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What is color of flame inside diesel engine?
Hi...
Me and my friends were having a discussion recently abou the color of the flame inside the cylinder of a diesel combustion engine(engine of a diesel car)
Is it blue or yellow?
I say blue because there is an excessive amount of oxygen in tge cylinder during compression.
Also...you rarely find a layer of solid carbon on the walls of the cylinder.
So I say you have perfect burning of the fuel.
Some of my friends disagree and say the color is yellow.
Which is it.
Thank you
4 Answers
- Ray;mondLv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
I'll guess mostly blue flame, very briefly (microseconds) yellow as the fresh air is drawn into the cylinder.
- kasabLv 77 years ago
The hot temperature associated with a diesel engine flame makes it bright. I would not relate it to any colour.
- ?Lv 77 years ago
No flame at all while it is compressed until explode inside the chamber. Just heat and gases .
- Anonymous7 years ago
I would say it's a red flame.
