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Originally posted by P.E.Haiges
R Leo,
Early Diesel engines did input compressed air with the fuel possibly because they did not know how to build a high pressure fuel injections that would atomize the fuel. The compressed air was used to help atomize the fuel to make the engine more efficient.
P E H
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Hehe, then maybe that page should be titled:
"How Things Used to Work"
Those old oil engines were also using heavy oil instead of the relatively thin distillate we call 'diesel fuel.' They needed compressed air to blow fuel that was about the consistency of house paint into droplets that would have enough surface area to burn...oil burning steam locomotives did a similar thing with their atomizers and bunker fuel.
PEH, ever heard of a 'hot bulb' engine?