Diesel cycle, the Glossary
The Diesel cycle is a combustion process of a reciprocating internal combustion engine.[1]
Table of Contents
40 relations: Adiabatic flame temperature, Aircraft diesel engine, Brake-specific fuel consumption, Car, Combustion, Compression ratio, Diesel engine, Diesel–electric powertrain, Electricity generation, Exhaust gas, Four-stroke engine, Fuel, Glow plug (model engine), Heat, Hot-bulb engine, Ideal gas, Indirect injection, Internal combustion engine, Isentropic process, Isobaric process, Isochoric process, Kinetic energy, Locomotive, Mixed/dual cycle, Model aircraft, Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, North America, Otto cycle, Partially premixed combustion, Pressure, Pressure–volume diagram, Ship, Spark plug, Specific heat capacity, Specific volume, Standard state, Submarine, Thermal efficiency, Turbocharger, Work (thermodynamics).
Adiabatic flame temperature
In the study of combustion, the adiabatic flame temperature is the temperature reached by a flame under ideal conditions.
See Diesel cycle and Adiabatic flame temperature
Aircraft diesel engine
The aircraft diesel engine or aero diesel is a diesel-powered aircraft engine.
See Diesel cycle and Aircraft diesel engine
Brake-specific fuel consumption
Brake-specific fuel consumption (BSFC) is a measure of the fuel efficiency of any prime mover that burns fuel and produces rotational, or shaft power.
See Diesel cycle and Brake-specific fuel consumption
Car
A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels.
Combustion
Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke.
See Diesel cycle and Combustion
Compression ratio
The compression ratio is the ratio between the volume of the cylinder and combustion chamber in an internal combustion engine at their maximum and minimum values.
See Diesel cycle and Compression ratio
Diesel engine
The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine).
See Diesel cycle and Diesel engine
Diesel–electric powertrain
A diesel–electric transmission, or diesel–electric powertrain, is a transmission system for vehicles powered by diesel engines in road, rail, and marine transport.
See Diesel cycle and Diesel–electric powertrain
Electricity generation
Electricity generation is the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy.
See Diesel cycle and Electricity generation
Exhaust gas
Exhaust gas or flue gas is emitted as a result of the combustion of fuels such as natural gas, gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, fuel oil, biodiesel blends, or coal.
See Diesel cycle and Exhaust gas
Four-stroke engine
A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft.
See Diesel cycle and Four-stroke engine
Fuel
A fuel is any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases energy as thermal energy or to be used for work.
Glow plug (model engine)
A glow plug engine, or glow engine, is a type of small internal combustion engine typically used in model aircraft, model cars and similar applications.
See Diesel cycle and Glow plug (model engine)
Heat
In thermodynamics, heat is the thermal energy transferred between systems due to a temperature difference.
Hot-bulb engine
The hot-bulb engine, also known as a semi-diesel, is a type of internal combustion engine in which fuel ignites by coming in contact with a red-hot metal surface inside a bulb, followed by the introduction of air (oxygen) compressed into the hot-bulb chamber by the rising piston.
See Diesel cycle and Hot-bulb engine
Ideal gas
An ideal gas is a theoretical gas composed of many randomly moving point particles that are not subject to interparticle interactions.
See Diesel cycle and Ideal gas
Indirect injection
Indirect injection in an internal combustion engine is fuel injection where fuel is not directly injected into the combustion chamber.
See Diesel cycle and Indirect injection
Internal combustion engine
An internal combustion engine (ICE or IC engine) is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.
See Diesel cycle and Internal combustion engine
Isentropic process
An isentropic process is an idealized thermodynamic process that is both adiabatic and reversible.
See Diesel cycle and Isentropic process
Isobaric process
In thermodynamics, an isobaric process is a type of thermodynamic process in which the pressure of the system stays constant: ΔP.
See Diesel cycle and Isobaric process
Isochoric process
In thermodynamics, an isochoric process, also called a constant-volume process, an isovolumetric process, or an isometric process, is a thermodynamic process during which the volume of the closed system undergoing such a process remains constant.
See Diesel cycle and Isochoric process
Kinetic energy
In physics, the kinetic energy of an object is the form of energy that it possesses due to its motion.
See Diesel cycle and Kinetic energy
Locomotive
A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train.
See Diesel cycle and Locomotive
Mixed/dual cycle
The dual combustion cycle (also known as the mixed cycle, Trinkler cycle, Seiliger cycle or Sabathe cycle) is a thermal cycle that is a combination of the Otto cycle and the Diesel cycle, first introduced by Russian-German engineer Gustav Trinkler, who never claimed to have developed the cycle himself. Diesel cycle and Mixed/dual cycle are thermodynamic cycles.
See Diesel cycle and Mixed/dual cycle
Model aircraft
A model aircraft is a physical model of an existing or imagined aircraft, and is built typically for display, research, or amusement.
See Diesel cycle and Model aircraft
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1 June 1796 – 24 August 1832) was a French military engineer and physicist.
See Diesel cycle and Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
See Diesel cycle and North America
Otto cycle
An Otto cycle is an idealized thermodynamic cycle that describes the functioning of a typical spark ignition piston engine. Diesel cycle and Otto cycle are thermodynamic cycles.
See Diesel cycle and Otto cycle
Partially premixed combustion
Partially premixed combustion (PPC), also known as PPCI (partially-premixed compression ignition) or GDCI (gasoline direct-injection compression-ignition) is a modern combustion process intended to be used in internal combustion engines of automobiles and other motorized vehicles in the future.
See Diesel cycle and Partially premixed combustion
Pressure
Pressure (symbol: p or P) is the force applied perpendicular to the surface of an object per unit area over which that force is distributed.
Pressure–volume diagram
A pressure–volume diagram (or PV diagram, or volume–pressure loop) is used to describe corresponding changes in volume and pressure in a system.
See Diesel cycle and Pressure–volume diagram
Ship
A ship is a large vessel that travels the world's oceans and other navigable waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research and fishing.
Spark plug
A spark plug (sometimes, in British English, a sparking plug, and, colloquially, a plug) is a device for delivering electric current from an ignition system to the combustion chamber of a spark-ignition engine to ignite the compressed fuel/air mixture by an electric spark, while containing combustion pressure within the engine.
See Diesel cycle and Spark plug
Specific heat capacity
In thermodynamics, the specific heat capacity (symbol) of a substance is the amount of heat that must be added to one unit of mass of the substance in order to cause an increase of one unit in temperature.
See Diesel cycle and Specific heat capacity
Specific volume
In thermodynamics, the specific volume of a substance (symbol:, nu) is a mass-specific intrinsic property of the substance, defined as the quotient of the substance's volume to its mass.
See Diesel cycle and Specific volume
Standard state
The standard state of a material (pure substance, mixture or solution) is a reference point used to calculate its properties under different conditions.
See Diesel cycle and Standard state
Submarine
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.
See Diesel cycle and Submarine
Thermal efficiency
In thermodynamics, the thermal efficiency (\eta_) is a dimensionless performance measure of a device that uses thermal energy, such as an internal combustion engine, steam turbine, steam engine, boiler, furnace, refrigerator, ACs etc.
See Diesel cycle and Thermal efficiency
Turbocharger
In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (also known as a turbo or a turbosupercharger) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases.
See Diesel cycle and Turbocharger
Work (thermodynamics)
Thermodynamic work is one of the principal processes by which a thermodynamic system can interact with its surroundings and exchange energy.
See Diesel cycle and Work (thermodynamics)