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Who built the first 'Diesel Engine'

Who built the first 'Diesel Engine'

Who built the first 'Diesel Engine'

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I have a feeling this might stir things up a bit, but my old University lecturer used to say that Rudolf Diesel didn't build the first 'Diesel type' engine.

Can anyone spread more light on this, or was he wrong?

Friar Tuck of Sherwood

RE: Who built the first 'Diesel Engine'

Depends on what you mean by 'Diesel type'. If you mean an engine that ignites the fuel air mixture by compression heating alone, his first independent successful design was finished in 1897.

However, Akroyd-Stuart had been using indirect injection, with hot bulb vapourisation, since 1891. These engines ran on compression ignition when warm (or more accurately the vaporiser stayed warm enough).

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RE: Who built the first 'Diesel Engine'

Rudolf Diesel - didn't he deal with 'green' fuel?

RE: Who built the first 'Diesel Engine'

Weren't the first compression ignition experiments done with powdered coal?

Or is that something else I've dreamed up?

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