Name: The Diesel Engine at 125 Years: Still Going Strong and Getting Even Cleaner [Video]
Uploaded: 2022-04-29T21:33:57.000Z
Channel: Jim Park
Description: We tip our hat to Rudolph Diesel, the creator of the little engine that did, and examine an EPA proposal that will bring his engine even closer to zero emissions.

The Diesel Engine at 125 Years: Still Going Strong and Getting Even Cleaner [Video]

We tip our hat to Rudolph Diesel, the creator of the little engine that did, and examine an EPA proposal that will bring his engine even closer to zero emissions.

Jim Park・Former HDT Equipment Editor

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April 29, 2022

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The first functional diesel engine was tested in 1897, making the “heat engine” 125 years old this year. Will the diesel see 150 years of service? Allen Schaeffer, the executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum joined HDT’s Jim Park on Rudolph Diesel’s 164th birthday with a tribute to the engine’s inventor and look forward at its future.

🎙Topics & Timestamps ⏱

0:00 Introduction

1:40 Where would we be today without the diesel engine?

2:22 Did the first engine Rudolf Diesel develop run off peanut oil?

3:43 The original diesel engine was the original biofuel engine

3:50 What progress has been made from his original model?

6:26 What will the EPA’s new set of emissions rules mean for truck makers and fleets?

10:28 How close are we to “zero emissions”?

11:39 The future of the diesel engine.

Resources:

Diesel Technology Forum

https://dieselforum.org/