The interest in gas turbines as power plants for future heavy commercial vehicles has promoted a general study of power plant requirements for this application over the next decade, including likely demand and power levels. With this as a guide, trends in the development of the diesel engine are examined, and predictions made of speeds, mean brake effective pressures and configurations which might result. Some areas of technical interest are discussed. It is concluded that the diesel will continue to meet operator requirements in the period considered, and will remain fully competitive with alternatives.
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