Tech & Auto
Everything We Know About China’s New Record-Setting Diesel Engine
By JOE CAPRARO
The Chinese company Weichai Power has been steadily improving thermal efficiency in diesel engines over the past few years, setting a new standard.
Typically, engines lose some of the fuel's potential energy through dissipated heat, with diesel engines typically operating at a thermal efficiency of about 46%.
However, at the recent World Congress on Internal Combustion Engines in Tianjin, Weichai demonstrated an engine with a remarkable thermal efficiency of 53.09%.
This bump increased fuel savings and reduced emissions by 14%, which could save more than 30 billion tons of fuel each year and reduce emissions by almost 100 million tons.
Weichai's engineering team secured over 200 new patents for its technologies, such as fuel and air delivery and fuel combustion innovations.