AUS-EWK-L3.1

The marine diesel engine

AUS-EWK-M3 · The Machinery · AUS-EWK-M3-A Prime movers, fuel, cooling, power

A diesel engine compresses air until it is hot enough to ignite fuel injected into it. Everything else — turbochargers, scavenge air coolers, jacket water, lube oil — exists to let it do that repeatedly, for years, without stopping. Your job is the *without stopping* part.

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