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ABE 10 Lecture 03 Internal Combustion Engine

The document discusses different types of engines including external combustion engines like steam engines, internal combustion engines, and specific engines like the Stirling engine. It provides details on the history and development of internal combustion engines from 1860 onwards.

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ABE 10 Lecture 03 Internal Combustion Engine

The document discusses different types of engines including external combustion engines like steam engines, internal combustion engines, and specific engines like the Stirling engine. It provides details on the history and development of internal combustion engines from 1860 onwards.

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11/3/2015

An engine is a mechanical device used


to convert the heat energy of fuel
produced by combustion into
mechanical energy

ABE 41 Agricultural and Biosystems Power Engineering

A. External Combustion Engine (ECE) cylinder piston


also known as steam engine
fuel is ignited and burned outside the
steam
cylinder
heat energy is applied indirectly to the boiler
piston by an intermediate medium (water furnace
vapor)
steam is generated in a boiler which is
fuel
entirely separate from the engine cylinder

Stirling Engine
Invented by Reverend Robert Stirling in
1816
a safer alternative to the steam engines,
whose boilers often exploded
to generate electricity for homes and
businesses, research Stirling generators
fueled by either solar energy or natural
gas

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B. Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) More efficient


fuel is ignited and burned inside the Weighs less per hp
cylinder More compact
Ignition of compressed mixture causes Original cost less per hp
rapid combustion and an instantaneous Less time and work necessary preliminary to
application of pressure to the piston starting
Piston is consequently set in motion and Less time and attention required while in
power is generated operation
Greater range of adaptability

1860 J.J.E. Lenoir developed the first fairly practical Conditions for ICE to achieve maximum efficiency:
engine; mechanical efficiency was up to 5% 1. The largest possible cylinder volume with
1867 Otto-Langen engine, with efficiency improved
to about 11%, was introduced by Nicolaus the minimum boundary surface
Otto and Eugen Langen 2. The largest possible working speed
1876 Nicolaus Otto developed his four-stroke
prototype engine 3. The greatest possible expansion ratio
1884 An unpublished French patent to Alphonse 4. The greatest possible pressure at the
Beau de Rochas was found which described
the principles of the first four-stroke cycle beginning of expansion

1878 Clark Dugald developed the first two-stroke


cycle engine
1892 Rudolph Diesel had perfected his compression
ignition engine
1920’s Multi-cylinder compression ignition engines
were small enough to be used with cars and
trucks

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