Difference Between Petrol and Diesel Engine [With PDF]

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I am Amrit, and today I am going to discuss what are the differences between the petrol engine vs Diesel Engine. And how you can defer this in technical terms. So let me first tell you a little about Petrol and Diesel Engine.

So what is a Petrol Engine?

As the name suggests “Petrol”, you make a simple definition of a Petrol engine like an engine where we use petrol as fuel to produce power is called a petrol engine.

Generally, Petrol Engines are called SI Engine. The full form of SI is Spark Ignition.

We need a spark plug to burned or ignite the petrol, that’s why it is called the spark-ignition engine.

Now talking about Diesel Engine:

An engine is called diesel engines where we use diesel as fuel to produce the power.

Diesel Engines are called CI Engine, which means the Compression Ignition engine.

In the case of Diesel Engine only air is sucked in the suction stroke and then air is compressed to very high temperature and pressure, and then an injector sprayed the atomized diesel inside the compressed air, and in a second the fuel is burned and generate power. As the ignition is happened by the compression of air, that’s why this type of engine is called a compression ignition engine.

So now you have the idea about the Diesel Engine and Petrol Engine, now dive into the differences.

Difference Between Petrol and Diesel Engine:

Here are some extra resources you may check out:

Four-Stroke Petrol & Diesel Engine
Two-Stroke Petrol & Diesel Engine
Difference between SI and CI Engines
Difference between Spark Plug and Fuel Injector

Here is a cool video by Car Throttle:

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References:

• https://www.academia.edu/download/59552573/DIESEL_ENGINES20190606-15772-1ruyg5i.PDF
• https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7241709
• https://nptel.ac.in/content/storage2/nptel_data3/html/mhrd/ict/text/112103262/lec1.pdf