The key ingredient to maximizing the peak performance of a diesel engine is increasing the amount of diesel being burned. On old mechanical-injection engines, the only way to do this was to modify the ...

The clearances inside diesel injection system parts are closer than those found in any other technology. The plungers and needle valves in injectors need to fit tightly to ensure precise metering and ...

Diesel engines use compression to ignite the fuel, which needs to have an even burn, and cetane boosters have an important ...

With no spark involved in a diesel engine's combustion, air and fuel are the lone ingredients that make the process happen, and copious amounts of each are very essential if you want to have any ...

Sandia National Laboratories researchers (left to right: Nathan Harry, Christopher Nilsen, Drummond Biles, and Charles Mueller) show off their prototype of ducted fuel injection module for diesel ...

High-pressure common rail fuel (HPCR) systems are standard on nearly every diesel engine today, from heavy equipment to over-the-road trucks, light-duty trucks, large generators and more. HPCR fuel ...

If you’re in fleet management or the construction industry, you undoubtedly have machines that run on diesel fuel. In addition to large trucks, more than 75% of all heavy construction equipment uses ...

We are all aware that propane is a safe and convenient fuel for heating homes, drying clothes, and cooking steaks on the grill, but did you know that propane can also be used to safely add power, ...