[Gasification] Prime movers -- The Slow Go diesel concept

[Peter Singfield]

At 05:13 PM 8/3/2006 +0100, you wrote:
>Peter, Art and List,
>
>These slow speed Lister diesels can trace their heritage back to about 1905,
>from a US manufactured S.I. engine.
>

Hi Ken -- let me fill in more blanks for the folks.

And hey -- that is the same Url I filled my archives with!!

Peter / Belize

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Range of diesel engines produced 

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1929
The company started diesel production with the 9/1 or JP Engine. Production
ran until 1971 in the later JS and JK ranges. The JP was built with cast
iron monoblock crankcase and detachable cylinder head. Compression
changeover for starting was introduced on this engine. 

1930
The 5/1 or CS and related engines ( 3/1 - 10/2 and variants ) were
introduced, followed by the uprated versions ( 3½/1 - 6/1 - 8/1 - 12/2 -
16/2 etc )
Production of this range of engines continued up until the late 1970's, at
that time being mainly for export to Iran for irrigation pumping duties.
Probably the engine series that confirmed Lister's supremacy in the 'small'
diesel market. 

1933
The CD and CE engines were introduced as monobloc construction engines, and
were licence-built in the USA by Nordberg Inc during WW2. The engines were
replaced by the FR series, which offered a greater range of outputs and
accessories, which were designed in from the start.

1949
The FR or 'Freedom' range of engines were introduced, the most
sophisticated range of cold starting engines produced by Listers. The
engines had been designed at the outset to offer a wide range of
configurations and fittings which were not available in the earlier ranges
of engines. The FR series ran until 1964, when they were replaced by the
higher output (and physically much larger) JA and JW air-cooled engines.