Diesel Factoids

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Diesel Power Products
  • The term “diesel” was originally linked only to the type of engine.  It was not associated with any particular type of fuel.
  • The inventor of the diesel engine, Rudolf Diesel, ran his first engines with peanut oil.
  • Diesel fuel can be made from virtually any organic material (like peanut oil) if it possesses flammable properties.  This flammability makes it suitable for the diesel process.
  • Hydrocarbon-based diesel fuel has superior stability and cold-weather capabilities.
  • To produce diesel fuel, crude oil is first distilled and then refined.
  • Biodiesel engines can run on fuel obtained from used cooking oil or tallow!
  • Diesel oil can be produced synthetically, using the process of gasification.
  • The highest energy efficiency rate from initial oil extraction to combustion in the engine is with fossil diesel fuel.
This entry was posted in Tips and Tricks and tagged , . Bookmark the permalink.

One Response to Diesel Factoids

  1. Stone says:
    July 28, 2011 at 3:02 am

    Please keep throwing these posts up they help tons.

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>