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The document discusses internal combustion engines. It describes the two main types - internal combustion engines where combustion occurs inside the engine, and external combustion engines where combustion occurs outside in a heat exchanger. It provides a brief history of important engine developments, including the Lenoir engine (1860), Otto engine (1867), and Diesel engine (1892). It also covers four-stroke and two-stroke engine cycles, engine components, geometry, pressures and heat release over the cycles.

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2.61 Internal Combustion Engines: Mit Opencourseware

The document discusses internal combustion engines. It describes the two main types - internal combustion engines where combustion occurs inside the engine, and external combustion engines where combustion occurs outside in a heat exchanger. It provides a brief history of important engine developments, including the Lenoir engine (1860), Otto engine (1867), and Diesel engine (1892). It also covers four-stroke and two-stroke engine cycles, engine components, geometry, pressures and heat release over the cycles.

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2.61 Internal Combustion Engines


Spring 2008

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2.61 Internal Combustion Engines Lecture 1

Engines

-There are two types of engines:


1. Internal combustion - combustion occurs in the working fluid
- open cycle – the working fluid is replenished in each cycle
- ie) exhaust gas is dumped into the atmosphere
2. External combustion – use of heat exchanger to transfer energy to the
working fluid
- Open or closed cycle
- Ex) steam engine, sterling engine

History

1860 – Lenoir engine


- air and fuel were hand pumped
-“spark,” or ignition was a candle / kerosene lamp Ædone all by hand
- operated at about 10 RPM
- 500 sold
- 2 stroke
-ignition occurs while still in the expansion stage
Ælimited expansion ratio
Æ low efficiency (<5%)

P area = work out

area = work in

V
(Graph: Lenoir and Otto engine shown, dashed portion shows Otto expansion)

1867 – Otto engine (Nicholas Otto, Germany)


- used a rack and pinion flywheel as a crank
-efficiency was better than Lenoir (~11%)
- 4 stroke
1892 – Diesel engine (Rudolf Diesel, Germany)
Other Developments

1870 – Petroleum industry


1888 – Pneumatic tires
1905 – Spark plugs (Champion)
1920 – Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) takes over steam engine for transportation
- main advantage – don’t need to carry around water
1920-1960 – steady development
1960 – Emission standards start
Heagen Smith – smog mechanism
1970 – Fuel crisis
1980 – Global competition
1990 – Greenhouse gases
2000 – Fuel and CO2

4 stroke engine

intake compression expansion exhaust


(work in) (work out)

2 Stroke engine

pressurized
intake

scavenging compression expansion


(intake) (exhaust)
Engine Size
-Piston bore ranges from 1 cm to 1m (large diesels)
-heat loss and friction are surface phenomenon Æ bigger engine, less losses

Engine Geometry
Crank radius – a
Connecting rod length – l
πB 2
Displacement volume - Vd = l
4

VD + VC
Compression ratio (geometric) - C R =
Vc
Piston position - s (θ ) = a cosθ + l 2 + a 2 sin 2 θ
πB 2
Instantaneous volume - V (θ ) = VC + S
4
V
VC
1
[
= 1 + (CR − 1) R + 1 − cos θ − ( R 2 − sin 2 θ )0.5
2
]
Piston velocity
⎡ sin 2 θ ⎤ 
s(θ ) = ⎢− sin θ − 0.5 ⎥
aθ
⎣ 2( R − sin θ ) ⎦
2 2

where θ = 2πN and N=RPM

Mean piston speed


S p = 2 NL
-typical numbers for engines
-L/B (stroke/bore) ~ 1 for passenger cars
-L/B ~0.2 for racing engines
-L/B ~ 2 for large engines
-R = l/a is 3~4 for typical passenger cars
Pressures – normally aspirated 4 stroke SI

Heat release – normally aspirated 4 stroke SI

Pressure - normally aspirated 4-stroke Diesel

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