Info Flashcards
The main difference between gasoline and diesel engines is
the two methods of introducing the fuel into the cylinder and igniting the fuel-air mixture.
fuel and air are mixed together before they enter the cylinder of a ___
gasoline engine
____ alone enters the cylinder of a diesel engine.
Air
The air is compressed by the upstroke of the piston and the diesel fuel is ____ into the combustion chamber near the top of the upstroke.
Injected
The air becomes greatly ___ during compression and the diesel fuel ignites and burns as it is in injected into the heated air.
Heated
Ignition is by the contact of the ___ with the ___.
Fuel and heated air.
Pressure developed by the compression stroke can be as high as ___ psi
500.
The speed and power output of diesel engines are controlled by the quantity of ____
fuel injected into the cylinder.
Diesel engines, there is _____ during the entire length of the power stroke and the pressure from combustion remains approximately constant throughout the stroke.
continuous combustion
Gleeson Reducing Valve are in two sizes; ___ and ____. Both operate in the same manner.
2 1/2” & 3 1/2”
Gleeson Valves operate from ____ to ____ PSI
0 to 300 PSI
