Early History of the Diesel Engine

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Rudolf diesel's most famous engine was named after him and was born in Paris, France in 1858. His invention comes from the fact that steam engines are the main power source of large industries.

In 1885, Diesel opened his first shop in Paris and began developing a compression ignition engine. This process lasts 13 years. In the 1890s, he acquired several patents for inventing an efficient and slow combustion, internal combustion engine with compression ignition [2856] [2857] [2858] [2859]. From 1893 to 1897, Diesel further developed his idea at Maschinenfabrik-Augsburg AG (later Maschinenfabrik-Augsburg-Nürnberg or MAN). In addition to MAN, the Swiss Sulzer brothers were interested in the work of diesel in the early years and purchased certain rights in the invention of diesel in 1893.

In Augustsburg's MAN, the prototype test began with a 150 mm id / 400 mm stroke design on August 10, 1893. Although the first engine test failed, a series of improvements and subsequent testing succeeded in testing the engine on February 17, 1897 (Figure 2). The steam engine efficiency at that time was about 10%. The first diesel engine made by Sulzer began in June 1898 [388] [2860]. Details of the initial test of diesel are described in Ref. [2864] [2265].

The development of diesel inventions requires more time and effort to achieve commercial success. Many engineers and developers participated in work to increase the viability of the ideas created by Rudolf Diesel in the market. On the other hand he is threatened by this process and he does not always find a common language to collaborate with other engine designers to develop his invention. The diesel company is trying to introduce an unprepared engine into the market and eventually leads to nerve weakness. In 1913, he was deeply confused by his criticism of the role of the engine, and he disappeared from the ship that traveled to England strangely, probably committed suicide [389]. After the diesel patent expired, many other companies adopted his invention and further developed it.

Rudolf Diesel (formal Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel) is a German thermal engineer and inventor known for inventing diesel engines. Diesel was born for immigrant guardian in Paris on March 18, 1858. He spent his childhood in France, but due to the outbreak of the war in 1870 his family was forcibly repatriated and decided to move to London. When Diesel was 12 years old, his mother sent him to live with his relatives in Germany. From a very young age, Diesel wanted him to be an engineer. In 1880 he received the highest honor in Royal Bavarian Polytechnic in Munich and received the highest honor in school. Contrary to his desire for his parents' wishes, he is studying scholarships there. Start his career as soon as possible

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