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The text offers comprehensive coverage of every natef task with clarity and precision in a. The book covers all aspects of the modern turbocharged diesel engine. This invention used the fourstroke combustion principle, also known as the otto cycle, and its the basic premise for most car engines today. Handbook of diesel engines klaus mollenhauer springer. The diesel engine continues to be the most cost effective internal combustion engine for motor vehicles as well as mobile and stationary machines. Its no secret that the majority of americans are more accustomed to gasoline engines than diesels. Brochure gas and dualfuel engines for ship propulsion, power plants and cogeneration from 0 to 100,000 kw. Exhaust gas emissions from marine diesel engines largely comprise nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapor, with smaller quantities of carbon monoxide, oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, partially reacted and noncombusted hydrocarbons and particulate material. The diesel engine reference book, second edition, is a comprehensive work covering the design and application of diesel engines of all sizes. Top 5 books diesel mechanics should get diesel mechanic. It consists of three parts with a total number of pages of 1566.
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