Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:07 1 Early oil engines
00:02:07 2 Herbert Akroyd Stuarts engine
00:02:35 2.1 Vapourising combustion chamber
00:03:55 2.2 Four-stroke oil engine
00:04:49 2.3 Two-stroke hot-bulb engines
00:05:32 2.4 Comparision to the Diesel engine
00:06:37 3 First production oil engine
00:07:08 4 Adaption to compression ignition
00:08:05 5 See also
00:08:20 6 Notes
00:08:29 7 External links
00:08:41 7.1 Video Clips
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The Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine, named after its inventor Herbert Akroyd Stuart and the manufacturer Richard Hornsby & Sons, was the first successful design of an internal combustion engine using heavy oil as a fuel. It was the first to use a separate vapourising combustion chamber and is the forerunner of all hot-bulb engines, which are considered predecessors of the similar Diesel engine, developed a few years later.
Early internal combustion engines were quite successful running on gaseous and light petroleum fuels. However, due to the dangerous nature of petroleum and light petroleum fuel, legal restrictions were placed on their transportation and storage.
Heavier petroleum fuels, such as kerosene, were quite prevalent, as they were used for lighting, but posed specific problems when used in internal combustion engines: Oil used for engine fuel must be turned to a vapour state and remain in that state during compression. Furthermore, the combustion of the fuel must be powerful, regular, and complete, to avoid deposits that will clog the valves and working parts of the engine.