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Product names which are derived after an inventor's name will often remain capitalized, though not always (e.g. the petroleum distillate used to power trucks and locomotives is called "diesel" rather than "Diesel" even though it's named after the inventor of the four-stroke compression-ignition engine for which that fuel was formulated).
I suppose a more realistic example is the development of powered pumps, locomotives etc. Newcomen's atmospheric engine did a vital job, but was bettered by Watt's improvements. Trevithick's locomotive of 1804 hauled a load, but modern diesel engines work far more efficiently and reliably. // I'm not sure this is really an English language question.
By the end of the century the gas was derived directly from crude oil and gas oil was renamed Diesel oil (up to 21 carbon atoms per molecule) because its main use was in injection engines petrol vs. gasolene/ gasoline
After the hurricane, the hospital powered life support equipment from diesel generators for 36 hours, then switched back to the mains. "Grid" would also be acceptable. If you're referring to 120VAC (RMS) without caring about source, the accepted U.S. industry-wide term is ' line voltage '.