Okay, in militaries or as emergency backup in rural areas, multi fuel engines are used because of the ability to run on any fuel source such as diesel or kerosene.
How does such a engine work without the problems of running on different fuel sources such as engine knocking and spluttering (the classic trying to run petrol onto a diesel engine problem)…
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Nearly every reciprocating engine that’s designed to run on diesel will run fine on jet fuel or kerosene. They are practically the same thing except with different additive packages. Modern diesel engines aren’t designed for this because their injectors rely on diesel fuel to lubricate them. Jet engines are designed to still flow freely in an aircraft cruising at 50,000 feet with an ambient temperature of -40° outside and at the same time be heated up to temperatures found inside a jet engine without coking.
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