Among internal combustion engines, diesel engines boast excellent thermal efficiency and can burn fuel that is not highly refined. They use a compression ignition system in which intake air is ...

Diesels require more stored energy for starting than gasoline vehicles do, especially on cold days. Instead of just using the battery to enable the starter to crank ...

GENEVA -- General Motors Co. is introducing its first in-house diesel engine control unit on the new Opel/Vauxhall Meriva small minivan, making the carmaker independent of unit suppliers such as ...

Modern diesel engines are engineering marvels of power and efficiency — but they also come with a complex web of emissions ...

This paper presents firstly the newly developed "Timing and Injection Rate Control System" for heavy duty diesel engine. In this system, a new concept of diesel fuel injection variable pre-stroke ...

KleenAir Systems, an emission control system manufacturer based in Fullerton, CA, has wrapped up a series of product tests in the city of Houston, TX, that lead it to believe it has a viable ...