'' prior to 1942, as well as Aeronautics for a brief period.
See Diesel engine and Flying (magazine)
Forced induction
In an internal combustion engine, forced induction is where turbocharging or supercharging is used to increase the density of the intake air.
See Diesel engine and Forced induction
Four-stroke engine
A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft. Diesel engine and four-stroke engine are internal combustion piston engines.
See Diesel engine and Four-stroke engine
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Freight train
A freight train, also called a goods train or cargo train, is a railway train that is used to carry cargo, as opposed to passengers.
See Diesel engine and Freight train
Friedrich Sass
Friedrich Sass (6 January 1883 – 26 February 1968) was a German engineer, university professor and historian.
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Fuel efficiency
Fuel efficiency (or fuel economy) is a form of thermal efficiency, meaning the ratio of effort to result of a process that converts chemical potential energy contained in a carrier (fuel) into kinetic energy or work.
See Diesel engine and Fuel efficiency
Fuel gas
Fuel gas is one of a number of fuels that under ordinary conditions are gaseous.
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Fuel injection
Fuel injection is the introduction of fuel in an internal combustion engine, most commonly automotive engines, by the means of an injector.
See Diesel engine and Fuel injection
Fuel oil
Fuel oil is any of various fractions obtained from the distillation of petroleum (crude oil).
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Fuel tank
A fuel tank (also called a petrol tank or gas tank) is a safe container for flammable fluids, often gasoline or diesel fuel.
See Diesel engine and Fuel tank
Gas engine
A gas engine is an internal combustion engine that runs on a fuel gas (a gaseous fuel), such as coal gas, producer gas, biogas, landfill gas, natural gas or hydrogen. Diesel engine and gas engine are internal combustion piston engines.
See Diesel engine and Gas engine
Gasoline
Gasoline or petrol is a petrochemical product characterized as a transparent, yellowish, and flammable liquid normally used as a fuel for spark-ignited internal combustion engines.
See Diesel engine and Gasoline
GAZ
GAZ or Gorkovsky avtomobilny zavod (Gorky Automobile Plant) is a Russian automotive manufacturer located in Nizhny Novgorod, formerly known as Gorky (Горький) (1932–1990).
GE Transportation
GE Transportation is a division of Wabtec.
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General aviation
General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations except for commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services for other purposes.
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General Electric
General Electric Company (GE) was an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, incorporated in the state of New York and headquartered in Boston.
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General Motors
General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
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George Brayton
George Bailey Brayton (1830–1892) was an American mechanical engineer and inventor.
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German Empire
The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Glasair Aviation
Glasair Aviation USA, LLC is a Chinese-owned aircraft manufacturer based in Arlington, Washington that produces the Glasair and Sportsman 2+2 line of homebuilt aircraft.
See Diesel engine and Glasair Aviation
Glow plug
In a diesel engine, a glow plug (also spelled glowplug) is a heating device used to aid starting of the engine in cold weather.
See Diesel engine and Glow plug
Governor (device)
A governor, or speed limiter or controller, is a device used to measure and regulate the speed of a machine, such as an engine.
See Diesel engine and Governor (device)
Great Depression
The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.
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Groove (engineering)
In manufacturing or mechanical engineering a groove is a long and narrow indentation built into a material, generally for the purpose of allowing another material or part to move within the groove and be guided by it.
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Heat of combustion
The heating value (or energy value or calorific value) of a substance, usually a fuel or food (see food energy), is the amount of heat released during the combustion of a specified amount of it.
See Diesel engine and Heat of combustion
Heavy equipment
Heavy equipment, heavy machinery, earthmovers, construction vehicles, or construction equipment, refers to heavy-duty vehicles specially designed to execute construction tasks, most frequently involving earthwork operations or other large construction tasks.
See Diesel engine and Heavy equipment
Henan Diesel Engine Industry Company
Henan Diesel Engine Industry Co., Ltd is a member of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) and the research and manufacturing base of high and medium-speed, high power diesel engines in China, specialized in manufacturing, sale and service of diesel engines, gas engines, diesel generating sets, gas generating sets and emergency/fire pump sets.
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Historical negationism
Historical negationism, also called historical denialism, is falsification or distortion of the historical record.
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History of the internal combustion engine
Internal combustion engines date back to between the 10th and 13th centuries, when the first rocket engines were invented in China.
See Diesel engine and History of the internal combustion engine
Homogeneity and heterogeneity
Homogeneity and heterogeneity are concepts relating to the uniformity of a substance, process or image.
See Diesel engine and Homogeneity and heterogeneity
Homogeneous charge compression ignition
Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) is a form of internal combustion in which well-mixed fuel and oxidizer (typically air) are compressed to the point of auto-ignition.
See Diesel engine and Homogeneous charge compression ignition
Hot-bulb engine
The hot-bulb engine, also known as a semi-diesel, is a type of internal combustion engine in which fuel ignites by coming in contact with a red-hot metal surface inside a bulb, followed by the introduction of air (oxygen) compressed into the hot-bulb chamber by the rising piston. Diesel engine and hot-bulb engine are internal combustion piston engines.
See Diesel engine and Hot-bulb engine
Hugo Güldner
Carl Hugo Güldner (18 July 1866 – 12 March 1926) was a German engineer and inventor.
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Hydrocarbon
In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon.
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IARC group 1 Carcinogens
IARC group 1 Carcinogens are substances, chemical mixtures, and exposure circumstances which have been classified as carcinogenic to humans by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
See Diesel engine and IARC group 1 Carcinogens
IFA W 50
The IFA W 50 is a medium-duty truck built by the East German IFA conglomerate at their Ludwigsfelde plant from 1965 until 1990.
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Imanuel Lauster
Imanuel Lauster (28 January 1873 – 15 March 1948) was a German engineer and businessman, who worked for Rudolf Diesel and drew up Diesel’s design for the first Diesel engine, Motor 250/400.
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Indicator diagram
An indicator diagram is a chart used to measure the thermal, or cylinder, performance of reciprocating steam and internal combustion engines and compressors.
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Indirect injection
Indirect injection in an internal combustion engine is fuel injection where fuel is not directly injected into the combustion chamber.
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Injection pump
An injection pump is the device that pumps fuel into the cylinders of a diesel engine.
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Injector
An injector is a system of ducting and nozzles used to direct the flow of a high-pressure fluid in such a way that a lower pressure fluid is entrained in the jet and carried through a duct to a region of higher pressure.
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Intercooler
An intercooler is a heat exchanger used to cool a gas after compression.
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Internal combustion engine
An internal combustion engine (ICE or IC engine) is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.
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Iran Khodro Diesel
Iran Khodro Diesel Company (ایران خودرو دیزل) is manufacturer of commercial vehicles (trucks, buses, minibuses & vans) in the Iranian market and in the market of several other countries with political agreements in the Middle East, CIS and Africa with half a century experience under license of Daimler-Benz of Germany.
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Isotta Fraschini
Isotta Fraschini is an Italian luxury car manufacturer, also producing trucks, as well as engines for marine and aviation use.
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc.
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Jet fuel
Jet fuel or aviation turbine fuel (ATF, also abbreviated avtur) is a type of aviation fuel designed for use in aircraft powered by gas-turbine engines.
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Junkers
Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG (JFM, earlier JCO or JKO in World War I, English: Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works) more commonly Junkers, was a major German aircraft and aircraft engine manufacturer.
Junkers Jumo 205
The Jumo 205 aircraft engine was the most famous of a series of aircraft diesel engines produced by Junkers.
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Kerosene
Kerosene, or paraffin, is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid which is derived from petroleum.
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Kharkiv model V-2
The Kharkiv model V-2 (В-2) was a Soviet diesel tank V-12 engine, the V angle at 60°, with dual overhead camshafts per bank, four valves per cylinder opened by bucket-style followers and direct fuel injection, features found on modern high-performance diesel engines.
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KHD Humboldt Wedag
KHD Humboldt Wedag is an engineering company that supplies machinery, parts, and services, including process engineering and project management to the global cement industry.
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Kolomna Locomotive Works
The Kolomna Locomotive Works (Kolomensky zavod) is a major producer of railway locomotives as well as locomotive and marine diesel engines in Russia.
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Konstantin Chelpan
Konstantin Fyodorovich Chelpan (Константин Фёдорович Челпан; 27 May 1899 – 10 March 1938) was a prominent Soviet engineer of Greek background.
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Krupp
Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp (formerly Friedrich Krupp GmbH), trading as Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century as well as Germany's premier weapons manufacturer during both world wars.
Ligroin
Ligroin is the petroleum fraction consisting mostly of C7 and C8 hydrocarbons and boiling in the range 90‒140 °C (194–284 °F).
Lipid
Lipids are a broad group of organic compounds which include fats, waxes, sterols, fat-soluble vitamins (such as vitamins A, D, E and K), monoglycerides, diglycerides, phospholipids, and others.
Liquefied natural gas
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled down to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport.
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Liquefied petroleum gas
Liquefied petroleum gas, also referred to as liquid petroleum gas (LPG or LP gas), is a fuel gas which contains a flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases, specifically propane, ''n''-butane and isobutane.
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Locomotive
A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Lung cancer
Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung.
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LZ 129 Hindenburg
LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the ''Hindenburg'' class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume.
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M-System
The MAN M-System, also referred to as M-Process and M combustion process, is a direct injection system for Diesel engines. Diesel engine and m-System are German inventions.
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MAN Diesel
MAN Diesel SE was a German manufacturer of large-bore diesel engines for marine propulsion systems and power plant applications.
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MAN SE
MAN SE (abbreviation of Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg) was a manufacturing and engineering company based in Munich, Germany.
Manifold injection
Manifold injection is a mixture formation system for internal combustion engines with external mixture formation.
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MAPNA Group
MAPNA Group (گروه مپنا) is a group of Iranian companies involved in development and execution of thermal and renewable power plants, oil & gas, railway transportation and other industrial projects as well as manufacturing main equipment including gas and steam turbines, electrical generator, turbine blade and vane, HRSG and conventional boilers, electric and control systems, gas compressor, locomotive and other pertinent equipment.
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Mean effective pressure
The mean effective pressure (MEP) is a quantity relating to the operation of a reciprocating engine and is a measure of an engine's capacity to do work that is independent of engine displacement.
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Mechanics
Mechanics (from Ancient Greek: μηχανική, mēkhanikḗ, "of machines") is the area of physics concerned with the relationships between force, matter, and motion among physical objects.
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Mercedes-Benz 260 D
The Mercedes-Benz 260 D, coded Mercedes-Benz W 138 according to internal works designation, was one of the first three diesel engined series produced passenger cars, together with 1933 Citroën Rosalie 11UD and the diesel version of the Hanomag Rekord.
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Mercedes-Benz Group
The Mercedes-Benz Group AG (previously named Daimler-Benz, DaimlerChrysler and Daimler) is a German multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Mercedes-Benz OM 138
The Mercedes-Benz OM 138 is a diesel engine manufactured by Daimler-Benz.
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Mercedes-Benz OM617 engine
The OM617 engine family is a straight-5 diesel automobile engine from Mercedes-Benz used in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Mercedes-Benz OM642 engine
The Mercedes-Benz OM642 engine is a, 24-valve, aluminium/aluminium block and heads diesel 72° V6 engine manufactured by the Mercedes-Benz division of Daimler AG as a replacement for the Mercedes straight-5 and straight-6 cylinder engines.
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Mitsubishi 4N1 engine
The Mitsubishi 4N1 engines are a family of all-alloy four-cylinder diesel engines developed by Mitsubishi Motors, produced at the company's powertrain facility in Kyoto, Japan for use in Mitsubishi's small to mid-sized global passenger cars.
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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Mitsubishi Motors
is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
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Moment of inertia
The moment of inertia, otherwise known as the mass moment of inertia, angular/rotational mass, second moment of mass, or most accurately, rotational inertia, of a rigid body is a quantity that determines the torque needed for a desired angular acceleration about a rotational axis, akin to how mass determines the force needed for a desired acceleration.
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Mooney International Corporation
The Mooney International Corporation (formerly Mooney Aviation Company, Inc. and the Mooney Aircraft Company) is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Kerrville, Texas, United States.
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Moritz Schröter
Maximilian Moritz Schröter (25 February 1851 – 12 March 1925) was a German industrial engineer and university professor of thermodynamics and the theory of machines.
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Motor 250/400
The Motor 250/400 is the first functional diesel engine.
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MS Selandia
Selandia (after the Latin name for the Danish island of Sjælland) was the name of three ships of the Danish East Asiatic Company, the best known of which, the first MS Selandia of 1912, was the most advanced ocean-going diesel motor ship of her time.
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MTU Friedrichshafen
MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH is a German manufacturer of commercial internal combustion engines founded by Wilhelm Maybach and his son Karl Maybach in 1909.
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Munich
Munich (München) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany.
Naphtha
Naphtha is a flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture.
Natural gas
Natural gas (also called fossil gas, methane gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane (95%) in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes.
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Nürburgring 24 Hours
The Nürburgring 24 Hours is a 24-hour annual touring car and GT endurance racing event that takes place on a combination of the Nordschleife ("North Loop") and the GP-Strecke ("Grand Prix track") circuits of the Nürburgring in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Needle valve
A needle valve is a type of valve with a small port and a threaded, needle-shaped plunger.
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New London Ship and Engine Company
The New London Ship and Engine Company (NELSECO) was established in Groton, Connecticut as a subsidiary of the Electric Boat Company to manufacture diesel engines.
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Non-road engine
Non-road engines (or non-road mobile machinery in the European union) are engines that are used for other purposes than a motor vehicle that is used on a public roadway.
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NOx
In atmospheric chemistry, is shorthand for nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide, the nitrogen oxides that are most relevant for air pollution.
NOx adsorber
A adsorber or trap (also called Lean trap, abbr. LNT) is a device that is used to reduce oxides of nitrogen (NO and NO2) emissions from a lean burn internal combustion engine by means of adsorption.
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Octane rating
An octane rating, or octane number, is a standard measure of a fuel's ability to withstand compression in an internal combustion engine without causing engine knocking.
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Off-road vehicle
An off-road vehicle (ORV), sometimes referred to as an off-highway vehicle (OHV), overland vehicle, or adventure vehicle, is considered to be any type of vehicle that is capable of driving on paved or gravel surfaces, such as trails and forest roads that have rough and low traction surfaces.
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Opel Vectra
The Opel Vectra is a mid-size car (large family car) that was engineered and produced by the German automaker Opel from 1988 until 2010.
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Otto cycle
An Otto cycle is an idealized thermodynamic cycle that describes the functioning of a typical spark ignition piston engine.
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Otto engine
The Otto engine is a large stationary single-cylinder internal combustion four-stroke engine, designed by the German Nicolaus Otto. Diesel engine and Otto engine are German inventions and internal combustion piston engines.
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Packard
Packard (formerly the Packard Motor Car Company) was an American luxury automobile company located in Detroit, Michigan.
Packard DR-980
The Packard DR-980 is an American nine-cylinder air-cooled aircraft Diesel engine first certificated in 1930.
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Partially premixed combustion
Partially premixed combustion (PPC), also known as PPCI (partially-premixed compression ignition) or GDCI (gasoline direct-injection compression-ignition) is a modern combustion process intended to be used in internal combustion engines of automobiles and other motorized vehicles in the future. Diesel engine and Partially premixed combustion are internal combustion piston engines.
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Particulates
Particulates or atmospheric particulate matter (see below for other names) are microscopic particles of solid or liquid matter suspended in the air.
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Petrochemical
Petrochemicals (sometimes abbreviated as petchems) are the chemical products obtained from petroleum by refining.
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Petrol engine
A petrol engine (gasoline engine in American and Canadian English) is an internal combustion engine designed to run on petrol (gasoline). Diesel engine and petrol engine are German inventions and internal combustion piston engines.
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Petroleum
Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.
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Peugeot 403
The Peugeot 403 is a mid-size car manufactured and marketed by Peugeot between May 1955 and October 1966.
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Piezoelectricity
Piezoelectricity is the electric charge that accumulates in certain solid materials—such as crystals, certain ceramics, and biological matter such as bone, DNA, and various proteins—in response to applied mechanical stress.
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Pioneer Zephyr
The Pioneer Zephyr is a diesel-powered trainset built by the Budd Company in 1934 for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), commonly known as the Burlington Route.
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Piper Aircraft
Piper Aircraft, Inc. is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, located at the Vero Beach Regional Airport in Vero Beach, Florida, United States and owned since 2009 by the Government of Brunei.
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Piper PA-28 Cherokee
The Piper PA-28 Cherokee is a family of two-seat or four-seat light aircraft built by Piper Aircraft and designed for flight training, air taxi and personal use.
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Piston
A piston is a component of reciprocating engines, reciprocating pumps, gas compressors, hydraulic cylinders and pneumatic cylinders, among other similar mechanisms.
Power (physics)
Power is the amount of energy transferred or converted per unit time.
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Power-to-weight ratio
Power-to-weight ratio (PWR, also called specific power, or power-to-mass ratio) is a calculation commonly applied to engines and mobile power sources to enable the comparison of one unit or design to another.
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Premixed flame
A premixed flame is a flame formed under certain conditions during the combustion of a premixed charge (also called pre-mixture) of fuel and oxidiser.
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Pressure–volume diagram
A pressure–volume diagram (or PV diagram, or volume–pressure loop) is used to describe corresponding changes in volume and pressure in a system.
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Prosper L'Orange
Prosper L'Orange (born 1 February 1876, Beirut; died 30 July 1939, Stuttgart) was a German engineer and inventor who pioneered the precombustion chamber (or prechamber), which made possible high-speed diesel engines that did not require an air compressor, and enabled them to be built small enough for use in road vehicles.
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Pump
A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes slurries, by mechanical action, typically converted from electrical energy into hydraulic energy.
Radial engine
The radial engine is a reciprocating type internal combustion engine configuration in which the cylinders "radiate" outward from a central crankcase like the spokes of a wheel.
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Reactivity controlled compression ignition
Reactivity controlled compression ignition (RCCI) is a form of internal combustion developed at the Engine Research Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States, by the research group of Wisconsin Distinguished Professor Rolf Reitz. Diesel engine and Reactivity controlled compression ignition are internal combustion piston engines.
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Reciprocating engine
A reciprocating engine, also often known as a piston engine, is typically a heat engine that uses one or more reciprocating pistons to convert high temperature and high pressure into a rotating motion.
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Robin Aircraft
Robin Aircraft is a French manufacturer of light aircraft.
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Roll-on/roll-off
Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle, such as a self-propelled modular transporter.
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Rolls-Royce Power Systems
Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG is a German company owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings with holdings in engine manufacturing brands and facilities.
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Rudolf Diesel
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (18 March 1858 – 29 September 1913) was a German inventor and mechanical engineer who is famous for having invented the Diesel engine, which burns Diesel fuel; both are named after him.
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Schnuerle porting
Schnuerle porting is a system to improve efficiency of a valveless two-stroke engine by giving better scavenging.
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Selective catalytic reduction
Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) means of converting nitrogen oxides, also referred to as with the aid of a catalyst into diatomic nitrogen, and water.
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Serpentine belt
A serpentine belt (or drive belt) is a single, continuous belt used to drive multiple peripheral devices in an automotive engine, such as an alternator, power steering pump, water pump, air conditioning compressor, air pump, etc.
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Shaanxi Diesel Engine Heavy Industry
Shaanxi Diesel Engine Heavy Industry, Co.
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Ship
A ship is a large vessel that travels the world's oceans and other navigable waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research and fishing.
Siemens
Siemens AG is a German multinational technology conglomerate.
Sinara Transport Machines
Sinara Transport Machines (ОАО «Синара – Транспортные машины») is a Russian transportation vehicle manufacturing and engineering company based in Yekaterinburg.
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Smart Fortwo
The Smart Fortwo (stylized as "smart fortwo") is a two-seater city car built by the Smart division of the Mercedes-Benz Group from 1998 to 2024.
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Solenoid
An illustration of a solenoid Magnetic field created by a seven-loop solenoid (cross-sectional view) described using field lines A solenoid is a type of electromagnet formed by a helical coil of wire whose length is substantially greater than its diameter, which generates a controlled magnetic field.
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Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.
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Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
Spark plug
A spark plug (sometimes, in British English, a sparking plug, and, colloquially, a plug) is a device for delivering electric current from an ignition system to the combustion chamber of a spark-ignition engine to ignite the compressed fuel/air mixture by an electric spark, while containing combustion pressure within the engine.
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Spark-ignition engine
A spark-ignition engine (SI engine) is an internal combustion engine, generally a petrol engine, where the combustion process of the air-fuel mixture is ignited by a spark from a spark plug. Diesel engine and spark-ignition engine are internal combustion piston engines.
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Starter (engine)
A starter (also self-starter, cranking motor, or starter motor) is a device used to rotate (crank) an internal-combustion engine so as to initiate the engine's operation under its own power.
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Steam engine
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.
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Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.
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Steyr Motors GmbH
Steyr Motors is an Austrian manufacturer of Diesel-engines based in Steyr, Upper-Austria.
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Straight engine
The straight engine (also called inline engine) is a configuration of multi-cylinder piston engine where all of the cylinders are arranged in a single row, rather than radially or in two or more cylinder banks.
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Stroke ratio
Stroke ratio, today universally defined as bore/stroke ratio, is a term to describe the ratio between cylinder bore diameter and piston stroke length in a reciprocating piston engine.
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Subaru
is the automobile manufacturing division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Subaru Corporation (formerly known as Fuji Heavy Industries), the twenty-first largest automaker by production worldwide in 2017.
Submarine
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.
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Sulzer (manufacturer)
Sulzer Ltd. is a Swiss industrial engineering and manufacturing firm, founded by Salomon Sulzer-Bernet in 1775 and established as Sulzer Brothers Ltd. (Gebrüder Sulzer) in 1834 in Winterthur, Switzerland.
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Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.
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Synthetic fuel
Synthetic fuel or synfuel is a liquid fuel, or sometimes gaseous fuel, obtained from syngas, a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, in which the syngas was derived from gasification of solid feedstocks such as coal or biomass or by reforming of natural gas.
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T-34
The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank from World War II.
TDI (engine)
TDI (Turbocharged Direct Injection) is Volkswagen Group's term for its current common rail direct injection turbodiesel engine range that have an intercooler in addition to the turbo compressor.
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Technify Motors
Technify Motors GmbH is an aircraft Diesel engine manufacturer based in Sankt Egidien, Germany.
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Tecnam
Costruzioni Aeronautiche TECNAM S.p.A., commonly known as simply Tecnam, is an Italian aircraft manufacturer.
Tetraethyllead
Tetraethyllead (commonly styled tetraethyl lead), abbreviated TEL, is an organolead compound with the formula Pb(C2H5)4.
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The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Theory and Construction of a Rational Heat Motor
Theory and Construction of a Rational Heat Motor (Theorie und Konstruktion eines rationellen Wärmemotors zum Ersatz der Dampfmaschine und der heute bekannten Verbrennungsmotoren; English: Theory and construction of a rational heat motor with the purpose of replacing the steam engine and the internal combustion engines known today) is an essay written by German engineer Rudolf Diesel.
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Thermal efficiency
In thermodynamics, the thermal efficiency (\eta_) is a dimensionless performance measure of a device that uses thermal energy, such as an internal combustion engine, steam turbine, steam engine, boiler, furnace, refrigerator, ACs etc.
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Throttle
A throttle is a mechanism by which fluid flow is managed by constriction or obstruction.
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Toroid
In mathematics, a toroid is a surface of revolution with a hole in the middle.
Tractor
A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery such as that used in agriculture, mining or construction.
Transesterification
Transesterification is the process of exchanging the organic functional group R″ of an ester with the organic group R' of an alcohol.
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Transmashholding
CJSC Transmashholding (Трансмашхолдинг) is the largest manufacturer of locomotives and rail equipment in Russia and after merging with LocoTech service the fourth largest engineering company in the field of transport technology globally.
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Truck
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport freight, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work.
Turbocharger
In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (also known as a turbo or a turbosupercharger) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases.
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Turbulence
In fluid dynamics, turbulence or turbulent flow is fluid motion characterized by chaotic changes in pressure and flow velocity.
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Two-stroke diesel engine
A two-stroke diesel engine is a diesel engine that uses compression ignition in a two-stroke combustion cycle.
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Two-stroke engine
A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes of the piston (one up and one down movement) in one revolution of the crankshaft. Diesel engine and two-stroke engine are internal combustion piston engines.
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Type certificate
A type certificate signifies the airworthiness of a particular category of aircraft, according to its manufacturing design (type design).
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U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report (USNWR, US NEWS) is an American media company publishing news, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.
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Unit injector
A unit injector (UI) is a high-pressure integrated direct fuel injection system for diesel engines, combining the injector nozzle and the injection pump in a single component.
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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United States Department of Commerce
The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government concerned with creating the conditions for economic growth and opportunity.
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters.
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United States National Radio Quiet Zone
The National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) is a large area of land in the United States designated as a radio quiet zone, in which radio transmissions are restricted by law to facilitate scientific research and the gathering of military intelligence.
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Unmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board.
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Ural Diesel Engine Plant
Ural Diesel Engine Plant (Уральский дизель-моторный завод) is a company based in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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V engine
A V engine, sometimes called a Vee engine, is a common configuration for internal combustion engines.
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Vacuum ejector
A vacuum ejector, or simply ejector is a type of vacuum pump, which produces vacuum by means of the Venturi effect.
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Vandal (tanker)
Vandal was a river tanker designed by Karl Hagelin and Johny Johnson for Branobel.
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Vapor pressure
Vapor pressure or equilibrium vapor pressure is the pressure exerted by a vapor in thermodynamic equilibrium with its condensed phases (solid or liquid) at a given temperature in a closed system.
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Variable valve timing
Variable valve timing (VVT) is the process of altering the timing of a valve lift event in an internal combustion engine, and is often used to improve performance, fuel economy or emissions.
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Vegetable oil
Vegetable oils, or vegetable fats, are oils extracted from seeds or from other parts of edible plants.
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Vehicle emissions control
Vehicle emissions control is the study of reducing the emissions produced by motor vehicles, especially internal combustion engines.
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Viscosity
The viscosity of a fluid is a measure of its resistance to deformation at a given rate.
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Volkswagen
Volkswagen (VW)English:,. is a German automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Volkswagen emissions scandal
The Volkswagen emissions scandal, sometimes known as Dieselgate or Emissionsgate, began in September 2015, when the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of violation of the Clean Air Act to German automaker Volkswagen Group.
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Volkswagen Group
Volkswagen AG, known internationally as the Volkswagen Group, is a German public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of passenger and commercial vehicles, motorcycles, engines and turbomachinery.
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Volvo
The Volvo Group (Volvokoncernen; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg.
Volvo Penta
Volvo Penta is a Swedish marine and industrial engine manufacturer, a joint stock company within the Volvo Group.
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Voronezh Mechanical Plant
Voronezh Mechanical Plant (Russian: Воронежский механический завод, ВМЗ) is a Russian engine and heavy machinery manufacturing plant.
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Watercraft
A watercraft or waterborne vessel is any vehicle designed for travel across or through water bodies, such as a boat, ship, hovercraft, submersible or submarine.
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Wärtsilä
Wärtsilä Oyj Abp, trading internationally as Wärtsilä Corporation, is a Finnish company which manufactures and services power sources and other equipment in the marine and energy markets.
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Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C
The Wärtsilä RT-flex96C is a two-stroke turbocharged low-speed diesel engine designed by the Finnish manufacturer Wärtsilä.
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West Germany
West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.
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Winterthur–Romanshorn railway
The Winterthur–Romanshorn railway, also known in German as the Thurtallinie ("Thur valley line"), is a Swiss railway line and was built as part of the railway between Zürich and Lake Constance (Bodensee).
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Yacht
A yacht is a sail- or motor-propelled watercraft used for pleasure, cruising, or racing.
Yaroslavl Motor Plant
OJSC «Autodiesel» (ОАО «Автоди́зель») known as the Yaroslavl Motor Plant (YaMZ), Russian: Яросла́вский мото́рный заво́д (ЯМЗ), romanized: Yaroslavskyi Motornyi Zavod (YaMZ), based in Yaroslavl, Russia, is an open joint-stock company that produces engines for many Russian companies.
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Zvezda M503
The Zvezda M503 (built at AO Zvezda at St Petersburg) is a maritime 7 bank, 42 cylinder diesel radial engine built in the 1970s by the Soviet Union.
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1970s energy crisis
The 1970s energy crisis occurred when the Western world, particularly the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, faced substantial petroleum shortages as well as elevated prices.
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2006 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 74th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place over 17–18 June 2006.
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See also
1893 in Germany
1893 introductions
- 1893-S Morgan dollar
- Diesel engine
- Ferris wheel
- Frontier Thesis
- Methamphetamine
- Moving walkway
- Rosa 'Mrs. Harkness'
Diesel engines
- ALCO 251
- Aircraft diesel engine
- BMW B37 engine
- Belait CSS-1
- Belait CSS-2
- Carbureted compression ignition model engine
- Caterpillar 3116
- Caterpillar 3126
- Caterpillar 3208
- Caterpillar C27
- Caterpillar C32
- Cold start (automotive)
- Diesel engine
- Diesel engine runaway
- Diesel exhaust
- Diesel fuel
- Diesel locomotive
- Diesel–electric powertrain
- EMD 1010
- Elsbett
- GM Ecotec Diesel (1997)
- Hercules DFXE
- Hulsebos-Hesselman axial oil engines
- IKCO EF engines
- Institution of Diesel and Gas Turbine Engineers
- Intelligent Diesel Engine
- List of diesel automobiles
- List of vehicles and machines powered by MTU engines
- Still engine
- Turbo-diesel
- Winter diesel fuel
Internal combustion piston engines
- Austin-Rover V64V engine
- Brickley Engine
- Briggs & Stratton Raptor
- Caterpillar 3116
- Caterpillar 3126
- Caterpillar 3208
- Crude oil engine
- De Rivaz engine
- Diesel engine
- Diesel engines
- Distillate (motor fuel)
- Five-stroke engine
- Four-stroke engine
- Gas engine
- Gasoline direct injection
- Hartley V8 engine
- Hesselman engine
- Hot-bulb engine
- IRIS engine
- Knight engine
- Kramer graph
- Marine automobile engine
- Millington Diamond engine
- Otto engine
- Partially premixed combustion
- Pent-roof combustion chamber
- Petrol engine
- Petrol-paraffin engine
- Port-map
- Powertec RPA
- Pyréolophore
- Reactivity controlled compression ignition
- Six-stroke engine
- Spark-ignition engine
- Stratified charge engine
- Tata Revotron engine
- Tractor vaporising oil
- Two- and four-stroke engines
- Two-stroke engine
- Valvetrain
References
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