" DIESEL THE MODERN POWER " DIESEL ENGINE PRINCIPLES & DEVELOPMENT MD86594
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This black & white film from the late 1930s details the creation of diesel engines. To explain how pistons work, the ancient fire syringe or fire piston is explained. It was invented by Southeast Asia natives who used a bamboo cylinder and plunger with tinder on it. Rapidly compressing the plunger created fire (1:57-2:52). A modern version is constructed with thermometers and a pressure gauge into which oil is sprayed as the fire mechanism (2:58-4:48). Another way of showing the effects of heated air involves stretching rubber over a glass container. When the glass is heated, the rubber sheeting puffs up (4:51-5:10). Combining the two principles into a piston creates a four-stroke or four-cycle (exhaust, intake, compression, power) diesel engine, which operates on a compression ratio of 16 to 1 (5:13-7:19). A closer look at the atomizer or injector oil unit is provided. It consists of a pump, an injection valve, and the injector nozzle (7:28-9:30). Each injector unit is tested up to millionths of an inch for accuracy, with a human hair for comparison (9:31-10:45). The first diesel engines had only one cylinder, growing to two cylinders, three cylinders, four cylinders, six cylinders, eight cylinders, and twelve cylinders (10:48-11:11). Shown is a Winton engine (11:14). Another advancement was to eliminate the extra two pump strokes, requiring moving the intake manifold down (compression, power) (11:41-12:56). A look at the pump is illustrated, showing how the rotors interact (12:59-13:47). In 1933, GM showcased this new two-cycle diesel engine at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago (14:05-14:29). It was put to the test when in May of 1934, the Burlington Zephyr train broke speed records (14:39-15:12). In October of that year, a Winston diesel engine powered a Union Pacific M-10001 train that broke records when it went from Los Angeles to New York in 57 hours (15:22-17:05). Public acceptance led to the August 1936 announcement that the Electro-Motive Corporation, a subsidiary of General Motors Corp, would open a new plant in La Grange, Illinois to build diesel locomotives. These trains are shown being built (17:06-18:00). GM Stylists create new designs (18:02-18:38). The demand for the two-cycle engine was expanded in 1937 when GM announced the formation of a diesel engine division to power trucks and buses (18:46-19:00). The Winton Engine Corporation continued as a subsidiary of GM, employing workers (19:02-19:24). Diesel power moved to Coast Guard cutters, tugboats, cruisers, and yachts (19:26-19:42). Footage is shown of December, 1937, when Charles F. Kettering, Director of General Motors Research, publicly addressed why two-cycle diesel engines were not yet available for automobiles (19:50-21:33). Laboratory research is shown (21:37-22:00). A Santa Fe diesel train passes the camera (22:01).
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It is so nice to watch a documentary that just says, "room temperature of 74°" and doesn't feel obligated to give the corresponding Celsius or Centigrade or Kelvin temp.
"When will I get a diesel in my automobile?" You know, in the context of Kettering's comments, 20 years ago we had cacophonous clanking calamities installed in ordinary pickup trucks. I have a 2015 RAM Ecodiesel. It's a wee little 3.0L V6 that has the torque of the HEMI V8 but an economy unmatched by any other offering. It is so smooth and quiet... if you are a Mopar person, the old 318 was a model of silken smoothness, no doubt matched by similar offerings of the Big Three. This engine matches it, but I get 25 MPG in town and over 30 MPG on the highway. And at just over 50K miles, it's stronger and better than new. Love it. Shame that Kettering, a brilliant engineer, could also turn a blind eye to his employment of tetraethyl lead in gasoline. He knew how bad it was.
@Hrossey
39 минут бұрын
1.5L turbo diesel that hauls 3 tons, does 70mpg and farts out 150 horses if you fancy a few black clouds ❤ Got to love French cars 🤣
80+ years later and we still use diesels on the rails and on ships.
@filianablanxart8305
3 жыл бұрын
Yes ! But not 2 Cycle .
@TheMrPeteChannel
3 жыл бұрын
@@filianablanxart8305 The 2 cycle may make a return.
@filianablanxart8305
3 жыл бұрын
Never Happen ! With modern emissions regulations . Actually they were toast a couple of emission" Tiers " ago . You're right about the power/ weight advantages of old school two stroke , but just nostalgia today .
Great teacher
The E1 diesel locomotives of 1938 for Santa Fe Railroad was the most streamlined diesels ever built.
Thank you for publishing this great video.
Thank you German engineer Rudolph Diesel.
Ah yes, cigarettes before food. Yes, truly it is the 1930s.
@TheMrPeteChannel
3 жыл бұрын
Back when smoking was good 4 your health!
@shipwrightball4433
2 жыл бұрын
Back when they was smart enough to drink George Washington's Switchel and cleanse the plaque from there blood from tobacciana
80-190+ Years later,The Baterry and The Electric Locomotive and Robotic locomotive.
14:40 Ironically, the Diesel-electric locomotive proved best in freight service, where need very large amounts of tractive effort at low speeds is needed. That's because the Diesel prime mover can produce the same maximum power at any train speed, consequently the available torque, and tractive effort declines with increasing speed. Diesels could run as fast as the Milwaukee Road's F7 streamlined steam locomotives, but man, how they guzzled the fuel at high speed! So, passenger timetables slowed with the introduction of the new power, passengers were disappointed by no improvement in service and the downward spiral of the American passenger train began in earnest.
Winton Engine Company is now known as Electro-Motive Division of General Motors
@warphammer
3 жыл бұрын
EMD hasn't been part of GM for a while. Now part of Progress Rail, under Cat.
@TheMrPeteChannel
3 жыл бұрын
Winton later renamed Cleveland Diesel Division was merged into EMD. They made the big engines. Detroit Diesel Division made the smaller engines. EMD was independent then purchased by GM then sold to Warren Buffet in 2005. Starting in 2010 it's now owned by Cat. Detroit Diesel was created by GM. In 1988 Penske purchased 60% of Detroit Diesel. In 2000 DD was totally purchased by Mercedes Benz and still owns it.
The video vibrates so much that I cannot bear watching it.
@Hrossey
38 минут бұрын
No vibration here pal. Maybe your tellys on its way out 😂❤
@Dead Freight West...you can't beat those 3.0 liter diesels from Dodge. Along with the Ford Power Stroke they are two of the best engines built anywhere in the world.
Love the growl of an old Detroit when the rack is out a bit. (but I'll buy foreign before I ever buy gm again {and they're durajap anyway} )
@TheMrPeteChannel
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Buy American u traitor!
I like diesel engines
16:36 "and our cameraman climbs down between rails......." I'm calling B.S.
@rogerbarton497
3 жыл бұрын
They never said he got out in one piece!
@TheMrPeteChannel
3 жыл бұрын
They used a dwarf!
@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory
2 жыл бұрын
some people have done that and survived btw
Just because a v10 isnt worth it to you, general motors, doesnt mean its not worth it to me
13:04 OH NO
TOO MANY ADS !
“And so - - _the story pf the Diesel engine begins with the story of_ *FIRE* (Cue Dark Souls opening) In the Age of Ancients the world was unformed, shrouded by fog. A land of gray crags, Archtrees and Everlasting Dragons. But then there was Fire…
13:04 : Two spinning rotors, that we shall call fidget spinners, provide the cylinder with fuel.
@andyharman3022
2 жыл бұрын
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand the sport of drag racing is born.
18:12 these prototypes have been lost and unviewable because of the stupid bar
The Chinese stole the technology of our Bullet train and look what they did with it 😂
Tempa ra tuuuure
@philippreen2807
4 жыл бұрын
Michael Slee excellent annunciation
Ah the innocent good old days. Transportation design was exciting when power from oil seemed cheap and plentiful, before it's costs in war and climate change were known.
@ednorton47
Жыл бұрын
Yes, coal-burning electric vehicles are much better.
@JackF99
Жыл бұрын
@@ednorton47 which footprint model of fuel conversion cycle, vehicle fabrication, and energy consumption during use are you referring to?
Man, the Diesel engine is really a 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆.