The Diesel Engine: The History Of The Compression Engine

In 1962 and 1963 the first two production turbocharged cars were introduced, the Chevrolet Corvair Monza, and the Oldsmobile Jetfire. In the 1970’s turbocharging really started to boom, it was starting to be used in many formula 1 cars, and many diesel cars coming to the market. The supercharger first comes about in 1896 when Rudolf Diesel first filed his patent for using a supercharger on his diesel engine. Then in 1907 Lee Chadwick thought of the idea to pressurize an engine to increase efficiency. He first used a 8-inch diameter compressor, connected to the flywheel which spun 5 times faster than the engine.

The second engine that engineers attempted to build was a side-by-side two-cylinder four cycle engine with only one crank throw. The two pistons in the engine would operate in unison, firing every 360 degrees. One disadvantage to this engine was the vibration could not be offset by rotating counterweights. This engine was similar to Henry Ford’s gigantic International Harvester Titan (Pripps, 56). The third and final engine that was built was the side-by-side two-cylinder four-cycle engine that had pistons on separate throws.

It is cheaper to burn in truck because the diesel can produce more power using less product than gas. During 2015 the U.S has used a record high of 2.1 gallons of diesel. Diesel has been around since 1890`s and is becoming more and more useful every year. The man who invented biodiesel in 1890`s was Rudolf Diesel. Once everyone figured out it was a good fuel to use a man named Martin Mittelbach furthered the development of diesel fuel to lower the price.

The steam locomotive was a major part in the American industrial revolution making transportation easier, cheaper, and faster. The steam locomotive invention started with the steam engine. "This involves water and fire, which is used to create heat. Coal, or wood is frequently the fuel that is used to create the fire, although oil was also used. The fire is used to heat the water which in turn creates the steam that causes the wheels to turn"(Transportation History).

The first ever Hybrid car was created in 1900 known as the Lohner-Porsche, a car named after its designer German Ferdinand Porsche (Woodford). It wasn’t until 1997 that the first ever model was officially commercially invented and launched in Japan becoming a best-seller. From there engineers began producing models powered by gasoline and batteries, using less gasoline, all the while raising the fuel economy (Nakaya). Though the car does let out less emission, this factor raises prices by about twenty to thirty percent higher than gasoline cars and lowered performance rates. In more recent times, the year 2013 brought about the car company Toyota’s decision to sell more than five million hybrids all over the world, the US selling two million itself.

Power plants burn fuel to produce heat to generate energy; however, nuclear power plants use the heat given off fission to turn water into steam. Nuclear energy is without a doubt a great way to power our homes because, Nuclear power plants are safer than other energy alternatives. Nuclear plants are safer than other energy alternatives. Coal is responsible for five times more deaths than nuclear power plants, coal also causes over one thousands more serious causes of illness than nuclear. Nuclear plants produce steam while coal plants, heat water by burning coal that produces greenhouse emissions.

Looking at the past, and exploring technologies that have had an impact on society is a valuable tool for entrepreneurs. There is much to learn about the Industrial Revolution and how the technologies developed at the time played such a huge role. The Industrial Revolution first instigated in England, then spread like wildfire throughout the world during the 18th and early 19th centuries. The lives of ordinary people was transformed dramatically, by a series of engineering inventions and industrial achievements allowing industry to develop so fast that society could barely keep up. One of the major inventions that helped launch the industrial revolution was the steam Locomotive.

The invention of the locomotive automobile and the airplane influenced the United States to build other types of transportation. They helped give ideas to enhance the past forms of technology into something greater. In the article "On the Go" It says Karl Benz came up with the first true automobile. Benz probably wouldn't of been able to make the automobile without the influence of the locomotive. These inventions change where people settled because now that automobiles have been invented they run on oil.

The Industrial Revolution after the Civil War, also known as the Second Industrial Revolution transformed America in many ways. Although, most of these innovations were improvements on inventions from the First Industrial Revolution. Through experimentation, new discoveries and inventions in energy, transportation, and communication would reshape America’s future entirely. One way the Second Industrial Revolution altered America, was through new sources of energy. Gas was the first new fuel source discovered.

In the year of 1839 French Scientist Alexandre Edmund Becquerel discovered the Photovoltaic process. Years later in 1941, an American Engineer Russell Ohl invented the solar cell. We all know that the oil that is use for natural gas and gasoline is used to heat and warm houses, but they are also fossil fuels