Diesel Cycle Engines
The diesel engine is one of the most widely used global powerplants and can be found in almost every conceivable application. From small single-cylinder models to V20 designs, their horsepower can range from as low as 3.73 kW (5 hp) to as high as 46,625 kW(62,500 hp). Some important applications of the diesel engine includeLight-duty
- cars
- pickup trucks
- riding lawnmowers
Heavy-duty
- heavy-duty trucks
- buses
- locomotives
- industrial power-generating plants
- oilfield exploration equipment
- road-building equipment (e.g., backhoes, excavators, crawler tractors, graders, and bottom dumps)
- agricultural, logging, and mining equipment
Marine
- pleasure craft
- sailboat auxiliary engines
- workboats (e.g., tugs)
- oceangoing merchant ships and passenger liners.
In addition, a wide variety of military equipment, including tanks, armored personnel carriers, HUMVEEs and ships, is powered by diesel engines. The governed speed of diesel engines can range from as low as 85 rpm in large-displacement, slow-speed models, to as high as 5,500–6,000 rpm in smaller automotive type models.
Although today's technologically advanced diesel engine is named after the German Rudolph Diesel, it is a direct result of developmental work that began in the late 1700s when the first internal-combustion engine was constructed. This basic concept was further developed in 1824 by a young French engineer named Sadi Carnot.
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