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Amount of Diesel Fuel Purchased Declines

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Diesel Power Products

According to Bloomberg Businessweek, the amount of diesel fuel purchased by U.S. truckers has declined more in the past 3 months than any quarter of the past 10 years, excluding recessions.  This statistic hits hard as the U.S. approaches the … Continue reading →

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Diesel Fuel Shortage in North Dakota

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Diesel Power Products

  Approximately 50 diesel trucks waited for diesel fuel at NuStar Energy fuel terminal in Jamestown, North Dakota last week. The NuStar Energy location was reported to be the only fuel stop in the region that wasn’t already associated with … Continue reading →

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University of Wisconsin-Madison Perfecting Dual-Fuel Engine

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Diesel Power Products

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Engine Research Center in conjunction with the UW Madison Hybrid Vehicle Team is working to perfect an advanced mixed-fuel technology that uses the advantages of both diesel and gasoline. Two separate fuel injections are used to … Continue reading →

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How Diesel Engines Work

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Diesel Power Products

There are several differences between a diesel engine and a gas engine. A gas engine (invented by Nikolaus August Otto) runs on the Otto cycle; a method in which a vaporized mixture of gas and air is sent to the … Continue reading →

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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 … Continue reading →

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