The dieselfuel sold earlier contained a high amount of sulfur, which produced harmful emissions. Thus, it affects human health to a great extent. So to reduce the sulfur content, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) implemented strict rules in this regard in 2006. According ...
Biodiesel is adiesel-like biodegradable fuel. It is a non-toxic fuel produced from organic material. The organic raw material needed for producing bio-diesel use fatty substances. They include vegetable oils, waste cooking oil, animal fat and non-edible plant oils. ...
Remember that the diesel engine has no spark plug that intakes air and compresses it; instead it injects the fuel directly into the combustion chamber (direct injection). It is the heat of the compressed air that lights the fuel in a diesel engine. In the next section, we'll examine the...
An Electric Car (EV) is essentially an automated vehicle powered by an electric motor. An electric vehicle does not use or have a gasoline or diesel engine. When you put an electric automobile in ‘drive,’ it accelerates much like an automatic vehicle. Electric and hybrid vehicles have no ...
A Stirling engine uses the Stirling cycle, which is unlike the cycles used in internal-combustion engines. The gasses used inside a Stirling engine never leave the engine. There are no exhaust valves that vent high-pressure gasses, as in a gasoline or diesel engine, and there are no exp...
Biodiesel is less likely to catch fire than diesel. Advocates of biodiesel cite its contributions to environmental sustainability. Its critics point to its potentially disruptive effect on global food production. Understanding Biodiesel Biofuel is produced by combining a type of alcohol—such as methanol...
Exhaust fumes emitted by a generator are just like exhaust from any other diesel or gasonline engine and contain highly toxic chemicals that need to be properly managed. Hence, it is essential to install an adequate exhaust system to dispose of the exhaust gases. This point can not be emphasiz...
Size is no obstacle for electric power either. Diesel-electric trains (in which diesel engines power electric motors that provide the traction) have been around for years. In Belarus, giant truck manufacturer BelAZ has been spent the last decade or so developing a series of vast diesel-electric...
Fuel is squirted into the cylinders with air from the atmosphere. The piston in each cylinder compresses the mixture, raising its temperature so it either ignites spontaneously (in a diesel engine) or with help from a sparking plug (in a gas engine). The burning fuel and air explodes and...
“That is a diesel, you put petrol in it.” (thankfully not the other way around) Diesel in a petrol bus is not good, or tractor, or car. The other one is more easily fixed. You are thinking about the Taylor Swift concert, then the next minute all the warning lights are alight!