In 1878, he was attending the Polytechnic High School of Germany when he learned about the low efficiency of gasoline and steam engines. This disturbing information inspired him to create an engine with a higher efficiency, and he devoted much of his time to developing a “Combustion Power Engine.” By 1892 Rudolph Diesel had obtained a patent for what we now call the diesel engine. The invention of the diesel engine made our economy run in a more efficient way than anyone ever thought possible.
When Diesel obtained the patent for the diesel engine in 1892, it opened up the economies of many countries for greater success. It was invented because the gasoline and steam engines of the day weren’t efficient according to standard. Diesel also made efforts to reduce pollutants and emissions, but was unsuccessful.
The big question is what is the difference between gasoline and diesel engines and how do they work? In theory, diesel and gasoline engines are quite similar. They are both internal combustion engines designed to convert the chemical energy available in fuel to mechanical energy. This mechanical energy moves pistons up and down inside cylinders.
The pistons are connected to the crankshaft, and the up and down motion of the pistons, known as the linear motion, creates the rotary motion needed to turn the wheels of a car forward. However, the major difference between diesel and gasoline is the way these combustions happen. In a gasoline engine, fuel is mixed with air, compressed by pistons and ignited by sparks from spark plugs. In a diesel engine, however, the air is compressed first, and then the fuel is injected. Because air heats up when it’s compressed, the fuel ignites. Compression is a huge part of the diesel process. When working on his calculations, Rudolph Diesel theorized that higher compression leads to higher