Diesel Engine

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007913",
  "term": "Diesel Engine",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. An engine where combustion air is first compression heated in the cylinder, and diesel fuel oil is then injected into the hot air. Ignition is spontaneous because the air temperature is above the autoignition temperature of the fuel.\n\n2. Any stationary RICE in which a high boiling point liquid fuel injected into the combustion chamber ignites when the air charge has been compressed to a temperature sufficiently high for auto-ignition. This process is also known as compression ignition.\n\n3. Type of engine with operating characteristics significantly similar to the theoretical Diesel combustion cycle. The non-use of a throttle during normal operation is indicative of a diesel engine.",
  "references": [
    "EPA Large Stationary Diesel And All Stationary Dual-fuel Engines at http://www.epa.gov/ttnchie1/ap42/ch03/final/c03s04.pdf",
    "40 CFR 63.6675 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 86.1803-01 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/diesel-engine/"
}