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> A jet turbine is a diesel engine I though jet engines used heat to ignite the fuel? Diesel engines use compression alone to ignite it.
by chrisseaton 4y ago
> A jet turbine is a diesel engine
I though jet engines used heat to ignite the fuel? Diesel engines use compression alone to ignite it.
- Stevvo 4y agocompression itself is not an ignition source; it's the heat the compression generates that ignites the fuel.