Diesel engines ignite the air/fuel mixture with heat generated by friction and compression, while gasoline engines use the heat caused by a spark from a spark plug. That's why diesel engines are ...

Cummins was founded by Clessie Cummins in 1919 and has been building reliable diesel engines for more than 100 years. Cummins engines are used in large trucks, buses, and leisure vehicles, as well as ...

This paper describes the startability of small swirl chamber diesel engines which is inherently inferior to gasoline engines, particularly in the cold climate operation, and a new start assisting ...

Following the Industrial Revolution, steam emerged as the de facto power source for factories, ships, trains, and even some automobiles. However, German engineering student Rudolf Diesel believed that ...